(a)Noncash patronage allocations from farmers’ cooperative…#
(a) Noncash patronage allocations from farmers’ cooperative and mutual associations (whether paid in capital stock, revolving fund certificates, retain certificates, certificates of indebtedness, letters of advice or in some other manner that discloses the dollar amount of those noncash patronage allocations) may, at the election of the taxpayer, be considered as income and included in gross income for the taxable year in which received.