ALTERNATE VALUATION DATE
alternate valuation date.Tax law. The date six months after a decedent’s death. • Generally, the
estate can elect to appraise the decedent’s property either as of the date of the decedent’s death or
as of the alternate valuation date. See BASIS. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4184.20; Taxation
895(4). C.J.S. Taxation §§ 1902–1903.] [Blacks Law 8th]