August 2018 Article Archives
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Cheers to 90 Years! NSAC is Celebrating a Milestone!
The National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives is thrilled to celebrate its 90th Anniversary—a milestone marking nine decades of supporting professionals in cooperative financial management and planning while advancing the cooperative model. Since 1935, NSAC has been the go-to for industry-specific education, resources, and connections. We’re kicking off the celebration in style at COMPASS, where attendees, both virtual ...
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Practical Uses of AI in Your Audit Practice
This article explores the evolving role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly Generative AI (GenAI), in financial statement audits, highlighting its practical applications, adoption trends, and oversight considerations. It examines insights from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) regarding GenAI’s current uses in administrative audit functions and the associated governance challenges. The article details how ...
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The Cooperative Accountant Summer 2025
The Summer 2025 issue of The Cooperative Accountant (TCA) has been released! Focusing on cooperative-related issues, such as accounting and auditing, finance, cooperative management, legal and regulatory issues and taxation, this journal has become widely recognized as the industry standard. NSAC members, please log into Connect to view or download the latest issue.
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Key Financial Considerations for Electric Cooperatives Implementing Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Programs
Introduction As electric cooperatives evaluate the implementation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Programs, finance professionals must carefully evaluate financial, regulatory, and operational impacts of any programs under consideration. A well-structured DER program for an electric cooperative aligns technology, infrastructure, financial models, policy, and consumer engagement to maximize grid reliability, cost-effectiveness, and member ...
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FASB Issues Standard That Clarifies Guidance for Identifying the Accounting Acquirer in a Business Combination
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today published an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that improves the requirements for identifying the accounting acquirer in FASB Accounting Standards Codification® Topic 805, Business Combinations. The ASU is based on a recommendation of the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF). “The new ASU is the first recommendation from the recently reconstituted EITF to be issued ...
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