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Tax Department Releases Interest Rates for
1/1/00 - 3/31/00

  FOR RELEASE:
  IMMEDIATE, Thursday
  November 4, 1999

Interest rates paid on overpayments or refunds or assessed on late payments or underpayments, are established quarterly by the Tax Department.  Legal requirements dictate the announcement of the rates despite the fact there are no changes from the previous quarter.  Due to financial constraints, the Department is using the media, rather than individual mailings to practitioners, to provide notice.  The rate associated with each tax, effective until March 31, 2000, is as follows:

To view prior period interest rates, click HERE.

Tax Period
1/1/00 - 3/31/00
Interest Rate Per Annum
Compounded Daily
 
  Refunds Late Payments
and Assessments
Alcoholic Beverage 7% 8%
Beverage Containers 7% 12%
Boxing & Wrestling 7% 8%
Cigarette N/A 8%
Corporation 7% 8%
Diesel Motor Fuel 7% 8%
Estate 7% 7%
Fuel Use Tax 12% 12%
Generation-Skipping Transfer 7% 7%
Gift 7% 7%
Hazardous Waste 7% 15%
Highway Use 7% 8%
Income 7% 7%
Lubricating Oil 7% 12%
Mortgage Recording 7% 8%
Motor Fuel 7% 8%
Petroleum Business 7% 8%
Real Estate Transfer 7% 8%
Real Property Transfer Gains 7% 8%
Sales and Use 7% 12%
Tobacco Products N/A 8%
Withholding 7% 8%

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Last Modified November 4, 1999