Quote from rowenwood:
Interest and penalties do apply to years in which you owe money. The interest charged on late payments changes quarterly. During the last several years the interest rate has ranged from a high of 9 percent to a low of 7 percent.
The penalty for filing late is generally not more than 25 percent of the amount owed. The penalty for paying late is 1/2 of 1 percent per month, up to 25 percent of the amount due.
So if my friend's family generates 1,000,000 in taxes every year.
@9% per year (1,000,000*.09=
25% of the amount due (.25*1,000,000= 250,000)
first year (1,000,000*.09) + (.005*1,000,000*12) =150,000
second year =150,000
third =150,000
Thus, one would pay 150,000 instead of approximately 1,000,000.
Fifteen percent of the amount owed?