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Wisconsin Closing Cost Calculator
Wisconsin’s transfer fee is $0.30 per $100 of value ($3 per $1,000), paid by the seller. Estimate the grantor's real-estate transfer fee using the value subject to fee, then assemble the rest of your closing budget from quotes.
Wisconsin transfer fee and closing worksheet
Ordinary taxable real-estate conveyance: $0.30 per $100 of value or fraction, payable by the grantor. Supply the confirmed whole-dollar value subject to fee used for the transfer return. Exemptions, partial interests, nominal deeds and historical land-contract rates require separate review or a quote.
Thirty cents for each $100 or fraction
Wisconsin Statutes 77.22 imposes the fee on the grantor. The calculation rounds the taxable value up to $100 units and charges $0.30 per unit. A $300,000 value uses 3,000 units; $300,001 uses 3,001.
The model's default seller allocation is 100 percent. A contract can assign the budgeting cost differently, so the seller-share input remains editable. Changing the share does not change the full fee shown in the example table.
Start with the transfer return's value
The DOR filing guide explains that sale-price entries are rounded to whole dollars and the system determines value subject to fee. For example, it shows $245,216.91 becoming $245,217. The guide includes mortgages in real-estate sale price and excludes personal property.
This worksheet asks for a confirmed whole-dollar basis instead of silently resolving cent-level differences. If your sale price has cents, use the taxable-value field for the final whole-dollar figure from the return or preparer. That figure replaces the price in the fee calculation while the original price remains available for proceeds.
Wisconsin transfer-fee examples
| Scenario | Taxable value | State tax | Local amount | Tax subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exact $100 unit boundary | $300,000.00 | $900.00 | $0.00 | $900.00 |
| One dollar into the next unit | $300,001.00 | $900.30 | $0.00 | $900.30 |
| Confirmed return value | $245,217.00 | $735.90 | $0.00 | $735.90 |
| Different confirmed taxable value | $350,000.00 | $1,050.00 | $0.00 | $1,050.00 |
Family transfers need the current exemption rule
DOR's notice about 2025 Act 38 explains that conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren for nominal or no consideration were added to the family exemption effective November 1, 2025. That is a specific exemption change; it does not make every sale between relatives fee-free.
Confirm the relationship, consideration and documentation with the preparer. Then enter your side's confirmed transfer-fee quote, including zero when appropriate. The calculator preserves an entered zero and replaces the ordinary estimate once. It does not classify a deed or select an exemption for you.
A fee estimate is separate from filing
The DOR system uses information about the deed, conveyance and parties to determine available exemptions. A partial interest, nominal-value deed or historical land contract may require treatment beyond this ordinary-sale model. Follow the official return process for that transaction.
The calculator does not submit the return, pay the fee or record a deed. A $900 transfer fee is only one settlement line. Use the title provider's and register's quotes for the remaining charges, and check whether a combined quote already includes the fee before adding it.
Complete the selected side of the worksheet
For a seller, enter agreed commission, credits paid and loan payoff. The payoff reduces proceeds and is not an automatic deduction from the Wisconsin fee base. For a buyer, enter the down payment, lender costs, deposit and credits. Switch sides to check each budget separately.
Last reviewed 2026-10-05. How totals are calculated.
Questions about Wisconsin
- What is the Wisconsin transfer fee on $300,000?
- At $0.30 per $100 of taxable value, a confirmed $300,000 value produces a $900 fee. A $300,001 value requires 3,001 units and produces $900.30. Recording and other settlement charges are separate.
- Did Wisconsin change the grandparent transfer exemption?
- DOR reports that 2025 Act 38 extended the family exemption to conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren for nominal or no consideration, effective November 1, 2025. Confirm the transaction qualifies before entering an exempt tax quote.