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        <ExplanationTxt>CONTRIBUTIONS IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION NOT REVENUE PER GAAP = -$1872913</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Net change in donated capital and memberships = $364767</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>non-cash patronage allocations not revenue per irs = $1037658</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Patronage Div. paid to members' accts. not expense per gaap = $2030244</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Retirement of Capital Credits = -$2576110</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>990 Part IX Line 17 "Travel Costs"</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Travel costs includes the expenses of purchasing, leasing, operating, and repairing any vehicles owned by the Organization and used in the Organization's activities. Travel costs also include transportation costs, meals and lodging, and per diem payments.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>990 Part IX Line 4 "Benefits paid to or for members"</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Patronage dividends paid to members' accounts in accordance with the pre-existing obligation in Southside Electric Cooperative's by-laws. The Cooperative is obligated to pay by credits to a capital account for each patron all such amounts in excess of operating costs and expenses. IRS instructions for line 4 changed in 2011 to include patronage dividends paid by section 501(c)(12) organizations to their members. Accordingly, these amounts are now reported on line 4.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>990 PART VII SECTION A COLUMN F</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The Cooperative participates in the NRECA group defined pension plan. As part of this plan, participants are required to recognize the actuarial increase in the value of their account on the form 990. The contribution rates for participants in the plan are the same for all individuals in the plan. The change in actuarial value for each participant, however, varies with age. In other words, the older a participant is, the greater the increase in that individual's change in actuarial value with all other things being equal. These actuarial increases, do not represent actual cash received, but rather an unrealized actuarial increase in retirement accounts that is required to be reported on the form 990.</ExplanationTxt>
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