Every layer that applies to a New Haven sale, added up.
Verified September 21, 2026 · city ordinance and state source checked
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Who pays in New Haven
Seller.
What catches people out
New Haven charges the maximum 0.5 percent municipal rate, double what most Connecticut towns charge. Confirmed on the city clerk’s July 2025 fee schedule.
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Sources
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494 “at the rate of one and one-quarter per cent on that portion of such consideration in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars up to and including the amount of two million five hundred thousand dollars, and ... two and one-quarter per cent on that portion ... in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars”