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Applicable Federal Rates · June 2015

Applicable Federal Rates for June 2015

Every rate the IRS published for June 2015 in Rev. Rul. 2015-14: 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 June 2015 the mid-term AFR was 1.60% and 120% of it was 1.92% (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 1.92%. The § 7520 rate for the month was 2.0%.

Table 1 — Applicable Federal Rates, by compounding period
RateAnnualSemiannualQuarterlyMonthly
Short-term (3 years or less)
AFR0.43%0.43%0.43%0.43%
110% AFR0.47%0.47%0.47%0.47%
120% AFR0.52%0.52%0.52%0.52%
130% AFR0.56%0.56%0.56%0.56%
Mid-term (over 3, up to 9 years)
AFR1.60%1.59%1.59%1.58%
110% AFR1.76%1.75%1.75%1.74%
120% AFR1.92%1.91%1.91%1.90%
130% AFR2.08%2.07%2.06%2.06%
150% AFR2.40%2.39%2.38%2.38%
175% AFR2.80%2.78%2.77%2.76%
Long-term (over 9 years)
AFR2.50%2.48%2.47%2.47%
110% AFR2.75%2.73%2.72%2.71%
120% AFR3.00%2.98%2.97%2.96%
130% AFR3.25%3.22%3.21%3.20%
Table 2 — Adjusted AFR (§ 1288, tax-exempt obligations)
TermAnnualSemiannualQuarterlyMonthly
Short-term adjusted AFR0.43%0.43%0.43%0.43%
Mid-term adjusted AFR1.52%1.51%1.51%1.51%
Long-term adjusted AFR2.50%2.48%2.47%2.47%
Tables 3 and 5 — § 382 and § 7520 rates
Adjusted federal long-term rate (§ 382)2.50%
Long-term tax-exempt rate (§ 382; highest of this and the prior two months)2.50%
§ 7520 rate (annuities, life estates, remainders)2.0%

Source: IRS Rev. Rul. 2015-14, 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 1.59% × 1.2 1.91% (published semiannual 120%: 1.91%) annual (1 + s/2)² − 1 1.92% (published: 1.92%) quarterly 4 × ((1 + s/2)^(1/2) − 1) 1.91% (published: 1.91%) monthly 12 × ((1 + s/2)^(1/6) − 1) 1.90% (published: 1.90%)

The § 7520 rate is the annual 120% mid-term figure rounded to the nearest 0.2%, with a tie rounding up: 1.92% → 2.0%, 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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