Will you CHALLENGE YOUR PROPERTY ASSESSMENT?
It's that time of year when all property owners have the opportunity to meet with the BOARD OF REVIEW about your property's assessment.
Those of you who own property in Bloomfield Township should have received in the mail a notice of ASSESSMENT. The township mailed them February 16, 2018. Review it carefully. This year the Assessing Department re-evaluated ALL LAND values throughout the township. There may also have been other re-evaluations on the building(s) on your property.
NOTE: the township has made this "assumption" for the 2018-2019 budget:
You can find information about YOUR address as well as all others in the township. How? This is what is seen on the Assessing link:
Overview | Parcel/Property Taxpayer Info | Property Assessment | Assessment Notification FAQ | Forms | Homeowner's Primary Residence Exemption | Proposal ASubdivision Platmap Information
When you then click on the " Parcel/Property Taxpayer Info " : it should take you to another site powered by BS&A Software: https://accessmygov.com/?uid=511
Once there you will see: Bloomfield Township
Search: All Records By: Address
......there is an arrow by records and address
... that means you can click on it and get a drop down menu for more choices ( like: search by Name)
Start by looking up YOUR address. Hint, If you want to know all the properties on YOUR street, or any other street) don't put any numbers in... just the street name... without any extra wording. ie: no Rd. or St. ... If your street does not come up... try making the search without E. or W. etc. Still having problems? Make sure you are in Bl. Township ... call Assessing for help. (248) 433-7710 There could be many pages for your street. Make sure you click on all the extra pages for the street.
HINT:
When you see a comparable house to yours.... or a property you wish to use in your visit to the Board of Review... it is best to have the PARCEL NUMBER as well as the ADDRESS. Compare ranches to ranches, colonials to colonials, size of property /lot should be similar, how much sq. ft. in home, any updating, year built, etc. Get the recent SOLD price for any homes near you that may affect your assessment.
Sometimes, when you go through the effort to look for the valuation of comparable homes to yours, you may discover that your tax assessment looks ok. Be careful, you can go to the Board of Review to lower your tax assessment, but they may decide the error isn't your assessment is too high.....but too low. They COULD raise your assessment.
I highlighted in RED below to remind you that you need to make an appointment to be heard at the March Board of Review. The appointments are every 5 minutes. Therefore, have your case well prepared, documented and talk quickly:) Perhaps have copies of your case ... your argument to lower your assessment....for the 3 Board members?
Most important: GO TO THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE / ASSESSING/ http://www.bloomfieldtwp.org/Services/Assessing/OverviewAssessing.asp
Please take the time to click on each section of the Assessing... and learn all that you can.
NOTICE
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD
The Board of Review for the Charter Township of Bloomfield will meet by appointment at the Township Office
4200 Telegraph Road, P.O. Box 489, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0489
Monday, March 12, 2018
9:00am - 12:00 noon
1:30pm - 5:30pm
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
9:00am - 12:00 noon
1:00pm - 4:00pm
6:30pm - 9:30pm
For the purpose of Reviewing the 2018 Tax Assessment Rolls.
Please call the Assessing Department at (248) 433-7710 to schedule an appointment.
Board of Review
Robert Taylor, Jr., Chairman (Expires January 1, 2017)Furhad Waquad (Expires January 1, 2017)
Tracy D. Leone (Expires January 1, 2017)
HONESTLY, this is typical of the Bloomfield Township website. When I finally FIND what I am looking for on the website, the information has not been updated. Well, who is authorized to be on this 2018 Board of Review? I had to go back to the minutes from 2016 to see who were the members of the Board of Review for 2017. Turns out that the below three were reappointed, so now their term expires January 1, 2019.
DEC. 12, 2016 Board of Trustees meeting minutes:
FYI:
FOR OTHER READERS of my blog that are not in Bl. Twp. but live in the
STATE OF MICHIGAN:
Many municipalities use the BS&A software. Some make the assessing information public and some have you pay a fee.
Go to: AccessMyGov.com go to top right hand corner and click on "Municipality" then find your county in Michigan/ then your local municipality.
The Township also does the Assessing for the City of Sylvan Lake. The below link will take property owners living in Sylvan Lake directly to your city BS&A software link for assessing:
https://accessmygov.com/?uid=1654
Many municipalities have the assessing done by their COUNTY government. That may or may not be done with BS&A software. You'll need to contact YOUR municipality for assessing information.
Also, the DATES for the Board of Review many be different in each municipality. CHECK for your information and dates with your local government.
Previous Blogs on this topic:
2016
http://bloomfieldtwphappenings.blogspot.com/2016/02/property-assessments-and-how-to.html
http://bloomfieldtwphappenings.blogspot.com/2016/02/parcelproperty-taxpayer-info-bloomfield.html
2013
http://bloomfieldtwphappenings.blogspot.com/2013/03/2013-tax-assessment-notice-chance-to.html
Marsha,
ReplyDeleteThank you for providing this very valuable information. While unfortunately it is unlikely that the Board of Review will agree to any reduction, the property owner must take that first step before being able to then appeal to the Michigan Tax Tribunal.