Taxed twice on shares I inherited from my father

My father passed away last year and, among other things, left me some shares. I have since sold some of these and am now trying to sort out the related tax issues.

That has thrown up an anomaly which is further complicated by the different opinions I am getting from various qualified accountants.

When it comes to working out my capital gain, I am being told two very contradictory things. Some accountants to whom I have spoken say that I need to take the price the shares were trading at on the day my father died to work out my capital gains tax (CGT) liability.

This seems unfair because, when we were sorting out capital acquisitions tax (CAT) , the relevant valuation date was the date of probate.