---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 65.700"
title: "47"
number: "65.700"
heading: "Determining the maximum allowable rate of return."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/65.700"
---

# §65.700. Determining the maximum allowable rate of return.

- (a) The maximum allowable rate of return for any exchange carrier's earnings on any access service category shall be determined by adding a fixed increment of four-tenths of one percent of the exchange carrier prescribed rate of return.
- (b) The maximum allowable rate of return for any exchange carrier's overall interstate earnings for all access service categories shall be determined by adding a fixed increment of one-quarter of one percent to the exchange carrier prescribed rate of return.
- (c) The maximum allowable rate of return for rates filed by local exchange carrier subject to [§ 61.50](/cfr/47/61.50.md) of this chapter, shall be determined by adding a fixed increment of one and one-half percent to the carriers prescribed rate of return.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 11034, Apr. 1, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 36149, July 6, 1993; 60 FR 28546, June 1, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 1302 unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 11034, Apr. 1, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 36149, July 6, 1993; 60 FR 28546, June 1, 1995]