Estate of Charles a. Boratello, Deceased, C. Norman Borgatello and Josephine E. Donnelly, Co-Executors, and C. Norman Borgatello, Successor Trustee to the Charles A. Borgatello Living Trust - Page 11




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            qualifications of each expert and all other evidence in the                                
            record.  See Estate of Christ v. Commissioner, 480 F.2d 171, 174                           
            (9th Cir. 1973), affg. 54 T.C. 493 (1970); Parker v.                                       
            Commissioner, 86 T.C. 547, 561 (1986).  We have broad discretion                           
            to evaluate "'the overall cogency of each expert's analysis.'"                             
            Sammons v. Commissioner, 838 F.2d 330, 334 (9th Cir. 1988)                                 
            (quoting Ebben v. Commissioner, 783 F.2d 906, 909 (9th Cir.                                
            1986), affg. in part and revg. in part T.C. Memo. 1983-200),                               
            affg. in part and revg. in part on another ground T.C. Memo.                               
            1986-318.                                                                                  
                  Expert testimony sometimes aids the Court in determining                             
            values, and sometimes it does not.  See, e.g., Estate of Halas v.                          
            Commissioner, 94 T.C. 570, 577 (1990); Laureys v. Commissioner,                            
            92 T.C. 101, 129 (1989) (stating that expert testimony is not                              
            useful when the expert is merely an advocate for the position                              
            argued by one of the parties).  We are not bound by the formulas                           
            and opinions proffered by an expert witness and shall accept or                            
            reject expert testimony in the exercise of sound judgment.  See                            
            Helvering v. National Grocery Co., 304 U.S. 282, 295 (1938);                               
            Estate of Newhouse v. Commissioner, 94 T.C. 193, 217 (1990).                               
            Where necessary, we may reach a determination of value based on                            
            our own examination of the evidence in the record.  See Silverman                          
            v. Commissioner, 538 F.2d 927, 933 (2d Cir. 1976), affg. T.C.                              





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