Plymouth Township collects a tax on all real property transferred from one owner to another. This realty transfer tax is paid at closing and is imposed on transactions where, according to state law, "there is a real transfer of beneficial interest." The transfer tax is exempt in transfers of property by legal Wills, between specified family members, in sheriff sales, and to nonprofit conservancies, housing corporations, and government agencies. The total transfer tax on all real property sold in Plymouth Township is 2.0% of the sale price. 1.0% is levied by and goes to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (generally paid by the buyer), .5% goes to Colonial School District, and .5% goes to Plymouth Township (the latter two generally paid by the seller).
Realty transfer taxes generated $300,997 in revenues for various Township operations in 2009.