New rates of interest covering quarterly instalment payments and early payments of corporation tax not due by instalments, in respect of accounting periods ending on or after 1 July 1999 have been announced. These new rates of interest take effect from 17 December 2007.

• The rate of interest charged on underpaid instalment payments of corporation tax changes from 6.75 per cent to 6.5 per cent.
• The rate of interest on overpaid instalment payments of corporation tax, and on corporation tax paid early (but not due by instalments) changes from 5.5 per cent to 5.25 per cent.

Further information is available at http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=338367&NewsAreaID=2