Teree Castania

She is a CPA whose tax compliance and consulting practice focuses on cooperative issues and other business and individual tax matters. For 28 of her 32 years as a CPA with KPMG she focused on cooperatives and was National Director for Cooperative Tax Services when she retired. She continues her professional accounting work with cooperatives which includes all aspects of tax consulting and compliance at the federal and state level, working with management and boards on capital and bylaw issues, and working with cooperatives to change tax laws to include favorable provisions for cooperatives, such as Section 199A. Teree is the past Chair and current member of the Legal, Tax and Accounting Committee of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (“NCFC”) and past Chair and current member of the Tax Committee of the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives (“NSAC”). Teree is a frequent speaker concerning tax issues related to cooperatives at annual meetings of the NCFC and NSAC. In addition, she is a periodic contributor of articles on current developments in cooperative taxation for the NSAC’s “Cooperative Accountant” publication. Teree is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Teree is also an Outside Director for Farm Credit West, A.C.A.