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July 2008

Applicable Federal Rates

Rev. Rul. 2008-33

Applicable Federal Rates for July

This revenue ruling provides various prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes for July 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 long-term rate and the long-term tax-exempt rate described in section 382(f). Table 4 contains the appropriate percentages for determining the low-income housing credit described in section 42(b)(2) for buildings placed in service during the current month. 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. Finally, Table 6 contains the blended annual rate for 2008 for purposes of section 7872.

Table I
July 2008
  Period for Compounding
Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)
Annual Semi-annual Quarterly Monthly
Short-Term
AFR
2.42% 2.41% 2.40% 2.40%
110% AFR
2.67% 2.65% 2.64% 2.64%
120% AFR
2.91% 2.89% 2.88% 2.87%
130% AFR
3.15% 3.13% 3.12% 3.11%
Mid-Term
AFR
3.45% 3.42% 3.41% 3.40%
110% AFR
3.80% 3.76% 3.74% 3.73%
120% AFR
4.14% 4.10% 4.08% 4.07%
130% AFR
4.50% 4.45% 4.43% 4.41%
150% AFR
5.20% 5.13% 5.10% 5.08%
175% AFR
6.08% 5.99% 5.95% 5.92%
Long-Term
AFR
4.60% 4.55% 4.52% 4.51%
110% AFR
5.07% 5.01% 4.98% 4.96%
120% AFR
5.53% 5.46% 4.42% 5.40%
130% AFR
6.01% 5.92% 5.88% 5.85%

Table II
Adjusted AFR for July 2008
  Period for Compounding
Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)
Annual Semi-annual Quarterly Monthly
Short-term adjusted AFR
2.07% 2.06% 2.05% 2.05%
Mid-term adjusted AFR
3.12% 3.10% 3.09% 3.08%
Long-term adjusted AFR
4.52% 4.47% 4.45% 4.43%

Table III
Rates Under Section 382 for July 2008
Adjusted federal long-term rate for the current month
4.52%
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.)
4.71%

Table IV
Appropriate Percentages Under Section 42(b)(2) for July 2008
Appropriate Percentage for the 70% present value low-income housing credit
7.93%
Appropriate Percentage for the 30% present value low-income housing credit
3.40%

Table V
Rate Under Section 7520 for July 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
4.2%

Table VI
Blended Annual Rate for 2008
Section 7872(e)(2) blended annual rate for 2008
2.8%