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<b>You're lucky --- my guy was out close to $1,000 in REET to Grant
County (plus my fees</b><b>)</b><b>.</b><b> Ouch!</b><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/21/2014 12:02 PM, Josh Grant
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<div>Not really. It is a small value and we are only coming
up with about $350 even after adding all the interest and
penalties. It is just irritating.</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 21, 2014 11:49 AM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Excise tax and
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incorporating into the order explicit vesting of the
real property in the husband? We have done something
similar in Grant County and others so that there is a
recordable document.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Josh Grant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 21, 2014 11:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbar; wsbar trust<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Excise tax and penalties
for decedent - grant county<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri","sans-serif";
COLOR: black">H&W owned real property. W
died in 2009. H died 2014. Son is PR. Pr has
an P&S for a new buyer. PR is happy to pay
the normal excise tax on this sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
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COLOR: black">Title company is allowing sale of
W’s interest based on our affidavit to clear
title, so no probate needed for W. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri","sans-serif";
COLOR: black">Grant County indicates that we
have to pay additional excise tax and penalties
and interest from 2009 til now on the transfer
from W to H... and they base that on a sale
price = 1/2 of the assessed value.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri","sans-serif";
COLOR: black">there was no sale back in 2009.
If we did a probate of W’s estate, they would
have to file a PR deed without any excise tax.
It isn’t enough of an excise tax to justify
doing a probate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
"Calibri","sans-serif";
COLOR: black">any other counties doing this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:
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COLOR: black">Joshua F. Grant, PS<br>
Attorney at Law<br>
P. O. Box 619<br>
Wilbur, WA 99185<br>
tel 509 647 5578<br>
fax 509 647 2734<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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