Colorado Transfer Tax Calculator: What to Expect
This simple calculator can help home sellers in Colorado estimate their transfer taxes. To get a ballpark idea of the transfer fees you might pay in the Centennial State, enter your home’s estimated selling price above.
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How the Colorado Transfer Tax is Calculated
Colorado’s transfer tax, known as a documentary fee, is calculated at a rate of $0.01 per $100 of the property’s sale price.
For example, if you sold your home for $590,000 (Colorado’s median home price), you could expect to pay $59 in Colorado transfer taxes.
Another Transfer Tax Colorado Sellers Typically Pay
Many counties and local governments also charge home sellers a real estate transfer tax. In Colorado, 12 cities can charge an additional real estate transfer tax, on top of the state’s transfer tax:
| Aspen | 1.5% |
| Avon | 2% |
| Breckenridge | 1% |
| Crested Butte | 3% |
| Frisco | 1% |
| Gypsum | 1% |
| Minturn | 1% |
| Ophir | 4% |
| Snowmass Village | 1% |
| Telluride | 3% |
| Vail | 1% |
| Winter Park | 1% |
»Learn more: Understanding Colorado’s Transfer Tax: A Quick Guide
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Does the Seller Always Pay the Colorado Transfer Tax?
While it’s customary for the seller to pay the Colorado documentary fee, who pays can sometimes be a point of negotiation between the buyer and seller during the closing process.
Some Colorado home sales may be exempt from transfer taxes. Here are a few examples:
- Transactions involving the United States or the state of Colorado
- Property changing hands as a gift
- Deeds transferred to cemeteries
- Property that changes ownership as a result of the owner’s death
- Public trustee’s deeds, treasurer’s deeds, and sheriff’s deeds.
- Instruments that confirm or correct previously recorded deeds.
- Short-term executory contracts for real estate sales where the title is not transferred.
- Leases or assignments of leases.
- Documents securing payment of debt.
- Transfers involving future interests in real property.
- Court decrees or orders determining or vesting title.
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More Resources to Plan Your Colorado Home Sale
Here are some additional tools to help you plan your Colorado home sale:
- Net Proceeds Calculator
- Map of recently sold homes in Colorado
- Listing Agent Match platform
- Home Value Estimator
- Best Time to Sell Calculator
- Agent Commission Calculator
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