![]() ![]() In Michigan, however, this trend is up against two barriers: Utility opposition and tax treatment. Upfront investments can pay off within a decade while panels have a 25-year lifespan. While Mahoney and his wife did it for “altruistic” purposes to fight back against the anti-environment, anti-climate change “shit ass Trump guy,” it’s increasingly economical for property owners to install solar and reduce their electric bills. Of the tax increase, $833 was due to solar. Like a growing number of people in mid-Michigan and across the state, Mahoney had recently installed solar panels on his property in rural Williamstown Township. on March 12.Denise Mahoney beside her solar panel that's generated nearly 2 million kilowatts of power in three months.Įdward Mahoney arrived home from a Hawaiian vacation this winter to a surprise in his mailbox: An annual property tax bill that had jumped $977, or 16 percent, over last year. Written appeals will be accepted if received by 9 p.m. on March 10th in order to appear before the Board of Review. ![]() If you would like to appeal an assessment, you must call (517) 853-4400 by 5 p.m. Lee added that this doesn't mean that everybody's assessment in the Township increased by 5.6 percent, it varied by neighborhoods depending on sales activities in those neighborhoods. ![]() "They're assessments are increasing, their values are increasing, yet their taxes are capped based on that inflation rate multiplier of 1.6 percent." "It's kind of like the best of both worlds for people," Lee said. ![]() Meridian Township Assessor David Lee said that this years average assessment was about 5.6 %, and the property tax is capped at 1.6 %. Property values are up in Meridian Township, and property taxes are capped where they are because of Proposal A, which states that annual property taxes can increase no more than the rate of inflation or five percent, whichever is lower. MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP - If you are looking to put your house on the market, now might be the time. ![]()
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