Amendment ID: S2397-15

Amendment 15

Equalizing the Department of Revenue Interest Rates

Mr. Moore moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section __ the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Subsection (a) of section 32 of chapter 62C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- "If any amount of tax is not paid to the commissioner on or before its statutory due date, there shall be added to the tax interest at the rate of the federal short-term rate determined under section 6621(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended and in effect for the taxable year, plus 2 percentage points, computed as simple interest.”