Realty Transfer Tax Calculator

State rate checked October 21, 2026 on the Department of Revenue realty transfer tax page. The Department of Revenue states that Pennsylvania realty transfer tax is imposed at a rate of 1 percent of the value of the real estate transferred. The owner verified this citation on October 21, 2026. State realty transfer tax: Article XI-C of the Tax Reform Code of 1971, 72 P.S. § 8101-C et seq.. Local realty transfer tax: Article XI-D of the Tax Reform Code, 72 P.S. § 8101-D et seq. (local tax authorized by Section 1102-D, 72 P.S. § 8102-D), and the Local Tax Enabling Act, 53 P.S. § 6924.101 et seq..

Common level ratio factors for documents accepted July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: Allegheny 2.03, Washington 1.47. Checked October 21, 2026. Pennsylvania Bulletin. Pennsylvania Bulletin Doc. No. 26-911 (June 27, 2026) lists Allegheny County at 2.03 for documents accepted from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The county transfer-tax page still showed 1.99 on October 21, 2026. This file uses 2.03.

Allegheny municipal and school rates were read from the county table on October 21, 2026. That page does not print its own effective date. Washington County towns in this list use an owner-provided combined local rate of 1 percent, stored as 0.5 percent municipal and 0.5 percent school, and those rows are not verified. Peters Township is the exception: 1 percent township and 0.5 percent school, checked on the township taxes page. Edit the rows in data/transfer-tax-rates.ts.