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Richard H Betz Petitioner V City Of Romulus Respondent · 26-003724-TT
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HT > RECEIVED AUG 4 2026 STATE OF MICHIGAN RUCHEGAR: TAX TRIBUNAL GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MARLON I. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR : LANSING DIRECTOR PROPERTY TAX APPEAL PETITION FORM VALUATION / UNCAPPING Do not use this form to appeal Classification, Principal Residence Exemption, Qualified Agricuftural Exemption, Other , Special Assessments, or Nonr-Propertytax disputes. Pursuantto Tax Tribunal Rule (TTR) 278, you MUST submit a copy of the notice giving rise to the appeal (1.e., Board of Review Daolsion or other notice) with this petition, if applicable. If you do not submit this document, you may be held in default, Section 1: Petitioner's Contact Information i A VA ri TTuE Goodland. RAK Fparin I «PP %2 zz 55/7% Emalt Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to sand stl correspondence via small) Section 2: Petitioner's Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information First Namo "XN Last Name 7 E Firm Name (if any) Mailing Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Routa) City or Town State ZIP Code Telaphone Number Email Address (do nof enter nies you want HTT 0 send all correspondence via emai) Section 3: Subject Property Information usethe muttipis parost form for additionay, contiguous parcels. How many parcels are you Hyouare ‘more thar one parcel, ure they contiguous or adjoining? appealing? Cl vert No* A 4 **if No, you must file separate appeals for sach parcel Property Address (No., Strect) FT TLE Nr LIA ZL City or Town State 24P Coda FE poor fr NCR Ye Zz | 5E07Y
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STATE OF MICHIGAN AR BROWN. DP
GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTME F SING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS LON 1. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR ARTMENT OF LICEN ING ANE DIRECTOR
Section 4: Check which of the following you are appealing (oheokaii that apply)
{J True Cash and Taxable Value
[J Taxable Value Only (calculation)
“52 Uncapping of Taxable Value
Section 5: Explain the Reason for this Appeal
Soe acon pam ed mdditorral
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Section 6: Jurisdictional Issues
Did you protest the assessment ata Board of Review (BOR)? Jd Yea [a
It Yes, check which BOR you attended: [3 March [J duty [J December
If No, please check the applicable reason(s): Vz
3 not requiredto attana
[1 Appealing a purpostad Crersoat Emor or Mutust Mistake of Fact ( yes, inckade explanation in Section 5)
[1] Appealing within 35 days of State Tax Commission Order
= Appesting within 35 days of receipt of Notice of Uncapping
Other
i you chaoked “ “above, explain:
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STATR OF MICHIGAN
GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MARLON |. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR LANSING DIRECTOR
Section 7: Valuation Information susethe multiple parce! form for additions, contiguous pares.
Parcel Number:
FR EC 078 IR o0o0Y JOA.
Classificationof Property: Rest] PersonalIJ (check one)
Agricutturai[1 Commercial] (ndustriat Residential ff Timber-Cutover[1 Developmental[1 Utility(J (check one)
Assassad Value (also known as State Equalized Vatus) established | Taxable Value established by the Board of Review:
by the Board of Review: yore /72 [1229
What do you belleve Is the far ariet valuo {also known es true cash value)? ‘
L427 [0p
What do you betieve Is the assessed value? (multiply rue cash What do you believe ts the taxable valus? (cannot exceed
value by 5) //A 2005 assessedvaioe) //L J)
Fee Information
Does the property have a Principal Residents Exemptionof atleast 50% as of the date of the Fling of this petition for all tax years at
Issue?
[Betves [no
ifyou answered yes to the above question, you are pot required to pay any filing facs.
if the property does not hinve a Principat Residence Exevption of at laast 50% as of the date of the fling of this petition for all tax years at
Issue,the filing fee is based on the greater of the Stats EqualizedValuo or Taxable Value in dispute. If you are appealingmore than one
parcel, the parce! with the highest State Equalized Value or Tmemble Value fe dispute wilt be ised to determine your filing foe, plus $25.60
will be added for each additional parcel being appealed, not to exceed a total fillng fee of $1,000,00
if your property ia residential property (see MOL 205.762) and
the State Equalized Value or Taxable Value in contention is: Filing Fea is:
400,000.00 and under 125.00
100,000.01 10 $500,000.00 .00
Over $500,000.00 $300.00
if the propertyis NOT residential property (soo MCL 205.752) and
the State Equalized Valus or Taxable Value in contention ls: Fling Fea ls:
$100,000.00 and under $250.00
* Plus $26.00 for each additionalparcel, as indicated above.
ifthe property is NOT residential property and the State Equalized Value or Taxable Value in dispute is $100,000.01 or grester the
appeal does not qualify for Smal Claims. Therefore, wn Entire Tribunal petition must be filed.
Signature requires
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Section 5: Explain the Reason for this Appeal
2026 Taxes appear inordinately higher than anticipated related to uncapping. In the past 4
yrs: 2022-2026 taxes increased: 162.3% (this includes the 2025 tax drop of 23.95 %).
Per form L-4400:
Prioramt.year2025 Current Tentative 2026 Change
Taxable value: 76,2,100 112,100 35,889
Assessed value: 99,600 112,100 1 2,500
State actualized Value (SEV): 99,600 112,100 12,500
Per L-4400 taxable value was projected to increase approximately: $1,819
Actual increase: $ 2,646
Variance: (+) $ 827
{no longer referring to form L-4400).
UNCAPPED DATA FROM LAST 2 SALES TRANSACTIONS:
Most recent purchase 2023/7 2026
SEV increased from 70,400 to 112,100
YEAR SEV Tax Increase from prior year
2023 70,400 $2,263 73.3%
2026 112,000 $5,936 80.4%Page 5
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