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The cooperative ownership structure presents unique variations on issues that arise in any business or organization, including the roles and responsibilities of the cooperative members
and directors. finance, and taxation.
Cooperative Topics
The cooperative ownership structure presents unique variations on issues that arise in any business or organization.
Governance: how the affairs of the cooperative are
administered; the roles and responsibilities of cooperative members, directors,
and management.
Finance:
equity, patronage and financing issues in
start-up cooperatives, ongoing cooperative operations, taxation, and demutualization and liquidation.
Legal and Taxation laws and legislation affecting
cooperative incorporation, taxation, operations, and reporting.
Benefits: the unique impacts that cooperatives create on
the membership, the marketplace, and the community.
Sector Topics: cooperative issues
that are unique to a particular economic sector, or the cooperative topic variations
that specific to the
economic sector.