Maine charges $2.20/$500 of value split between buyer and seller.
This is nothing but a money grab every time a house is sold.
Never understood how transfer taxes were justified for house that is already taxed annually. In some municipalities in the US you not only pay huge permit and impact fees but then you also get dinged for a transfer tax.
The guy who lives in the house and doesn't sell benefits from these fees. Pyramid schemes abound in this country.....
Psst: FLL, Maine already has a sales and income tax too. Now matter how much money they have, they'll spent it and more. I can't wait to jump back across the border to NH.
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