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State Tax Commission General Information
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State Tax Commission Processes and Policies
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State Tax Commission Bulletins, Guidance, Publications, and Presentations
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Assessor Certification and Education
- Conditional & Provisional Assessor Certification
- Continuing Education Information for Assessing Officers and Technicians
- How to Become a Certified Assessor in the State of Michigan
- Assessor Certification Levels
- Information for Sponsoring Organizations
- Michigan Certified Assessing Technician (MCAT)
- Michigan Certified Assessing Officer (MCAO)
- Michigan Advanced Assessing Officer (MAAO)
- Michigan Master Assessing Officer (MMAO)
- Personal Property Examiner (PPE) Certification
- Policy on Virtual Continuing Education Course Offering Requirements
- Policy for Late Renewal and Escrow of Assessor Certification
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Public Act 660 Assessment Roll Audit - Property Assessing Reform
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Equalization
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CAMA Data Standards
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Board of Review Resources
- Board of Review Q & A (Approved December 2023, Updated January 2024)
- Public Act 660 Assessment Roll Audit - Property Assessing Reform
- Board of Review and Support Staff Required Training Memorandum
- General Property Tax Act (PA 206 of 1893)
- Supervising Preparation of the Assessment Roll
- Guide to Basic Assessing
- Property Classification Q & A
- Disabled Veterans Exemption FAQ
- Essential Services Assessment FAQ
- Qualified Agricultural Property Exemption Guidelines
- Bulletin 20 of 2023 - Board of Review for 2024
- Bulletin 21 of 2023 - July and December Boards of Review
- Form 4031 - July/December Board of Review Affidavit
- Form 5731 - Assessing District Required Board of Review Training Report
- Form 5511, Application to Request Board of Review Member Training Program Material
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Forms
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Other Resources
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- Assessment Administration
- 1990-09 Wheel Chair Ramps
- 1997-19 Illegal Practices of Following Sales & Assessing Over 50%
- 2014-02 Property Inspection
- 2015-20 Computerized Tax Rolls
- 2017-02 Electronic Filing of Real Property Statements, Personal Property Statements and the Combined Document
- 2017-07 Transfer of Qualified Agricultural Property
- 2017-18 Recalculating Taxable Value Which Follow the Years Changed by an MTT Order
- 2018-04 Computerized Database System Assessment Roll
- 2018-14 Electronic Filing of Real Property Statements, Personal Property Statements, Small Business Taxpayer Exemption Claim and Combined Document (Form 5278)
- 2020-06 Alternative Energy Systems
- 2020-07 Matthieu Gast Act
- 2020-08 Overview of Audit Process and Designated Assessor under PA 660 of 2018
- Board of Review
- Classification
- DDA & TIFA
- Equalization
- Exemptions
- 1985-04 Assessment of LP Gas Tanks, Exemption of Fish Harvesting and Wood Harvesting Equipment
- 1990-14 Computer Software
- 1991-01 Exemption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tanks (LPG Tanks) from 1991 taxes
- 1994-03 Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers
- 1997-03 Implementation of Public Act 476 of 1996 (HB 5359)
- 1997-04 Qualified Agricultural Property (Replaces Bulletin #10 of 1995)
- 2000-18 Expansion of Charitable Exemption Contained in MCL 211.7o
- 2000-19 Exemption for Parks
- 2001-08 Changes to Definition of Agricultural Use
- 2002-08 Buildings of Leased Land Tenant-Installed Leasehold Improvements
- 2003-01 Leasehold Improvements, Freestanding Signs and Billboards, Poverty Guidelines
- 2003-09 Changes to the Homestead Exemption and the Qualified Agricultural Property Exemption
- 2003-10 Changes to Certain Exemptions as Required by PA 140 of 2003
- 2004-06 Special Tools Exemption
- 2004-10 Qualified Start-Up Businesses
- 2004-11 Innovations Center
- 2005-04 Cemetery Property Exemptions and Taxable Business Property
- 2007-07 Michigan Business Tax and Personal Property Exemptions
- 2010-12 Charitable Non-Profit Housing PA 109 of 2010
- 2013-22 P.A. 161 Disabled Veterans Exemption
- 2013-24 P.A. 204 Development Property
- 2014-11 Exemption of Partially Completed Construction
- 2016-07 Senior Citizen & Disabled Family Housing Exemption
- 2016-14 Occupied Trailer Coach Exemption
- 2017-08 Transitional Qualified Forest Property Exemption
- 2017-26 MCL 211.7o Charitable Exemption
- 2021-03 MCL 211.7u Poverty Exemption
- Headlee & Proposal A
- 1994-06 Tax Bill and Tax Roll
- 1994-14 Changes to Assessment Notice, Assessment Rolls, Tax Rolls and Tax Bills
- 1995-03 Proposal A
- 1999-11 PA 38 of 1999 Which Eliminates the So-Called "Excess of Roll"
- 2002-19 Personal Property Additions and Losses
- 2005-07 Millages Authorized by the Voters After April 30 Not Subject to "Headlee" Millage Rollback
- Miscellaneous
- 1982-26 1982 Average Values REA Distribution Systems
- 1983-04 Assessable Status of Interests in Underground Rock Strata Used for Gas Storage
- 1986-04 Mobile Homes and Travel Trailers Assessments; Erosion, Contamination from Toxic Waste
- 1987-07 Nursery Stock Seasonal Protection Units
- 1990-01 Platted Subdivisions
- 2004-12 Land Bank Fast Track Authority
- 2009-01 Statutory Changes Passed Late in the 2008 Session
- 2011-09 Withholding Property from Forfeiture
- 2013-08 DNR PILT
- 2015-02 Hydroponics and Aquaculture Specific Tax
- 2017-20 Transfer of Ownership
- 2017-25 Lands Owned by Indian Tribes
- 2018-02 Omitted or Incorrectly Reported Property
- Personal Property
- 1989-15 Personal Property
- 1992-02 Bank-Owned Personal Property
- 1994-16 Qualified Personal Property, L-4142, L-4143
- 1996-11 Valuation of Gas Transmission Pipelines and Related Machinery and Equipment
- 1999-05 Daily Rental Property
- 1999-12 New Personal Property Multipliers
- 2000-01 New Personal Property Multipliers for Locally Assessed Public Utilities
- 2000-03 Additional Guidelines Regarding Valuation of Personal Property
- 2001-04 Heavy Earth Moving Equipment
- 2002-07 Revised Table H for Valuing Gas Distribution Pipelines
- 2007-08 Reporting and Valuation of Self-Constructed Assets
- 2014-06 Oil & Gas Reporting
- Sales Studies
- Assessment Administration