Mere Fact Land Would Be More Valuable if Sold Along With Tracts Owned By Other Party Does Not Mean Assumption of Combination is to Be Made to Value Estate Property

In the case of the Estate of John A. Pulling, Sr v. Commissioner, TC Memo 2015-134, the Tax Court was asked to decide the highest and best use of three parcels of land held by an estate.  While disagreeing with the estate’s initial argument that Florida case law controlled the proper valuation of the parcels, the Court eventually accepted the estate’s values on different grounds.

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