Every layer that applies to a Stamford sale, added up.
Verified September 21, 2026 · city ordinance and state source checked
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Who pays in Stamford
Seller.
What catches people out
Stamford is the only Connecticut municipality with a tiered local rate. It charges 0.35 percent below $1 million and 0.5 percent at $1 million and above, applied to the whole price.
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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”
City of Stamford, Land Records “City conveyance tax for Stamford is .0035 of sales price up to $999,999.99. City conveyance tax is .0050 above $1,000,000.00.”