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The seller must pay the tax before the deed can be recorded. Connecticut also imposes a 1.11% controlling interest transfer tax on real estate transferred through the sale or transfer of a business entity that owns an interest in Connecticut real property valued at least $2,000 or more.

A seller qualifies for tax-free gains by meeting these requirements: You have owned and used the property as your main residence for at least two of the last five years before a sale; Your profits are less than $250,000 if single or $500,000 when married and filing jointly; and.

The controlling interest transfer tax is imposed on the person selling or transferring the controlling interest at the rate of 1.11% of the present true and actual value of the interest in real property possessed, directly or indirectly, by the entity.

Connecticut allows taxpayers who pay conveyance tax at the 2.25% rate to claim a property tax credit against their state income tax liability. This credit is based on the amount they paid in conveyance tax at 2.25% rate.

Connecticut's Real Estate Conveyance Tax The seller pays the tax when he or she conveys the property. Municipal town clerks collect the tax and remit the state share to the state Department of Revenue Services (DRS) (CGS §§ 12-494 et seq., as amended by PA 19-117, § 337).

OP-236, Connecticut Real Estate Conveyance Tax Return. Page 1. Declaration: I declare under penalty of law that I have examined this return (including any accompanying schedules and statements) and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, complete, and correct.

Based upon sales price, they are three quarters of one percent of the sales price up to $800,000.00; and one and a quarter percent for everything over $800,000.00. Local Conveyance Taxes are paid to the city or town where the property is located. They are 0.25% of the sales price except as noted below.

Transfers of residential property in Connecticut are generally subject to real estate conveyance tax paid by the seller. The current graduated tax rates are 0.75 percent of the purchase price for conveyances of $800,000 or less and 1.25 percent on any portion of the consideration in excess of $800,000.