Case ID: ohio-law-abs_1/html/0072-03.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "JONES, J.:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 17503
    The Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
    Error to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
    PUBLIC UTILITIES — Reasonable rates — Income tax proper as part of operating expenses.
   JONES, J.:

In determining whether rates chargeable by a utility yield reasonable compensation for service rendered and are just and reasonable under Section 614-23, General Code, the federal income tax should be included as part of its operating expenses, to be deducted from gross revenue in ascertaining net income.

Order reversed.

Marshall, C. J., Hough, Robinson, Matthias and Clark, JJ., concur. Wanamaker, J., dissents.