WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The Internal Revenue Service, on November 23, announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The rates will be:

3% for overpayments (two (2) percent in the case of a corporation),

0.5% for the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000,

3% for underpayments, and

5% for large corporate underpayments.

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 2021 to take effect Nov. 1, 2021, based on daily compounding. Revenue Ruling 2021-24, announcing the rates of interest, is attached and will appear in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2021-50, dated Dec. 13, 2021.

(Press Release)