ASSYRIA
TOWNSHIP
Barry County,
Michigan
HOURS
OF OPERATION
ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP
BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN
BACKGROUND: Assyria Township does not maintain a
staffed office. The Township Board
meets on the first Monday of each month (if Monday is a holiday we meet the
following day) at 7:30 p.m.
BUSINESS
HOURS: Pursuant to MCL 211.10a and
Township resolution of 3 July 2006, all property assessment rolls and property
appraisal cards (as well as other FOIA material) are available for viewing and
copying during customary business hours by appointment. Appointments can be made during a
regular monthly meeting or by contacting a Township official.
BOARD OF
REVIEW: Pursuant to Michigan
Compiled Law, will:
- Meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday
following the first Monday in March to receive the roll. MCL 211.29(1)
- Meet at 9 a.m. for 6 hours on
the second Monday in March to receive/review petitions. MCL 211.30(1)
- Meet from 6 to 9 p.m. on
Tuesday following the second Monday in March to receive/review petitions. MCL 211.30(4)
- Meet from 6 to 9 p.m. on
Thursday following the second Monday in March to receive/review petitions.
MCL 211.30(4)
- Meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday
following the third Monday in July, if called to sit, to correct error and
otherwise address MCL 211.7 issues. MCL 211.53b
- Meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday
following the second Monday in December, if called to sit, to correct
error and otherwise address MCL 211.7 issues. MCL 211.53b
The 2012 Board of
Review schedule is:
March 06 (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. to receive the roll.
March 12 (Monday) 9 a.m. to 12 & 2 to 5 p.m. to receive and review petitions.
March 13 (Tuesday) 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to receive and review petitions.
March 15 (Thursday) 6 to 9 p.m. to receive
and review petitions.
March 22 Thursday
at 6 p.m. to finish work (no petitions received).
July 16
(Tuesday) at 6 p.m. if required to
sit.
December 11 (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. if required to
sit.
The Board of Review (BOR)
will not sit in July or December unless the Assyria Township board is presented
with cause. Cause must be
presented in writing to the Township Supervisor or Clerk in sufficient time to
call and sit the BOR. Sufficient
time is defined to be at least 60 days prior to the appropriate July or
December meeting dates.
Basic Guide To Taxable Value
Until 1994, property was valued, for tax purposes, at half its
market value. This was called its State Equalized Value, or SEV. In 1994,
Michigan voters passed Proposal A. That shifted some of the tax burden off
property and onto the sales tax, which rose from four cents on the dollar to
six.
Proposal A also limited the growth of property tax assessments.
Now, we don't use SEV. We use ``taxable value.'' It limits the growth in
taxable value to 5 percent a year or less. The gap between property value and
taxable value will continue to spread, as long as inflation drives up property
values.
This limit on taxable value assumes no significant change to the
property: no new family room, no major fire.
The lid comes off when a parcel is sold. In the year after the
sale, taxable value kicks up to the SEV, but just for that year. Then the limit
applies to future increases, until there is another sale. A parcel's taxable
value is printed on the annual tax bill.
Tax Rates
Property owners can calculate their tax bill by multiplying that
taxable value by the tax rate. In Michigan, the property tax rate is called a
millage, and it is figured in mills. A mill equals $1 in taxation for every
$1,000 in taxable value.
A parcel may have several millages in its tax rate. There is
likely to be a millage to operate local government, and another for the county.
Part of the millage rate may include mills for libraries, police and fire or
schools.
Millage rates are not shown on assessment notices. Property owners
can find out their millage rates by looking at their tax bills, or calling
their local assessor, or their mortgage company. With the taxable value alone,
a property owner can tell how much a tax proposal will cost, just by
multiplying the millage rate of the proposal by taxable value. The owner of a
parcel with a taxable value of $50,000 who votes on a 2-mill issue would be
voting on an additional $100 a year in taxes.
For more information, click on the site shown below.
http://www.statetaxcentral.com/Michigan/Property_Taxes/