SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COAL CORP. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 73-1257, 73-1548, 73-1549.

491 F.2d 1337 (1974)

SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COAL CORPORATION Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald H. Olson, Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Stanley B. Miller, U. S. Atty., Richard Darst, Asst. U. S. Atty., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Charles F. Cremer, Jr., William M. Evans, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KILEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the electrical expense deductions taken by taxpayer in 1965, 1966 and 1967 for subsequently determined excessive billings were proper. If they were, under the tax benefit rule, the subsequent refund thereof in 1967 produced taxable income in that year.

During the relevant period, taxpayer was engaged in the business of strip-mining coal in southwestern Illinois. In late 1964, it put into service...

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