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California transfer tax
See the transfer tax you'll pay in California, and what you walk away with after every cost.
County documentary transfer tax: 0.11% of the price. A county's page · Every line
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General information, not tax, legal or financial advice.
Agent commissions
Transfer tax: who pays, local taxes
Closing date, property tax, fees, credits
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Seller's estimated net sheet
General information, not tax, legal or financial advice. Rates checked October 23, 2026; your title company's statement is the final word. For the gain on your sale, use the gain calculator.
California transfer tax, line by line
- County documentary transfer tax: 0.11% of the price. A county's page
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exceeds $100 at the rate of $0.55 for each $500 or fractional part thereof.
Local taxes: Many cities add their own transfer tax on top of the county's (Santa Rosa and Petaluma add $2.00 per $1,000, for example); enter yours as a local rate. Source
Rates as a county's page gave them on October 23, 2026. Who pays is up to your contract; where the source names a payer, the calculator starts there and you can change it.
Transfer tax by state
Each page gives that state's rates, with a link to the state's own page they came from.
The rest of the seller's kit
- What selling costsCommissions, transfer tax, title and credits, as dollars and a share of your price.
- Both agents' commissionsListing and buyer's agent as separate lines, and what every split costs.
- The gain on your salePrice less selling costs, what you paid and improvements, with the IRS's own figures.