Interest Rates Remain the Same for the First Quarter of 2015

Posted by Fiala CPA on Jan 8, 2015 in Blog | Comments Off on Interest Rates Remain the Same for the First Quarter of 2015

IR-2014-111, Dec. 4, 2014

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning Jan. 1, 2015.  The rates will be:

• three (3) percent for overpayments (two (2) percent in the case of a corporation);
• three (3) percent for underpayments;
• five (5) percent for large corporate underpayments; and
• one-half (0.5) percent for the portion of a corporate overpayment 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 determined during October 2014 to take effect Nov. 1, 2014, based on daily compounding.

Revenue Ruling 2014-29 announcing the rates of interest, is attached and will appear in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2014-52, dated Dec. 22, 2014.