Appendix C - Appendix C to Part 2—Nationwide Proceeding Computation of Federal Income Tax Allowance Independent Producers, Pipeline Affiliates and Pipeline Producers Continental U.S.—1972 Data (Docket No. R-478)

Line No. Particulars Schedule No. Line No. (1)—Total 1(2)—Total excluding production taxes 2(3)—Gas only 3(4)—Lease separation 3(5)—No lease separation 3(6)—Total 4(7)—Percentage lease separation gas 5(8)—Allocated amount gas 6production, exploration and development costs2Direct and indirect lease costs and expenses1-A011,694,893,5581,694,893,55857,287,938$144,679,567$19,763,791$221,731,29690.33207,740,782 2Taxes (except income and production)A-102210,335,720210,335,72016,507,63020,431,4444,360,02441,299,0989.3339,323,337 4Production taxes1-A03479,424,29727,124,21096,699,67310,005,599133,829,48290.33124,478,624 5Other lease expenses1-A0461,102,43361,102,43317,527,07724,988,900336,42742,852,40490.3340,435,977 6Depletion, depreciation and amortization1-A051,716,823,0701,716,823,070105,999,777297,881,31225,502,048429,383,13790.33400,578,014 7Corporate general expense1-A06278,845,909278,845,90913,611,33725,077,7963,579,72842,268,86190.3339,843,838 8Area, district, division and field expense1-A07261,718,41726,178,4177,207,32021,758,6042,778,94431,744,86890.3329,640,811 9Miscellaneous lease revenues1-A09(12,203,136)(12,203,136)(1,348,729)(2,768,788)(314,067)(4,431,584)90.33(4,163,842) 10Return on production rate base at 15 percent1-A132,505,272,6722,505,272,672186,055,524427,939,60169,857,212663,852,33790.33622,470,578 11Exploration and development costs and expenses1-A151,673,945,8531,673,945,853594,971,262 12Return on exploration rate base at 15 percent1-A16588,558,894588,558,894234,604,103 13Regulatory commission expense including return1-A176,514,2796,514,2796,514,852 14 15 Total computed revenue9,465,231,9668,985,807,6692,336,439,376 16 (gross income) 17 18 revenue deductions 19Direct and indirect lease costs and expenses1-A011,694,893,5581,694,893,558207,740,872 20Taxes (except income and production)1-A02210,335,720210,335,72039,323,377 21Production taxes1-A03479,424,297124,478,624 22Other lease expenses1-A0461,102,43361,102,43340,435,977 23Book depletion7 (283,121,142)283,121,24224,287,98661,675,8286,177,59692,141,41090.3386,177,357 24Depreciation expense1-A057 (654,604,447)654,604,44730,223,58694,010,5207,007,662131,241,76890.33122,150,951 25Amortization of capitalized IDC7 (779,097,382)779,097,38251,488,205142,194,96412,316,790205,999,95990.33192,249,706 26Corporate general expense1-A06278,845,909278,845,90939,843,838 27Area, district, division and field expense1-A07261,718,417261,718,41729,640,811 28Miscellaneous lease revenues1-A09(12,203,136)(12,203,136)(4,163,842) 29Exploration and development costs and expenses1,673,945,8531,673,945,853594,971,262 30Regulatory commission expense4-A016,384,3846,394,3846,394,384 31 32 Total book expenses6,371,380,5055,891,856,2091,479,243,227 33 34Production net income (line 15 less line 32)3,093,951,4613,093,951,460857,190,149 35 36 tax adjustment—add (deduct) 37Amortization of capitalized IDC779,097,282779,097,382192,249,706 38Estimated IDC capitalized in 19728 (1,470,935,857)(1,470,935,857)(362,967,445) 39Interest expense (calculated)9 (243,846,540)(243,846,540)(60,587,136) 40 41 Taxable income2,158,266,4452,158,266,445625,891,274 42 43 Federal income tax at 48 percent1,992,245,9491,992,245,94910 577,745,791

1 Lines 1 thru 15, col. (1). From Notice issued Sept. 12, 1974, app. A, p. 12, col. (d).

2 Production taxes have been deleted from col. (1).

3 From notice issued Sept. 12, 1974, app. A, p. 12, cols. (g), (h), and (i).

4 Col. (3) plus col. (4) plus col. (5).

5 Calculated on a modified British thermal unit basis (1.5 to 1).

6 Col. (7) times col. (4), plus cols. (3) and (5).

7 See composites mailed to all parties on Feb. 13, 1974.

8 Calculated, 188.8 percent (A R64-1-2) times $779,097,382 equals $1,470,935,857.

9 Calculated 0.0146 (interest rate) times $16,701,817,818 (app. A, schedule 2-A, (d), line 11, p. 13) equals $243,846,540.

10 $577,745,791 divided by 9,508,369,001 equals 6.08 cents per thousand cubic feet.

[Opinion 749, 41 FR 3092, Jan. 21, 1976]