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S 1585 99th Congress Senate Taxation Accounting Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural societies Agriculture and Rural Affairs Income tax

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code in order to clarify the right of cooperatives to net earnings and losses among patronage allocation units, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 1, 1985 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 99th Congress ended
It never became law before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Aug 8, 1985
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Aug 1, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 1, 1985
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit farmer-owned cooperatives (at the option of the cooperative) to compute the net earnings of the organization by offsetting losses incurred by one or more allocation units of the organization (whether functional, divisional, departmental, geographic, or otherwise) against income of one or more other of such allocation units to the extent that such income is derived from business conducted with or for patrons of the organization. Requires certain information be furnished patrons of the cooperative respecting the offsetting of income and losses among allocation units and the right to additional financial information.

What's happening now August 8, 1985

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1585: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code in order to clarify the right of cooperatives to net earnings and losses among patronage allocation units, and for other purposes.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1585/
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"S. 1585: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code in order to clarify the right of cooperatives to net earnings and losses among patronage allocation units, and for other purposes.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1585/.
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S. 1585, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-1585/.
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