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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Title company is allowing sale of W’s interest based on our affidavit to
clear title, so no probate needed for W. </DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>any other counties doing this?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">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<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>