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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346623</law_id><section_number>13.1-355</section_number><catch_line>Internal capital accounting</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="44" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Cooperative Associations</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Worker Cooperatives</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The entire net book value of a <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> shall be reflected in internal capital accounts, one for each <span class="dictionary">member</span>, and a <span class="dictionary">collective reserve account</span>. <a id="paragraph-1292535" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-355/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> shall credit the paid-in <span class="dictionary">membership fee</span> and additional paid-in capital of a <span class="dictionary">member</span> to the <span class="dictionary">member</span>&#x2019;s internal capital account and shall also record the apportionment of retained net earnings or net losses to the <span class="dictionary">members</span> in accordance with <span class="dictionary">patronage</span> by appropriately crediting or debiting the internal capital accounts of <span class="dictionary">members</span>. The <span class="dictionary">collective reserve account</span> in an internal capital account cooperative shall reflect any paid-in capital, net losses, and retained net earnings not allocated to individual <span class="dictionary">members</span>. <a id="paragraph-1292536" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-355/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The balances in all the internal capital accounts and <span class="dictionary">collective reserve account</span>, if any, shall be adjusted at the end of each accounting period so that the sum of the balances is equal to the net book value of the <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span>. <a id="paragraph-1292537" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-355/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 673.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
