An example of a defective valuation carried out by the administration can be found in the Valencia Supreme Court Ruling dated February 23, 2007. Said ruling examines the case of beneficiaries who challenged an expert property valuation by the tax authorities modifying the transfer price and affecting the Wealth Transfer Tax that the taxpayer had paid.
The Court ruled in favour of the taxpayers in the end since the valuation carried out by the Tax Authorities was solely based on the average market value of the property (the price at which a property with similar characteristics can be purchased in the market) without any record of a visit to same by the competent expert.
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