谁付 conveyance tax in CT ?

各位美女帅哥们：

正买一个REO 房，刚被告知要付conveyance tax ( about 1%)。 但我查了CT law要求seller付，我想和seller negotiate. 有胜算吗？我们当时somehow 忽略了那个clause。

多谢了

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/rpt/2006-r-0563.htm

 

CONNECTICUT REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX

Summary

With some exceptions, Connecticut law requires a person who sells real property for $2,000 or more to pay a real estate conveyance tax when he conveys the property to the buyer. The tax has two parts: a state tax and a municipal tax. The state tax rate is either 0.5% or 1% of the sale price, depending on the type of property and how much it sells for, and the town tax rate is either 0.25% or up to a maximum of 0.5% depending on where the property is located. The applicable state and local rates are added together to get the total tax rate for a particular transaction. The seller pays the tax when he conveys the property (CGS § 12-494-504h).