Rev. Rul. 2020-16 — 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 September 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. 2020-16 TABLE 1 Applicable Federal Rates (AFR) for September 2020 Period for Compounding

	Annual	Semiannual	Quarterly	Monthly
		Short-term
AFR	0.14%	0.14%	0.14%	0.14%
110% AFR	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%
120% AFR	0.17%	0.17%	0.17%	0.17%
130% AFR	0.18%	0.18%	0.18%	0.18%
		Mid-term
AFR	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%	0.35%
110% AFR	0.39%	0.39%	0.39%	0.39%
120% AFR	0.42%	0.42%	0.42%	0.42%
130% AFR	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%	0.46%
150% AFR	0.53%	0.53%	0.53%	0.53%
175% AFR	0.61%	0.61%	0.61%	0.61%
		Long-term
AFR	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
110% AFR	1.10%	1.10%	1.10%	1.10%
120% AFR	1.20%	1.20%	1.20%	1.20%
130% AFR	1.30%	1.30%	1.30%	1.30%

REV. RUL. 2020-16 TABLE 2 Adjusted AFR for September 2020 Period for Compounding

	Annual	Semiannual	Quarterly	Monthly
Short-term adjusted AFR	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%
Mid-term adjusted AFR	0.27%	0.27%	0.27%	0.27%
Long-term adjusted AFR	0.76%	0.76%	0.76%	0.76%

REV. RUL. 2020-16 TABLE 3 Rates Under Section 382 for September 2020

Adjusted federal long-term rate for the current month	.76%
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.)	.89%

REV. RUL. 2020-16 TABLE 4 Appropriate Percentages Under Section 42(b)(1) for September 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	7.15%
Appropriate percentage for the 30% present value low-income housing credit	3.07%

REV. RUL. 2020-16 TABLE 5 Rate Under Section 7520 for September 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

.4%