The General Department of Taxation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance has issued a notice on the market interest rate level for loans for the year 2025.

The notice stated that the General Department of Taxation would like to set the market interest rate for annual loans for 2025 based on the calculation of the average
of the annual lending interest rates of 12 (twelve) major domestic commercial banks as follows:
* 9.36% per year for riel
* 8.45% per year for US dollars.

The General Department of Taxation would like to clarify that the above interest rate is used for the purpose of implementing the obligation to withhold tax on fringe benefits on loans to employees only.