Thailand property transfer cost calculator
An estimate of what is paid at the Land Office on the day a property changes hands in Thailand, and who usually pays it. Amounts are in Thai baht. Nothing you enter is stored.
Pre-filled from Noble Reform's asking price (฿7.5M). An asking price is not the price you will agree; change it above.
Estimated government costs
฿447,503 On a price of ฿7.5M, used as the appraised value too. If the transfer fee is split equally: buyer ฿75,000, seller ฿372,502.
| Cost and rule | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Often sharedOften split equally between buyer and seller; it is a matter of agreement. | ||
| Transfer fee 2% of the appraised value. Source: Government Public Relations Department (thailand.go.th), citing the Real Estate Information Center | 2% | ฿150,001 |
| Usually the sellerThese are the seller's taxes. A contract can pass them to the buyer. | ||
| Specific business tax 3.3% of the higher of the price and the appraised value (3% plus a local tax of 10% of the tax). Charged on a sale within five years of acquisition. Source: The Revenue Department (English site), The Revenue Department (English translation) | 3.3% | ฿247,501 |
| Withholding tax (individual seller) Income tax on the appraised value after a standard deduction for the years held, at progressive rates. Method below. Source: The Revenue Department (English site), The Revenue Department (English translation) | 0.67%effective | ฿50,001 |
| Total | ฿447,503 | |
Temporary reduction not applied. Until 30 June 2027 the transfer and mortgage fees are 0.01% when the buyer is a Thai national buying as an individual and the price, the appraised value and the mortgage are each no more than 7 million baht. Here the buyer is not a Thai national buying as an individual and the price is above 7 million baht and the appraised value is above 7 million baht.
How the withholding tax was worked out
- Appraised value: ฿7,500,044.
- Less the standard deduction for 1 year owned (92%): ฿600,004.
- Divided by the years owned: ฿600,004 a year.
- Income tax on that amount at the progressive rates: ฿50,001.
- Multiplied by the years owned: ฿50,001.
The deduction table and the rates are in the taxes guide. Sources differ for year five: the decree as published by the Revenue Department says 64%; the Mazars 2014 note prints 65%. The decree is used.
What this estimate cannot know
- The official appraised value. You did not enter one, so the price was used. The Land Office works from its own figure, which can differ from the price. Ask the seller or the Land Office for it.
- Who pays what. The split above is the usual one. Your contract decides, and the two sides can agree otherwise.
- Special cases. Inherited or gifted property, exemptions from specific business tax, and land outside the standard rules are not covered.
- Other costs. Lawyer and agent fees and bank charges are not government costs and are not included.
- The seller's final income tax. Withholding is collected at registration; the seller's own tax position may differ.
Sources
- Foreign ownership of land in Thailand: fees and taxes
- Revenue Code, sections 38 to 64 (sections 48(4), 49 bis, 50(5), 52)
- Revenue Code, sections 65 to 76 (section 69 ter)
- Revenue Code, chapter 5, specific business tax (sections 91/2, 91/5, 91/6)
- Specific Business Tax (summary page)
- Revenue Code, stamp duty schedule (items 1 and 28)
- Royal Decree No. 165 B.E. 2529 (1986): expenses deductible from income from the sale of immovable property
- Royal Decree No. 342 B.E. 2541 (1998): sale of immovable property for a commercial or profitable purpose
- Thailand extends reduced property transfer and mortgage registration fees (3 July 2026)
- Extended reduced land transfer and mortgage registration fees (27 August 2026)
- Thailand extends reduced property transfer and mortgage registration fees, with a worked example
- Taxes on selling properties in Thailand (2014), with worked examples
- Buying and selling property: taxes and fees, with an example
- Real Estate 2026: Thailand, law and practice