Rev. Rul. 2020-11 — Federal rates; adjusted federal rates; adjusted federal long-term rate, the long-term exempt rate, and the blended annual rate.

This revenue ruling provides various prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes for May 2020 (the current month). Table 1 contains the short-term, mid-term, and long-term applicable federal rates (AFR) for the current month for purposes of section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. Table 2 contains the short-term, mid-term, and long-term adjusted applicable federal rates (adjusted AFR) for the current month for purposes of section 1288(b). Table 3 sets forth the adjusted federal long-term rate and the long-term tax-exempt rate described in section 382(f). Table 4 contains the appropriate percentages for determining the low-income housing credit described in section 42(b)(1) for buildings placed in service during the current month. However, under section 42(b)(2), the applicable percentage for non-federally subsidized new buildings placed in service after July 30, 2008, shall not be less than 9%. Finally, Table 5 contains the federal rate for determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or for a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest for purposes of section 7520.

REV. RUL. 2020-11 TABLE 1 Applicable Federal Rates (AFR) for May 2020 Period for Compounding

	Annual	Semiannual	Quarterly	Monthly
		Short-term
AFR	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%
110% AFR	0.28%	0.28%	0.28%	0.28%
120% AFR	0.30%	0.30%	0.30%	0.30%
130% AFR	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%
		Mid-term
AFR	0.58%	0.58%	0.58%	0.58%
110% AFR	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%
120% AFR	0.70%	0.70%	0.70%	0.70%
130% AFR	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%
150% AFR	0.87%	0.87%	0.87%	0.87%
175% AFR	1.02%	1.02%	1.02%	1.02%
		Long-term
AFR	1.15%	1.15%	1.15%	1.15%
110% AFR	1.27%	1.27%	1.27%	1.27%
120% AFR	1.38%	1.38%	1.38%	1.38%
130% AFR	1.51%	1.50%	1.50%	1.50%

REV. RUL. 2020-11 TABLE 2 Adjusted AFR for May 2020 Period for Compounding

	Annual	Semiannual	Quarterly	Monthly
Short-term adjusted AFR	0.19%	0.19%	0.19%	0.19%
Mid-term adjusted AFR	0.44%	0.44%	0.44%	0.44%
Long-term adjusted AFR	0.87%	0.87%	0.87%	0.87%

REV. RUL. 2020-11 TABLE 3 Rates Under Section 382 for May 2020

Adjusted federal long-term rate for the current month	.87%
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.)	1.47%

REV. RUL. 2020-11 TABLE 4 Appropriate Percentages Under Section 42(b)(1) for May 2020

Note: Under section 42(b)(2), the applicable percentage for non-federally subsidized new buildings placed in service after July 30, 2008, shall not be less than 9%.
Appropriate percentage for the 70% present value low-income housing credit	7.20%
Appropriate percentage for the 30% present value low-income housing credit	3.08%

REV. RUL. 2020-11 TABLE 5 Rate Under Section 7520 for May 2020

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

.8%