Your cost basis for the land you inherited is the value of the land on the date you inherited it. Property tax values are not an accurate valuation of real property values, but that would be one place to start. You look for sales of similar properties around the same time you inherited the land. If you were to sell the property, you would an accurate valuation to determine your gain or loss on the sale.
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