West Virginia Code §§11-10-17 and 17a require the Tax Commissioner to establish interest rates every six months based on the adjusted prime rate charged by banks. The interest rate shall not be less than 8 percent.

Notice is hereby given that for the period beginning January 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2007, inclusive, the rate of interest on underpayments of tax will be 9.5 percent, and the rate of interest on overpayments of taxes, and on public contracts when final payment is delayed, will be 8 percent.

Notice of this determination by the Tax Commissioner was submitted to the State Register.

 

 

Issued: October 5, 2006

Virgil Helton State Tax Commissioner West Virginia State Tax Department