From April 1, 2018 only specialists who have passed a single qualification exam will be admitted to the valuation services market. It is designed to become a kind of filter that will clean the professional community of occasional people. However, due to the lack of time for preparation, highly contradictory tasks, we can expect the valuation services market to narrow, which will inevitably cause an increase in their price. Sergey Mikhailovich Sheshkov, managing partner of the “Invest Project” Consulting Group, the 1st category appraiser, member of the International Federation of Real Estate Professionals (FIABCI) in his interview with the “ES” magazine told about the exam peculiarities in 2018.

The issues related to contesting results of the state cadastral valuation and the impact of this process on taxation were discussed with the managing partner of the “Invest Project” Consulting group Sergey Mikhailovich Sheshkov.

In our practice there were often situations when exactly the active position of appraiser in defending his professional judgment helped to fundamentally change the course of business and to achieve positive solution.

Appraiser’s public function is maintaining a fair balance between safeguard of the taxpayers’ interests and those of the state.