Applicable Federal Rates for March
Rev. Rul. 2012-9, 2012-11 IRB 475, modified by Rev. Rul. 2012-12, 2012-15 IRB

The Applicable Federal Rates for March 2012 are reproduced below.


Table I

Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)

Annual

Semi-annual

Quarterly

Monthly


March 2012
 

Period for Compounding

Short-Term

       

AFR

 .19%

 .19%

 .19%

 .19%

110% AFR

 .21%

 .21%

 .21%

 .21%

120% AFR

 .23%

 .23%

 .23%

 .23%

130% AFR

 .25%

 .25%

 .25%

 .25%

Mid-Term
       

AFR

1.08%

1.08%

1.08%

1.08%

110% AFR

1.19%

1.19%

1.19%

1.19%

120% AFR

1.30%

1.30%

1.30%

1.30%

130% AFR

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

150% AFR

1.63%

1.62%

1.62%

1.61%

175% AFR

1.90%

1.89%

1.89%

1.88%

Long-Term
       

AFR

2.65%

2.63%

2.62%

2.62%

110% AFR

2.91%

2.89%

2.88%

2.87%

120% AFR

3.18%

3.16%

3.15%

3.14%

130% AFR

3.45%

3.42%

3.41%

3.40%

 
Table II

Adjusted AFR for March 2012

 

Period for Compounding

 

Annual

Semi-annual

Quarterly

Monthly

Short-term adjusted AFR

 .26%

 .26%

 .26%

 .26%

Mid-term adjusted AFR

1.05%

1.05%

1.05%

1.05%

Long-term adjusted AFR

2.97%

2.95%

2.94%

2.93%

 
Table III

Rates Under Section 382 for March 2012

Adjusted federal long-term rate for the current month

2.97%

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).

3.47%

 
Table IV

Appropriate Percentages Under Section 42(b)(1)* for March 2012

Appropriate Percentage for the 70% present value low-income housing credit

7.43%

Appropriate Percentage for the 30% present value low-income housing credit

3.18%

 
Table V

Rate Under Section 7520 for March 2012

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

1.4%


* Note: Under Code Sec. 42(b)(2), the applicable percentage for non-federally subsidized new buildings place in service after July 30, 2008, and before Dec. 31, 2013, is not to be less than 9%.