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City
extends
Deadline
to
appeal
proposed
2017
property
tax
assessments
•
Property
owners
have
until
Feb 28
to
appeal
• Anyone
who
misses
new
deadline
can
proceed
directly
to March
Board of
Review
The City
of
Detroit
is
extending
the
deadline
for
residents
to
appeal
their
2017
proposed
property
assessments
to
February
28th,
according
to
Deputy
Chief
Financial
Officer
and City
Assessor
Alvin
Horhn.
The
deadline
initially
had been
Saturday,
February
18th.
The
change
is due
to the
fact
that
this
year’s
notices
went out
approximately
two
weeks
later
than
usual to
allow
for
additional
time to
ensure
that all
of the
calculations
used
were
accurate.
This is
the
first
time in
60 years
the city
has
issued
this
noticed
based on
all of
the
available
market
data and
we
wanted
to make
sure we
got it
right.
“Because
the
mailing
was
delayed,
we felt
it was
fair to
extended
the
Assessor's
review
period
for
anyone
who has
questions
or wants
to
challenge
their
proposed
assessment
until
the end
of the
month,”
Horhn
said.
“Additionally,
any
property
owner
who
still
misses
the
extended
Assessor's
review
period
will be
able to
proceed
directly
to the
March
Board of
Review
to have
their
case
heard at
the
local
level.”
Usually,
property
owners
must
first go
through
an
assessors
review
before
proceeding
to the
March
Board of
Review,
Horhn
said.
The City
of
Detroit
has
255,000
residential
parcels.
In
January,
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
announced
that
after
completing
its
first
citywide
parcel-by-parcel
reappraisal
in 60
years,
94% of
residential
property
owners
will see
a change
of less
than 10%
(up or
down) in
their
assessed
value:
• 53%
will see
assessment
reductions
of 10%
or less.
• 41%
will see
assessment
increases
of 10%
or less.
• The
remaining
6% of
properties
will see
larger
adjustments,
due
largely
to the
specific
information
that was
able to
be
obtained
by the
parcel-by-parcel
review.
Impact
on tax
bills
This
year’s
assessments
show
that
more
residential
property
owners
will see
lower
taxes on
average
than
those
who will
see an
increase,
as a
result
of this
year’s
proposed
assessments.
Approximately
140,000
will see
reductions
in their
taxes
averaging
$263,
while
112,000
will see
increases
that
average
approximately
$80. The
amounts
for each
will
vary
significantly
since
each
property,
unlike
in past
years,
was
individually
assessed.
How to
Appeal
The
appeal
process
will
continue
through
February
28 in
Room 804
of the
Coleman
A. Young
Municipal
Center,
2
Woodward
Ave.,
Detroit.
Tax
bills
will be
mailed
in June
and
payments
are due
by Aug.
31.
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