Georgia Transfer Tax Calculator

Published on July 9th, 2025

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Georgia Transfer Tax Calculator: What to Expect

This simple calculator can help home sellers in Georgia estimate their transfer taxes. To get a ballpark idea of the transfer fees you might pay in the Peach State, enter your home’s estimated selling price above.

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How the Georgia Transfer Tax is Calculated

Georgia’s transfer tax, known as the Real Estate Transfer Tax, is an excise tax on transactions involving the sale of real property where title to the property is transferred from the seller to the buyer.

The tax is calculated based on the property’s sale price at a rate of $1 for the first $1,000 or any fractional part thereof, and 10 cents for each additional $100 or fractional part of $100.

For example, if you sold your home for $375,000 (Georgia’s median home price), you could expect to pay $375 in Georgia transfer taxes.

»Learn more: Understanding Georgia’s Transfer Tax

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Does the Seller Always Pay the Georgia Transfer Tax?

In Georgia, the seller is generally liable for the state’s Real Estate Transfer Tax (also referred to as an excise tax). However, this is not mandatory, and it’s not uncommon for the buyer and seller to agree in the purchase contract that the buyer will cover the cost instead.

Depending on the specifics of the transaction, some sellers may be eligible for exemptions from state transfer taxes in Georgia.

These exemptions include:

Transactions from an agent to principal or nominee to principal
Cemetery deeds
Chapter 11 bankruptcy situations
Transfers from a company to an individual or within corporate structures, including mergers
Deeds confirming title already vested, in lieu of foreclosure, of correction, of gift, or based on divorce
Estate deeds and first transferees after foreclosure
Transfers involving government or nonprofit public corporations
Individual-to-company transfers and joint tenant divisions
Partition deeds

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More Resources to Plan Your Georgia Home Sale

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