Section 992. Addition to tax in the case of valuation understatement  


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  • In the
      case  of  any  underpayment  of  a  tax imposed by this article which is
      attributable to a valuation understatement, there shall be added to  the
      tax  an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the underpayment so
      attributed.
        (a) For purposes of this section, the applicable percentage  shall  be
      determined under the following table:
     
        If the valuation claimed is
        the following percent of the               The applicable
        correct valuation:                         percentage is:
             fifty percent or more but
             not more than sixty-six
             and two-thirds percent ....................  ten
             forty percent or more but
             less than fifty percent ...................  twenty
             less than forty percent ...................  thirty
        (b)  For purposes of this section, there is a valuation understatement
      if the claimed value of any property is sixty-six and two-thirds percent
      or less of the amount determined  to  be  the  correct  amount  of  such
      valuation.
        (c)  This section shall not apply if the underpayment is less than one
      thousand dollars with respect to the estate of the decedent.
        (d) The commissioner may waive all or any part of the addition to  tax
      provided  by  this  section  on showing by the executor that there was a
      reasonable basis for the claimed valuation and that such claim was  made
      in good faith.