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Sba Towers VII LLC Mi 11087A1, Petitioner V Township Of Wakeshma, Respondent · 25-002657-TT
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RECEIVED
JUL 2-9 2005
MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
GRETCHEN WHITMER
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
MARLON I. BROWN, DPA
GOVERNOR
LANSING
DIRECTOR
PROPERTY TAX APPEAL ANSWER FORM
VALUATION / EXEMPTION / CLASSIFICATION APPEAL
MTT DOCKET NO. 26-002657
Section 1: Respondent’s Contact Information
First Name
Mm.
Last Name
Chad
A
Razmus
Mailing Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route)
424 Thomas St, Apt 2
City or Town
State
ZIP Code
Plainwell
Mi
49080
rere
516.202.6509
Emall Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via email)
chad.apglic@gmail.com
Section 2: Respondent’s Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information
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First Name
LAN
Last Name
Firm Name (if any)
Mailing Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route)
Clty or Town
State
ZIP Code
Telephone Number
Email Address {do not enter unless you want MTT to send ait correspondence via email)
Section 3: Subject Property information
Does the subject property have a Principal Residence Exemption of 60% or more?
[J ves
No
Are the parcels listed by Petitioner contiguous or adjoining?
If not, list which parcels adjoin one another.
ves
£3 No
Not ApplicablePage 2
STATE OF MICHIGAN GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MARLON I. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR LANSING DIRECTOR Section 4: Explain Your Answer to this Appeal Petitioner has filed appeal on parcel 39-16-18-901-001; a cell tower as a commercial building on leased land as shown in enclosed property record card. The valuation to be reported is the cost as filed by prior entity in the year of construction which was historically in 2005 for $188,518. As of 2024 and 2025, owner placed value of $138,813. Assessor changed this value back to the original $188,518 and allowed the STC multiplier for 2005 to compute the correct assessed and taxable value for 2025. Enclosed is the 2025 Assessment Notice, 2025 Valuation Statement, and 2025 Record Card, STC Guidance on Reporting Personal Property pages 6,7. NOTE: Historical MTT #16-002944 same case, same parcel; Dismissal. NOTE: Historical MTT #14-004295 same case, same parcel; Dismissal. Section 5: Jurisdictional Issues IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE TRUE CASH AND/OR TAXABLE VALUES Did Petitioner protest the assessment at a Board of Review (BOR)? [ma] Yes No If yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: [ml] March O July a December If no, was the Notice of Assessment properly sent to Petitioner prior to the March BOR? Yes [a] No *Submit a copy of the Notice of Assessment with the Answer. if the July or December BOR revised the assessment(s) at issue, did It have authority? [i] Yes [I] No If yes, cite the Board's authority. Was the assessment(s) at issue established as the resuit of a clerical error or mutual mistake of fact? O Yes re} No If yes, explain is Petitloner appealing from a State Tax Commission Order? Yes [No If so, what is the issue date?
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
GRETGHEN WHITMER
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
MARLON |. BROWN, DPA
GOVERNOR
LANSING
DIRECTOR
Did Petitioner request a Poverty Exemption at
a BOR? [I] Yes
a No
If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: O March
O July
[I] December
List the date the BOR denied Petitioner's Poverty Exemption:
IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE DENIAL OF AN EXEMPTION
OTHER THAN POVERTY, PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, OR QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS
Did Petitioner request the exemption at a BOR? 1] Yes
[| No
If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: Od March
[I] July
[| December
Tax Year(s) denied:
List the date the exemption was denied:
What statutory section did Petitioner request the subject property be exempt?
IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY
What do you believe the classification should be:
Real
Personal
{check one}
!
Agricultural
Commercial
Industrial
Residential
Timber-Cutover
Developmental
Utility
(check one)
Section 6: Valuation Information *use the multiple parce! form for additional, contiguous parcels.
Parcel Identification Number:
39-16-18-901-001
Classification of Property:
Real
Personal
{check one)
Agricultural
Commercial
Industrial
Residential
Timber-Cutover
Developmental
Utility
(check one)
Current Assessed . (also known as State Equalized Value) as established by the BOR:
102700
Current Taxable Value as established by the BOR:
92882
What do you belleve Is the falr market value (also known as True Cash Value)?
205485
Multiply the True Cash Value by .6 and enter here. This is your contention of Assessed Value.
102,700
If you believe the Taxable Value differs from your contention of Assessed Value, enter your contention of Taxable Value.
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a Dsperiment sfirsseny This form is issued under authority of the General Property Tax Act. (See Section 211.18 an reverse side.) Filing is mandatory. Failure to PROPERTY STATEMENT FOR COMMUNICATION TOWERS fila punishable by fing ander impdsonment, PLEASE FILE THIS STATEMENT ON OR BEFORE; MAIL THIS: STATEMENT 70: : Wakeshma Township Assessor (Kalamazoo) Name and Address SBA Towers VII, LLC DBA: SBA Towers VII, LLC PO Box 136 8051 Congress Avenue, Fulton, MI 49052 Attn: Tax Department . Boca Raton, FL 33487-1307 Fis L238) ARLES Acct: PROP# 3916-18-901-001 SECTION 1 » TO BE COMPLETED BY THE ASSESSOR, EQUALIZATION DEPARTMENT OR THE STATE TAX COMMISSION County City/Township Assessment Roll Parcel Code Number Kalamazoo Location of Tower SECTION 2 - TO BE COMPLETED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER Name of Business City/Township Assessment Roll Parcel Code Number SBA Towers VII, LLC Address Owners Name(s) Check Type of Organization . Nature of Business Tower space rental [1 Corporation Location of Main Office [Partnership 8051 Congress Avenue, Attn: Tax Department, Boca Raton, FL 33487-1307 | Individual Name of Person in Charge of Records Telephone Number AciaoHg SBA Towers VII, LLC (561) 226-9484 SECTION 3 1. Type of Tower (check one) 2. Heightof Tower (Feet) |3. Year Built 4. Did you hire a company to supervise the construction 5 _ f the ta fc I? [1 Monopole [] Lattice [7] Guyed [= h & Pn 2400) SRE IR [7] Yes [] No 5. Cost of Tower by Category of Cost (See instructions for a list of the types of costs which must be included) Soil borings and testing ..........ciieiniinieiniis Site development .....varmiiniisaamaosinenas Foundations (including installation) Tower (steel and equipment®) .. Tower (installation and erection Fence and Building .. Administrative and overhead Other (please specify) TOTAL COST 6. Were any unusual circumstances encountered in the construction of this tower which would cause the costs to be unusually
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01/10/2024 ive Property List Pags 1 09:16:08PM Active Property Declaration of Property Owned and Used by Owner Sorted By: Site County Wakeshma Township Assessor (Kalamazoo) - Fritz Site County Acquisition Date Asset Number Owner Class Description Reported Cost Assessed - Personal Property Property Location: 137665. 38th Street Fulton, MI 49052 Kalamazoo 10/06/2005 MIi1087-A1P TOWER Self Support / 252 FT. msn 138813.24 Totals: # of assets: 1 138,813.24 Grand Totals: # of assets: 1 SBA Towers VI, LLC eparisotto
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A ou) WUC DnB eq yw 39-16-18-901-001 2009 Est. T.C.V. SBA TOWERS II LLC Property Class: 209 13766 S 38TH ST Map #: UNIT '16°' VICKSBURG, MI 49097 << 2006 Statement (Historical Statement) >> Bought Bldgs. on During om 7 Total 188,518 TCV-> 182,862 Pages 3 to 4. Other Personal Property Claimed Value Depr Depr.Value Section G. Other Assessable Personal Property 0 100 0 Section H. Assessable Tools 0 100 0 Section I. Qualified Personal Property 0 100 0 Section M. Leasehold Improvements 0 TBL 0 Section N. Buildings on Leased Land 188,518 TBL 182,862 Section O. Rental Information 0 100 0 13. Idle Equipment 0 TBL 0 14. Construction in Progress 0 50 0 15 & 16. Cable, Utility & Cellular Assets 0 TBL 0 Total Cost New= 188,518 TCV= 182,862 Assessed Value= 91,400
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07/21/2025 Valuation Report 10:59 PM DB: 2026 Wake 39-16-18-901-001 2026 Est. T.C.V. SBA TOWERS VII LLC Property Class: 210 13766 S 38TH ST Map #: WAKESHMA TOWNSHIP VICKSBURG, MI 49097 2 Prt? (Historical Statement) >> Bought Bldgs. on During Leas Total 188,518 TCV-> 205,485 Pages 3 to 4. Other Personal Property Claimed Value Depr Depr.Value Section G. Other Assessable Personal Property 0 100 0 Section H. Assessable Tools 0 100 0 Section I. Qualified Personal Property 0 100 0 Section M. Leasehold Improvements 0 TBL 0 Section N. Buildings on Leased Land 188,518 TBL 205,485 Section O. Rental Information 0 100 0 13. Idle Equipment 0 TBL 0 14. Construction in Progress 0 50 0 15 & 16. Cable, Utility & Cellular Assets 0 TBL 0 Total Cost New= 188,518 TCV= 205,485 Assessed Value= 102,700
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Parcel Number:
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Jurisdiction:
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Personal Property Statement 1 of 8 Parcel Number: 33-16-18-901-00% Printed on 07/21/2025 Bldgs. on Leased Land 188,518*109% 188,518 205,485 |Pages 3 to 4. Other Personal Property Claimed Value Depr Depr.Value : Section G. Other Assessable Personal Property 0 100 0 : Section H. Assessable Tools 0 100 0 ! Section I. Qualified Perscnal Property 0 100 0 : Section M. Leasehold Improvements [¢] TBL 0 | Section N. Buildings on Leased Land 188,518 TBL 205,485 i Section O. Rental Information 0 100 0 | Idle Equipment [3 TBL 0 i114. Construction in Progress 0 50 0 15 & 16. Cable, Utility & Cellular Assets 0 TBL 0 Total Cost New= 188,518 TCV= 205,485 Assessed Value= 102,700 *** Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed **
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Michigan Deparment
of Treasury,
1019 (Rev, 10-24)
THIS
IS NOT A TAX BILL
Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Property Classification
This form Is issued under the authority of P.A. 206 of 1893, Sec. 211.24 (¢) and Sec.211.34¢, as amended. This is a mode! assessment notice to be used by the local assessor.
L-4400
FROM: yw AKESHMA TOWNSHIP
CHAD RAZMUS
PO BOX 136
FULTON, Mi
48052
PARCEL NUMBER:
PROPERTY ADDRESS:
13766 S 38TH ST
VICKSBURG, M1 49097
PARCEL IDENTIFICATION
39-16-18-901-001
OWNER'S NAME & ADDRESS/PERSON NAMED ON ASSESSMENT ROLL:
SBA TOWERS VII LLC
PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION
% Exempt As "Homeowners Principal Residence:
.00%
MI11087-A
% Exempt As "Qualified Agricultural Property”:
.00%
8051 CONGRESS AVE
% Exempt As "MBT Industrial Personal®:
00%
BOCA RATON FL 33487-1307
% Exempt As "MBT Commercial Personal”:
00%
Exempt As "Qualified Forest Property":
0 Yes
[X]
No
Exempt As "Development Property”:
a Yes
No
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:
COMMUNICATION TOWER LOCATED ON PARCEL 18-480-021 DESC AS SEC 18 TAS ROW E 1/2 SE 1/4 SE 1/4
& N 1/2 W 1/2 SE
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ACCORDING TO MCL 211,34¢ THIS PROPERTY IS CLASSIFIED AS:
210
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PRIOR YEAR'S CLASSIFICATION:
210
Commercial
The change in taxable value will increase/decrease your tax bill for the 2026
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YEAR:
2024
YEAR:
2025
CURRENT YEAR
1. TAXABLE VALUE:
90,080
92,882
2,792
2. ASSESSED VALUE:
111,200
102,700
-8,500
3. TENTATIVE EQUALIZATION FACTOR:
1.000
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4. STATE EQUALIZED VALUE (SEV):
111,200
5. There WAS or WAS NOT a transfer of ownership on this property in2024
WAS NOT
6. Assessor Change Reason:
102,700
-8,500
The 2025 Infiation rate Multiplier is: 1.031
Questions regarding the Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Property Classification may be directed fo the Following:
Name;
CHAD RAZMUS
Phone:
(616) 202-6509
Email Address:
CHAD. APGLLC@GMAIL.COM
March Board of Review Appeal information. The board of review will meet at the following dates and times:Page 11
Michigan State Tax Commission Personal Property Frequently Asked Questions Published August 2018 All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
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Tribunal Act may permit an appeal directly to the Michigan Tax Tribunal without first protesting to the March Board of Review. A Michigan Tax Tribunal appeal of a personal property tax agsessment typically must be filed on or before May 31 of the assessment year. If the 14 day notification of the amount of the assessment is not provided, the assessment is not invalidated, but the Michigan Tax Tribunal may consider extending the time for appeal beyond May 31. Reference: Michigan Compiled Laws 211.24c¢ and Michigan Compiled Laws 205.701, et. seq. If I discover that I have filed my personal property statement incorrectly, may I amend it? Yes, under certain circumstances, and for a limited amount of time after the assessment is made. The State Tax Commission has jurisdiction to revise a personal property assessment that is inaccurate arising from the fact that the taxpayer filed an incorrect personal property statement which was used as the basis for making the assessment. The Commission has jurisdiction to adjust the assessment for the assessment year in which the petition is received and for the two immediately preceding assessment years. This petition is filed using Form L-4155 (Treasury Form 628). Further, the July or December meetings of the local assessment jurisdiction’s Board of Review currently have jurisdiction to adjust the assessment in the year that the incorrect statement was filed or in the subsequent year. The State Tax Commission and the July and December Boards of Review may not be able to correct a personal property assessment in cases where the assessor estimated the assessment. Reference: Michigan Compiled Laws 211.154 & http: www. michigan. govidocuments/ireasury/I S4FAQ 293929 7.pdf Do I have to pay all of the personal property tax billings for a tax year, even if I move all my personal property out of the assessment jurisdiction, or otherwise dispose of the property, before the end of the tax year? Yes, Section 17 of the General Property Tax Act states that no change in ownership, location, taxable status or condition of the assessable property after Tax Day affects either the assessment, or the liability for taxation of assessable property, except as otherwise specifically provided by statute. Generally, the assessment that is made based on the Tax Day for a tax year is used for rendering the property tax billings which are sent by the local treasurer around July | and around December 1 of that tax year. Reference: Michigan Compiled Laws 211.17 Method a Taxpayer Should Use to Report Personal Property on the Personal Property Statement: If I have constructed personal property myself or if I have hired someone to construct or install personal property at my place of business, what costs must I report on my personal property statement?
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direction of the taxpayer, must be reported on the personal property statement at the cost that it would have been paid to acquire the same property if the taxpayer had purchased it already constructed and installed in the normal course of retail trade, even if the cost entered on the taxpayer’s accounting records is different. Reference: Michigan Compiled Laws 211.27(1) and Michigan Compiled Laws 211.27u(1). If the cost of some of all of my ‘personal property has: ‘been restated on ‘my: fixed ‘asset schedule; using: “purchase method,” “fresh-start” or a “similar accounting methodology, should I report the cost using that restated cost and acquisition year? Nos for. personal property reporting pur poses you must: contintie to report the historic cost new and acquisition year new. Personal property assessment requires a valuation of the property. The State Tax. Commission's recommended valuation procedures are designed for use in conjunction with cost new and acquisition year new. The continued reporting of cost new and acquisition; year new permits uniform dreatment of taxpayers: who own similar personal property and allows the assessor to use the State Tax: Commission’ s recommended valuation procedures. rather than appraising the ptoperty each year; Reference: Michigan Compiled Laws 211.19 and the Instructions to the personal property statement for Page I, Line 6, Form L-4175 (Treasury Form 632) If 1 purchased: personal. property that was used previously by someone else, what cost and acquisition year should be used for reporting purposes? The instructions to the personal property statement require the taxpayer to report the cost new and acquisition. year new of the personal property, even if the taxpayer. acquired the property already used, in a year: later than the year it was originally placed in setvice and/or at a cost different than the cost of the personal property when it was new. If the cost new and acquisition year new are hot known and are not reasonably ascertainable, the instructions provide alternative reporting requirements that are designed to provide the assessor with sufficient information to appraise the property. These alternative reporting requirements are discussed in the instructions to Page 1, Line 6 of the personal property statement, Form L-4175 (Treasury Form 632). These alternative reporting requirements must be followed exactly. The continued reporting of cost and acquisition year new permits uniform treatment of taxpayers who own similar personal property and allows the assessor to use the State Tax Commission’s recommended valuation procedures rather than appraising the property. This procedure does not prevent the taxpayer from providing other data and/or documentation for the assessor to consider in making his or her valuation decision. Reference: Michigan Compiled Laws 211.19 and the Instructions to the personal property statement for Page I, Line 6, Form L-4175 (Treasury Form 632) Do I have to report personal property which is in my possession on Tax Day but which I de not own and am not leasing from a personal property leasing company?
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Note: Two(?) Cases Michigan Tax Tribunal PO Box 30232 Lansing, Michigan 489