CUNA releases toolkit on CU tax status benefits
CUNA is reaching out to leagues and member credit unions with a toolkit stocked with resources to demonstrate the wide variety of public benefits that exist due to the existence of not-for-profit financial cooperatives. CUNA members are being provided with a collection of resources that help amplify the good work that credit unions do for their communities while defending against attacks from banks on their tax-exempt status.
The toolkit designed for leagues can be found here, and the toolkit for credit unions here.
“Bankers seem to take the occasion of Tax Day each year as the chance to spread false narratives about credit unions, their tax status and their members,” said CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle. “Fortunately, credit unions have facts and research to highlights the numerous public policy benefits to every American due to the existence of credit unions, and we’re empowering our member credit unions to push back against these falsehoods wherever necessary to set the record straight.”
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