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A Georgia deed transfers for $410,050 in taxable consideration. What is the real estate transfer tax?

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1. A Georgia deed transfers for $410,050 in taxable consideration. What is the real estate transfer tax?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.$410.00
B.$410.05
C.$410.10
D.$411.00

Answer C: $410.10

After the first $1,000, $409,050 remains. Divide by $100 and round 4,090.5 up to 4,091 units. Add $1 to $409.10.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Wrong. Drops the fractional $100 unit.
B. Wrong. Applies $1 per $1,000 to the exact price.
C. Correct. $1 + 4,091 x $0.10 = $410.10.
D. Wrong. Rounds the price up to the next $1,000.

Work it through

$410,050 - $1,000 = $409,050
$409,050 / $100 = 4,090.5, rounded up to 4,091
$1 + 4,091 x $0.10 = $410.10

Rule to remember: Transfer tax uses taxable consideration and counts each fractional statutory unit.

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2. Who must conduct a real estate closing in Georgia?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.A Georgia-licensed attorney
B.A title company's closer
C.The listing broker's office
D.An independent escrow officer

Answer A: A Georgia-licensed attorney

Georgia is an attorney-closing state because conveyancing is the practice of law. This also limits what a licensee may say about the legal effect of documents.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Correct. A Georgia-licensed attorney must conduct the closing.
B. Misconception: title companies close everywhere. They may insure title, but a nonlawyer cannot run a Georgia closing.
C. Misconception: the broker who coordinates the deal also closes it. Conducting the closing is the practice of law.
D. Misconception: escrow-officer closings, common in other states, do not apply in Georgia.

Rule to remember: Georgia closings are conducted by Georgia-licensed attorneys.

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3. A Georgia property sells for $500,000 with a qualifying $375,250 secured note. What is the intangible recording tax?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.$750.00
B.$1,125.00
C.$1,126.50
D.$1,500.00

Answer C: $1,126.50

The note, not the price, is the base. $375,250 is 750.5 units of $500, rounded up to 751. Multiply by $1.50.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Wrong. Uses $1.50 per $1,000 of price.
B. Wrong. Drops the fractional $500 unit (750 x $1.50).
C. Correct. 751 x $1.50 = $1,126.50.
D. Wrong. Uses the $500,000 price as the base.

Work it through

$375,250 / $500 = 750.5, rounded up to 751 units
751 x $1.50 = $1,126.50

Rule to remember: Georgia intangible recording tax follows the qualifying secured note and rounds a fractional $500 unit up.

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4. A borrower conveys legal title directly to a lender as security for a debt, with no trustee. Which Georgia instrument is described?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.Mortgage
B.Deed of trust
C.Security deed
D.Land contract

Answer C: Security deed

A security deed, also called a deed to secure debt, conveys legal title to the lender as collateral. The borrower retains equitable rights. The direct borrower-to-lender conveyance distinguishes it from a three-party deed of trust.

Why each choice works or fails

A. A Georgia mortgage creates a lien rather than making the legal-title conveyance described.
B. A deed of trust uses a third-party trustee; this question expressly excludes one.
C. Correct. Georgia uses the security deed (deed to secure debt).
D. Wrong. A land contract is seller financing where the seller keeps title, not a lender's security instrument.

Rule to remember: A Georgia security deed conveys legal title as security for the debt; a Georgia mortgage creates a lien.

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5. A Georgia home has $420,000 fair market value, a stated $12,000 exemption from assessed value, and 30 mills. What is annual tax?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.$4,680
B.$5,040
C.$12,240
D.$12,600

Answer A: $4,680

Assessed value is $168,000. Subtract $12,000 to get $156,000 taxable assessed value, then apply 0.030.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Correct. ($168,000 - $12,000) x 0.030 = $4,680.
B. Wrong. Skips the exemption.
C. Wrong. Skips the 40% ratio before subtracting the exemption.
D. Wrong. Applies millage to full market value.

Work it through

$420,000 x 0.40 = $168,000 assessed value
$168,000 - $12,000 = $156,000 taxable value
$156,000 x 0.030 = $4,680

Rule to remember: Georgia's ordinary sequence is fair market value, 40% assessment, stated exemptions, then millage.

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6. A buyer purchases at $400,000 with a qualifying $320,000 long-term note secured by the property. The intangible recording tax is calculated on:Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.$400,000
B.$80,000
C.$160,000
D.$320,000

Answer D: $320,000

The intangible recording tax applies to the face amount of the long-term note secured by the property. The transfer tax applies to the sale price. A stem giving you both numbers is testing exactly this.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Misconception: the price is the base. The price is the transfer tax base.
B. Misconception: taxing the equity. $80,000 is the down payment.
C. Misconception: applying the 40% assessment ratio, which belongs to property tax, to the price.
D. Correct. The tax follows the face amount of the secured note.

Work it through

Intangible tax follows the loan: $320,000
Transfer tax would follow the price: $400,000

Rule to remember: Intangible tax on the loan, transfer tax on the price.

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7. A Georgia lender is preparing a non-judicial foreclosure under a power of sale. All of the following are required EXCEPT:Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.A court order authorizing the sale before it may be advertised
B.Conducting the sale on the first Tuesday of the month during legal sale hours
C.Giving the debtor the prescribed notice at least 30 days before the sale date
D.Publication of the notice of sale in the county's legal organ once a week for four weeks before the sale

Answer A: A court order authorizing the sale before it may be advertised

Non-judicial foreclosure is exercised under the power of sale in the security deed, so no court order is needed. The creditor must follow Georgia's notice, publication, timing, and sale-location rules. When the prescribed notice is properly mailed, it is deemed given on the official postmark date; actual receipt is not required.

Why each choice works or fails

A. No court order is needed; the power of sale supplies the authority.
B. Sales follow sheriff's-sale timing: the first Tuesday of the month during legal sale hours.
C. The creditor must give the prescribed notice at least 30 days before the proposed sale. Proper mailing completes notice on the official postmark date.
D. The notice runs in the county legal organ once a week for the four weeks before the sale.

Rule to remember: Georgia power-of-sale foreclosure requires statutory notice, four weeks of publication, and a first-Tuesday sale, but no court order.

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8. A Georgia property transfers for $360,000 with a qualifying $288,000 secured note. Which pairing is correct before fractional adjustments?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.Both taxes use $360,000
B.Both taxes use $288,000
C.Transfer tax uses $360,000; intangible tax uses $288,000
D.Transfer tax uses $288,000; intangible tax uses $360,000

Answer C: Transfer tax uses $360,000; intangible tax uses $288,000

Transfer tax is charged on the deed, so its base is the consideration paid. Intangible recording tax is charged on recording the security deed, so its base is the face amount of the secured note. Match each tax to the document it rides on.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Wrong. Intangible tax does not use the price.
B. Wrong. Transfer tax does not use the loan.
C. Correct. Transfer on consideration; intangible on the note.
D. Wrong. Reverses the two bases.

Work it through

Transfer event identifies consideration: $360,000
Secured-note recording identifies note amount: $288,000

Rule to remember: Transfer tax rides on the deed and uses the price; intangible tax rides on the security deed and uses the note.

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9. A Georgia home sells for $285,000, and the buyer finances $228,000 with a new loan. No existing loan is assumed. What is the state transfer tax?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.$228.00
B.$684.00
C.$285.00
D.$2,850.00

Answer C: $285.00

Transfer tax follows the consideration, not the loan. $1 covers the first $1,000 and $0.10 applies to each additional $100, which works out to $1 per $1,000 on an even amount.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Wrong. $228.00 uses the loan amount as the base.
B. Wrong. $684.00 is the intangible recording tax on the $228,000 note.
C. Correct. $1 + 2,840 x $0.10 = $285.00.
D. Wrong. $2,850.00 moves the decimal, charging $10 per $1,000.

Work it through

$285,000 - $1,000 = $284,000
$284,000 / $100 = 2,840 units x $0.10 = $284.00
$1.00 + $284.00 = $285.00

Rule to remember: Transfer tax follows the price ($1 first $1,000, $0.10 per added $100). Intangible tax follows the loan.

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10. A Georgia property has a fair market value of $300,000. What is its assessed value for property tax?Finance and Closing. Open choices and explanation.

A.$300,000
B.$180,000
C.$120,000
D.$12,000

Answer C: $120,000

Georgia assesses at 40% of fair market value before the millage rate is applied. Miss the ratio and every downstream figure is wrong.

Why each choice works or fails

A. Misconception: assessed value equals market value. Full value skips the 40% ratio.
B. Misconception: subtracting 40% instead of taking 40%. $300,000 - $120,000 = $180,000.
C. Correct. $300,000 x 0.40 = $120,000.
D. Misconception: a decimal slip, using 4% instead of 40%.

Work it through

$300,000 x 0.40 = $120,000 assessed value

Rule to remember: Georgia assesses at 40% of fair market value.

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