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March 2008

Applicable Federal Rates

Rev. Rul. 2008-11

Applicable Federal Rates for March

This revenue ruling provides various prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes for March 2008 (the current month). Table 1 contains the short-term, mid-term, and long-term applicable federal rates (AFR) for the current month for purposes of section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. Table 2 contains the short-term, mid-term, and long-term adjusted applicable federal rates (adjusted AFR) for the current month for purposes of section 1288(b). Table 3 sets forth the adjusted federal longterm rate and the long-term tax-exempt rate described in section 382(f). Table 4 contains the appropriate percentages for determining the lowincome housing credit described in section 42(b)(2) for buildings placed in service during the current month. Finally, Table 5 contains the federal rate for determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or for a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest for purposes of section 7520.

Table I
March 2008
  Period for Compounding
Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)
Annual Semi-annual Quarterly Monthly
Short-Term
AFR
2.25% 2.24% 2.23% 2.23%
110% AFR
2.48% 2.46% 2.45% 2.45%
120% AFR
2.71% 2.69% 2.68% 2.68%
130% AFR
2.93% 2.91% 2.90% 2.89%
Mid-Term
AFR
2.97% 2.95% 2.94% 2.93%
110% AFR
3.28% 3.25% 3.24% 3.23%
120% AFR
3.57% 3.54% 3.52% 3.51%
130% AFR
3.88% 3.84% 3.82% 3.81%
150% AFR
4.48% 4.43% 4.41% 4.39%
175% AFR
5.23% 5.16% 5.13% 5.11%
Long-Term
AFR
4.27% 4.23% 4.21% 4.19%
110% AFR
4.70% 4.65% 4.62% 4.61%
120% AFR
5.14% 5.08% 5.05% 5.03%
130% AFR
5.58% 5.50% 5.46% 5.44%

Table II
Adjusted AFR for March 2008
  Period for Compounding
Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)
Annual Semi-annual Quarterly Monthly
Short-term adjusted AFR
2.12% 2.11% 2.10% 2.10%
Mid-term adjusted AFR
2.93% 2.91% 2.90% 2.89%
Long-term adjusted AFR
4.11% 4.07% 4.05% 4.04%

Table III
Rates Under Section 382 for March 2008
Adjusted federal long-term rate for the current month
4.11%
Long-term tax-exempt rate for ownership changes during the current month (the highest of the adjusted federal long-term rates for the current month and the prior two months.)
4.25%

Table IV
Appropriate Percentages Under Section 42(b)(2) for March 2008
Appropriate Percentage for the 70% present value low-income housing credit
7.84%
Appropriate Percentage for the 30% present value low-income housing credit
3.36%

Table V
Rate Under Section 7520 for March 2008
Applicable federal rate for determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or a term of years, or a remainder or reversionary interest
3.6%