diff --git a/t/Makefile.am b/t/Makefile.am
index 958b3d86..a674cbd6 100644
--- a/t/Makefile.am
+++ b/t/Makefile.am
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ TESTSCRIPTS = \
 	python/t1004_queue_cmds.py \
 	python/t1005_project_cmds.py \
 	python/t1006_job_archive.py \
-	python/t1007_formatter.py
+	python/t1007_formatter.py \
+	python/t1008_users_output.py
 
 dist_check_SCRIPTS = \
 	$(TESTSCRIPTS) \
diff --git a/t/python/t1008_users_output.py b/t/python/t1008_users_output.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e1237abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/python/t1008_users_output.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+###############################################################
+# Copyright 2024 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
+# (c.f. AUTHORS, NOTICE.LLNS, COPYING)
+#
+# This file is part of the Flux resource manager framework.
+# For details, see https://github.com/flux-framework.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0
+###############################################################
+import unittest
+import os
+import sqlite3
+import textwrap
+
+import fluxacct.accounting
+from fluxacct.accounting import create_db as c
+from fluxacct.accounting import bank_subcommands as b
+from fluxacct.accounting import user_subcommands as u
+from fluxacct.accounting import formatter as fmt
+
+
+class TestAccountingCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        # create test accounting database
+        c.create_db("test_view_associations.db")
+        global conn
+        global cur
+
+        conn = sqlite3.connect("test_view_associations.db")
+        cur = conn.cursor()
+
+    # add some associations, initialize formatter
+    def test_AccountingFormatter_with_associations(self):
+        b.add_bank(conn, bank="root", shares=1)
+        b.add_bank(conn, bank="A", shares=1, parent_bank="root")
+        u.add_user(conn, username="user1", bank="A")
+
+        cur.execute("SELECT * FROM association_table")
+        formatter = fmt.AssociationFormatter(cur, "user1")
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(formatter, fmt.AssociationFormatter)
+
+    def test_default_columns_association_table(self):
+        cur.execute("PRAGMA table_info (association_table)")
+        columns = cur.fetchall()
+        association_table = [column[1] for column in columns]
+
+        self.assertEqual(fluxacct.accounting.ASSOCIATION_TABLE, association_table)
+
+    def test_view_association_noexist(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            u.view_user(conn, user="foo")
+
+    # test JSON output for viewing an association
+    def test_view_association(self):
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(
+            """\
+        [
+          {
+            "active": 1,
+            "username": "user1",
+            "bank": "A",
+            "shares": 1
+          }
+        ]
+        """
+        )
+        test = u.view_user(
+            conn, user="user1", cols=["active", "username", "bank", "shares"]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(expected.strip(), test.strip())
+
+    def test_view_association_table(self):
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(
+            """\
+        active | username | bank | shares
+        -------+----------+------+-------
+        1      | user1    | A    | 1  
+        """
+        )
+        test = u.view_user(
+            conn,
+            user="user1",
+            parsable=True,
+            cols=["active", "username", "bank", "shares"],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(expected.strip(), test.strip())
+
+    # remove database and log file
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        conn.close()
+        os.remove("test_view_associations.db")
+
+
+def suite():
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+
+    return suite
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from pycotap import TAPTestRunner
+
+    unittest.main(testRunner=TAPTestRunner())