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Interest rates unchanged for third quarter 2011

MEDIA RELEASE

The Internal Revenue Service has announced interest rates for the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2011, will remain the same as in the previous quarter.

The rates will be:

* four (4) percent for overpayments (three (3) percent in the case of a corporation)
* four (4) percent for underpayments
* six (6) percent for large corporate underpayments
* one and one-half (1.5) 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 computed from the federal short-term rate during April 2011 to take effect May 1, 2011, based on daily compounding.

Revenue Ruling 2011-12, announcing the rates of interest, is attached and will appear in Internal Revenue Bulletin No. 2011-26, dated June 27, 2011.

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