Family owned chalet in Valais for 30+ years; registered to parents. Previously, parents would jointly receive one tax declaration form ( Déclaration d'impôt/Steuererklärung - I assume this is generic for all personal income tax, although only holiday home rental has ever been relevant for us).
My mother passed away quite a few years ago, and estate handling took a while. Now the property is jointly owned by my father & brother.
For the first time, my brother and I each received a tax declaration form. Oddly my father did not (but that's a separate problem).
Question:
I note that the value of our property is already adjusted pro-rata in the pre-filled item for Bâtiments privés (so 25% vs. previous years). However it's the first time we're handling a tax return after this adjustment.
Should I adjust all the income accordingly too? (i.e. 25% of actual values) - or is this something the Départment des finances will calculate for me?
I already wrote to said department (in English) and got a very slow reply which only confused me further (per below), and they have yet to respond to my follow up questions.
Additional Notes (for those extra bored or insightful):
The reply from tax department stated that new ownership is 50/50, which is why my father did not receive a tax return this year. However this contradicts our lawyer's final probate document, and the pre-filled values in the tax form (25%, not 50%), which suggests records are correct but the admin who replied to me is wrong. Therefore my Dad should still be missing a form.
Does this sound like a common problem in a country famed for efficiency? Or perhaps I'm naive to have always thought that in the first place.