31 CFR § 256.31 - How does Fiscal Service compute interest on payments?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s256.31"
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title: "31 CFR § 256.31 - How does Fiscal Service compute interest on payments?"
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "256.31"
section_name: "How does Fiscal Service compute interest on payments?"
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "256"
part_name: "OBTAINING PAYMENTS FROM THE JUDGMENT FUND AND UNDER PRIVATE RELIEF BILLS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 1304, 3728; 41 U.S.C. 612; 5 U.S.C. 2301 note."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 60849, Oct. 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 256.31 How does Fiscal Service compute interest on payments?

Fiscal Service computes interest according to the terms of the statute that waives sovereign immunity for interest to be awarded against the Federal government. The statute that allows interest must be cited on the appropriate Judgment Fund form.