Will The IRS Interest Rates Stay The Same ?

Just when you thought the interest rate might decrease, it stays the same for the Third Quarter of 2009 ! Out of Washington, the Internal Revenue Service has announced that the interest rate remain the same starting July 1-2009. The rates will be as followed:


*Four percent for overpayment's and three percent in case of a corporation
*Four percent for underpayments
*Six percent for large corporate underpayments and
*One and a half percent for the portion of a corporate overpayment's exceeding $10,000

Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points. Generally, in the case of a corporation, the underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points and the overpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 2 percentage points. The rate for large corporate underpayments is the federal short-term rate plus 5 percentage points. The rate on the portion of a corporate overpayment of tax exceeding $10,000 for a taxable period is the federal short-term rate plus one-half (0.5) of a percentage point.
The interest rates announced today are computed from the federal short-term rate during April 2009 to take effect May 1, 2009, based on daily compounding.

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