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Committee advances bill to ease financial reporting burden for small grain buyers

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development · February 20, 2025
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Summary

Senate File 1552, carried by Senator Kupak, would create a tiered financial-reporting approach for grain buyers and exempt small cash buyers under $1,000,000 in annual purchases from the full reporting requirement. The committee passed the bill to the Senate floor after testimony from small operators who said CPA-level reviews had become prohibit

Senator Mary Kupak presented Senate File 15 52, a bill intended to update the Department of Agriculture’s financial-reporting requirements for licensed grain buyers. Kupak said the bill restores a tiered approach: small buyers would be able to submit account-prepared financial reports rather than CPA-reviewed statements, and cash sales under $1,000,000 annually would be exempt from the full reporting requirement unless MDA requests additional information.

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