Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Chapter 67 — Interest
§ 6622. Interest compounded daily
Statutory text
General rule
In computing the amount of any interest required to be paid under this title or sections 1961(c)(1) or 2411 of title 28, United States Code, by the Secretary or by the taxpayer, or any other amount determined by reference to such amount of interest, such interest and such amount shall be compounded daily.
Exception for penalty for failure to file estimated tax
Subsection (a) shall not apply for purposes of computing the amount of any addition to tax under section 6654 or 6655.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–248 title III § 344(a) · 96 Stat. 324
Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 6622
(Added Pub. L. 97–248, title III, § 344(a), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 635.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 97–248, title III, § 344(a), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 635.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Subchapter C of chapter 67 (relating to determination of rate of interest) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “SEC. 6622. INTEREST COMPOUNDED DAILY. “(a) General Rule.— In computing the amount of any interest required to be paid under this title or sections 1961(c)(1) or 2411 of title 28, United States Code, by the Secretary or by the taxpayer, or any other amount determined by reference to such amount of interest, such interest and such amount shall be compounded daily. “(b) Exception for Penalty for Failure to File Estimated Tax.— Subsection (a) shall not apply for purposes of computing the amount of any addition to tax under section 6654 or 6655.”
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 97–248, title III, § 344(c), , 96 Stat. 636, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 6601 of this title] shall apply to interest accruing after .”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 97–248, title III, § 344(a), , 96 Stat. 635.)