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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.

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The price agreed in the contract.
The government's own value for the property. Left empty, the price is used in its place.
New or resale
Seller
Count calendar years, the first and the last included: bought in 2022 and sold in 2026 is 5.
It applies to a sale within five years of the date of acquisition, unless the seller has been in the house registration of this home for at least one year.

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The result lists each cost with its rule, its source and who usually pays it.

  • Transfer fee: 2% of the appraised value.
  • Specific business tax (3.3%) or stamp duty (0.5%): one or the other, never both.
  • Withholding tax: the seller's income tax, taken at registration.
  • Mortgage registration fee: 1% of the loan, when there is one.

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Sources

  1. Foreign ownership of land in Thailand: fees and taxes Government Public Relations Department (thailand.go.th), citing the Real Estate Information Center. Read 11 November 2026.
  2. Revenue Code, sections 38 to 64 (sections 48(4), 49 bis, 50(5), 52) The Revenue Department (English site). Read 11 November 2026.
  3. Revenue Code, sections 65 to 76 (section 69 ter) The Revenue Department (English site). Read 11 November 2026.
  4. Revenue Code, chapter 5, specific business tax (sections 91/2, 91/5, 91/6) The Revenue Department (English site). Read 11 November 2026.
  5. Specific Business Tax (summary page) The Revenue Department (English site). Read 11 November 2026.
  6. Revenue Code, stamp duty schedule (items 1 and 28) The Revenue Department (English site). Read 11 November 2026.
  7. Royal Decree No. 165 B.E. 2529 (1986): expenses deductible from income from the sale of immovable property The Revenue Department (English translation). Read 11 November 2026.
  8. Royal Decree No. 342 B.E. 2541 (1998): sale of immovable property for a commercial or profitable purpose The Revenue Department (English translation). Read 11 November 2026.
  9. Thailand extends reduced property transfer and mortgage registration fees (3 July 2026) Tilleke & Gibbins. Read 11 November 2026.
  10. Extended reduced land transfer and mortgage registration fees (27 August 2026) Forvis Mazars Thailand. Read 11 November 2026.
  11. Thailand extends reduced property transfer and mortgage registration fees, with a worked example ILCT (International Legal Counsellors Thailand). Read 11 November 2026.
  12. Taxes on selling properties in Thailand (2014), with worked examples Mazars (Thailand). Read 12 November 2026.
  13. Buying and selling property: taxes and fees, with an example Siam Commercial Bank. Read 12 November 2026.
  14. Real Estate 2026: Thailand, law and practice Chambers and Partners practice guides (Duensing Kippen). Read 12 November 2026.

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