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Under section 7872 of the Internal Revenue Code, there is interest imputed to "below market loans" between family members, employers and employees, corporations and shareholders, and in other situations. For a loan payable on demand, the short-term applicable federal rate would apply for the purpose of calculating any foregone interest, and because that rate can change monthly, the calculation of interest would have to be month-by-month, with monthly compounding of accrued interest.
To simplify calculations of interest for demand loans, I.R.C. section 7872(e)(2) allows the use of a "blended annual rate" for demand loans with a fixed principal amount outstanding for an entire calendar year. According to Rev. Rul. 86-17, 1986-1 C.B. 377, the blended annual rate is the product of (a) one half of the January semiannual short-term applicable federal rate times (b) one half of the July semiannual short-term applicable federal rate. (The actual formula is (1+a/2)*(1+b/2)-1, where "a" is the January rate and "b" is the July rate.) This blended annual rate is published by the Internal Revenue Service in a Revenue Ruling every June, based on the relevant rates for January and July of that year.
The following is a chart of the blended annual rates from 1985 to the present. For the interest rates to apply to low-interest (or interest-free) demand loans before 1985, see Rev. Proc. 85-46, 1985-2 C.B. 507.
Blended Annual Rates
under Section 7872
|
Calendar Year |
Blended Annual Rate |
|---|---|
|
1985 |
9.24% |
|
1986 |
7.77% |
|
1987 |
6.81% |
|
1988 |
7.72% |
|
1989 |
8.94% |
|
1990 |
8.19% |
|
1991 |
7.11% |
|
1992 |
4.98% |
|
1993 |
4.16% |
|
1994 |
4.80% |
|
1995 |
6.58% |
|
1996 |
5.77% |
|
1997 |
5.85% |
|
1998 |
5.63% |
|
1999 |
4.94% |
|
2000 |
6.24% |
|
2001 |
4.98% |
|
2002 |
2.78% |
|
2003 |
1.52% |
|
2004 |
1.98% |
|
2005 |
3.11% |
|
2006 |
4.71% |
|
2007 |
4.92% |
|
2008 |
2.80% |
|
2009 |
0.82% |
|
2010 |
0.59% |
|
2011 |
0.40% |
|
2012 |
0.22% |
|
2013 |
0.22% |
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