If a valuation report is prepared for an inherited property and if that same property is then sold a few months later for a purchase price significantly higher than the value determined in the appraisal, the Supreme Tax Court clarified that neither the appraisal nor the purchase price takes precedence from the outset. However, under certain conditions a properly prepared value appraisal may be suitable as evidence of the lower fair market value.
UPDATE: On Thursday, 10 June 2021, the Bundestag passed the Federal Government's bill on the implementation of the land tax reform. The bill was adopted as amended by the Finance Committee. The bill passed by the Bundestag is on the agenda of the Bundesrat (second reading) for 25 June 2021.
The coalition factions' bill on the reform of the land taxes and valuation laws (Land Tax Reform Act), which was passed by the Bundestag on 18 October 2019 and approved by the Bundesrat on 8 November 2019 was published in the Federal Gazette on 2 December 2019 as the Act on the Reform of the Land Taxes and Valuation Laws
