I spent most of today at the Udon Thani land office getting the deed to our four rai changed to my wife's name from the previous owner. It was very interesting to watch the process in person and reminded me of trying to hurd a bunch of cats. Anyway, I did some internet searching while we were waiting and most the searches on taxes and fees owed for transferring ownership in Thailand only showed a 2% Transfer Fee and a 0.5% Stamp Fee to be paid by the purchaser. The government took a long time assessing a value of over a million baht on the land that we paid 640,000 baht for around 10 years ago. The final fee for changing names on the deed was 60,000 baht, which seemed high to me.
My question to all of you is, did I get ripped off? Does this compare to what others have paid to change names on a land deed after purchase?