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Applicable Federal Rates · November 2007

Applicable Federal Rates for November 2007

Every rate the IRS published for November 2007 in Rev. Rul. 2007-66: the short-, mid- and long-term AFR at four compounding periods, the multiples, the adjusted AFR, and the § 7520 rate. The 120% mid-term row is worked below the table.

In November 2007 the mid-term AFR was 4.39% and 120% of it was 5.28% (annual compounding), so a 72(t)/SEPP payment beginning in either of the two following months could use up to the greater of 5% and 5.28%. The § 7520 rate for the month was 5.2%.

Table 1 — Applicable Federal Rates, by compounding period
RateAnnualSemiannualQuarterlyMonthly
Short-term (3 years or less)
AFR4.11%4.07%4.05%4.04%
110% AFR4.53%4.48%4.46%4.44%
120% AFR4.94%4.88%4.85%4.83%
130% AFR5.36%5.29%5.26%5.23%
Mid-term (over 3, up to 9 years)
AFR4.39%4.34%4.32%4.30%
110% AFR4.83%4.77%4.74%4.72%
120% AFR5.28%5.21%5.18%5.15%
130% AFR5.72%5.64%5.60%5.57%
150% AFR6.62%6.51%6.46%6.42%
175% AFR7.74%7.60%7.53%7.48%
Long-term (over 9 years)
AFR4.89%4.83%4.80%4.78%
110% AFR5.38%5.31%5.28%5.25%
120% AFR5.88%5.80%5.76%5.73%
130% AFR6.38%6.28%6.23%6.20%
Table 2 — Adjusted AFR (§ 1288, tax-exempt obligations)
TermAnnualSemiannualQuarterlyMonthly
Short-term adjusted AFR3.40%3.37%3.36%3.35%
Mid-term adjusted AFR3.61%3.58%3.56%3.55%
Long-term adjusted AFR4.30%4.25%4.23%4.21%
Tables 3 and 5 — § 382 and § 7520 rates
Adjusted federal long-term rate (§ 382)4.30%
Long-term tax-exempt rate (§ 382; highest of this and the prior two months)4.49%
§ 7520 rate (annuities, life estates, remainders)5.2%

Source: IRS Rev. Rul. 2007-66, Tables 1, 2, 3 and 5 (PDF on irs.gov). Percentages are shown as the ruling prints them; nothing here is rounded or derived except the worked lines below, which are labelled as such. Rates apply to the calendar month named, under IRC § 1274(d); which month governs a given instrument depends on the Code section that uses it.

How the 120% mid-term rate is derived

The IRS applies each multiple to the semiannual mid-term AFR, then converts that semiannual rate to the other compounding periods. Multiplying the annual figure by 1.2 does not reproduce the published table; this does, within 0.01 percentage points, in every ruling since January 2000.

semiannual mid-term AFR 4.34% × 1.2 5.21% (published semiannual 120%: 5.21%) annual (1 + s/2)² − 1 5.28% (published: 5.28%) quarterly 4 × ((1 + s/2)^(1/2) − 1) 5.18% (published: 5.18%) monthly 12 × ((1 + s/2)^(1/6) − 1) 5.15% (published: 5.15%)

The § 7520 rate is the annual 120% mid-term figure rounded to the nearest 0.2%, with a tie rounding up: 5.28% → 5.2%, which is what the ruling publishes.

What these rates are for

IRC § 1274(d) requires the IRS to publish the applicable federal rates every month: the short-term rate for instruments of three years or less, the mid-term rate for over three and up to nine years, and the long-term rate beyond that, each set from the average market yield on outstanding U.S. Treasury obligations of comparable maturity. The multiples serve other Code sections: 120% of the mid-term rate caps a 72(t)/SEPP fixed-amortization or annuitization payment (Notice 2022-6) and, rounded to 0.2%, is the § 7520 rate used to value annuities, life estates and remainders; the 110%, 130%, 150% and 175% rows feed § 42, § 382, § 467 and § 468 computations. The adjusted AFR in Table 2 is the § 1288 rate for tax-exempt obligations.

Informational only, not tax, legal or financial advice. Confirm the figure against the linked ruling before relying on it.

Last reviewed: November 2026 · snapshot built 2026-10-26 from irs.gov.

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