The Chair for Agri-food Cooperatives of the UV, in collaboration with AgroBank, on February 26 held a seminar on¨ Tax changes for cooperatives in 2026¨, an event directed to analize the main normative changs and intepretative criteria that affect the taxation of agri-food cooperation.

The seminar presented specialist in Financial and Tax Law, and the representatives of the cooperative sector to talk about most relevant fiscal issues. During the session they analyzed various aspects related to the taxation of cooperatives, combining an academic perspective with practical experience in the sector. 

The event featured the following presentations:

• Pilar Alguacil Marí, professor of the Financial and Tax Law, talked about ¨Taxation of cooperatives: special regime and corporate income tax¨ (¨Tributación de cooperativas: régimen especial e Impuesto sobre Sociedades”)
• Pilar Bonet Sánchez, professor of the Financial and Tax Law, with the presentation “VAT and the partner regime.” (“IVA y régimen del socio”)
• Teresa Puchol Tur, assistant lecturer of the Financial and Tax Law. who analyzed “The supplementary tax and the BEFIT proposal: impact on agri-food cooperatives.” (“El gravamen complementario y la propuesta BEFIT: impacto en las cooperativas agroalimentarias”)

The lecture was led by Félix Corchero Albarrán, representative of Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España, what helped to stimulate the debate and convey the main concernes of the cooperative sector.

This seminar is a part of the #SeminariosCoop, an initiative of the Chair which aim is to bring agri-food cooperatives up to fate with the main legal and tax developments affecting their activities.  

For those who couldn´t join the session, the full event can be watched on the Cooperativas Agroalimentarias de España Youtube Channel 

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