The Internal Revenue Service charges interest when you owe taxes and penalties on your federal tax return. The amount of interest the IRS charges on a tax liability changes quarterly. See below for the most current IRS interest rates. Beginning January 1st 2016 interest rates for the IRS are:
– three (3) percent for overpayments [two (2) percent for corporations]
– three (3) percent for underpayments
– five (5) percent for large corporate underpayments
– 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 are announced quarterly and are based on daily compounding.
See: What to Know About Penalty and Interest Abatement
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