| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | The Organization is a member-owned electrical co-op under section 501(c)(12). |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | Members have voting rights in accordance with the bylaws. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | The membership must approve decisions that involve substantial transfers of cooperative assets, amendments to the cooperative's bylaws, as well as other decisions requiring approval of the membership by law, the articles of incorporation, and/or the cooperative's bylaws. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | A copy of the Form 990 is provided to the organization's governing body before it is filed. The governing body reviews the return and reconciles the amounts presented to the audited financial statements. Once the organization's governing body is satisfied that the amounts presented reconcile appropriately, the return is approved by the organization's governing body for signature and mailing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The organization's financial statements are made available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 4 | The instructions to the Form 990 indicate that organizations exempt under Section 501(c)(12) should report "patronage dividends paid" to their members in Part IX, Line 4 of the Form 990. Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative has interpreted the words "patronage dividends paid" in the instructions to mean margins that are assigned or assignable to the members. Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative assigns the net margins to its members each year. Therefore, the amount listed in Part IX, Line 4 represents the net margins assigned to the members for the fiscal year. |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Changes in membership 1,605. Capital credit gains 126,609. 4% refund allocation 19,332. Margins assigned to members 10,237,509. Equity earnings of subsidiaries -1,228,713. Retirement of Capital Credits -435,609. |
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