# Wisconsin — Real estate transfer tax by state: rate, who pays, brackets and first-time buyer relief

For Wisconsin, tax name is real estate transfer fee; state rate is 30 cents for each $100 of value or fraction thereof on every conveyance not exempted or excluded under this subchapter; who pays is There is imposed on the grantor of real estate a real estate transfer fee; citation is 77.22 Imposition of real estate transfer fee, verified against its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Wisconsin _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Tax name:** real estate transfer fee _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State rate:** 30 cents for each $100 of value or fraction thereof on every conveyance not exempted or excluded under this subchapter _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Who pays:** There is imposed on the grantor of real estate a real estate transfer fee _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Citation:** 77.22 Imposition of real estate transfer fee. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 77.22 Imposition of real estate transfer fee. 77.22(1) (1) There is imposed on the grantor of real estate a real estate transfer fee at the rate of 30 cents for each $100 of value or fraction thereof on every conveyance not exempted or excluded under this subchapter.

## Source

- https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/77/ii/22

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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