25-003077.pdf
David Turner, Petitioner V Township Of Buchanan, Respondent · 25-003077-TT
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RECEIVED
0CT 16 2025
MICHIGAR 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, 25-003077
Section 1: Respondent’s Contact Information
First Name
ML
Last Name
Township of Buchanan
Mailing Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route)
15235 N Main Street
City or Town
State
ZIP Code
Buchanan
M
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Telephone Number 269-6 95-6442
Emall Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via email)
Section 2: Respondent’s Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information
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First Name
Mm.
Last Name
Firm Name (if any}
Mailing Address {No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route)
City or Town
State
ZiP Code
Telephone Number
Email Address (do not enter untess you want MTT to send aif correspondence via email)
Section 3: Subject Property Information
Does the subject property have a Principal Residence Exemption of 50% or more?
Yes
[} No
Are the parcels listed by Petitioner contiguous or adjoining?
If not, list which parcels adjoin one another.
0 Yes
0 No
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) 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 did not apply or file form 5107 "Affidavit for Disabled Veterans Exemption” along with supporting documentation in 2024. Petitioner's wife did call in July of 2025. She stated that because their tax bill displayed "PROPERTY PRE: 100" she must have misunderstood that to mean the Disabled Veterans Exemption had been applied for and granted for the 2024 tax year, Petitioner then discovered that the 2025 Disabled Veterans Exemption had not yet been applied for. Petitioner then applied for the 2025 Disabled Veterans Exemption and was approved. The form 5107 submitted by the petitioner as supporting evidence for this 2024 appeal was never received at the Township. Once again, the petitioner did not file the form 5107 "Affidavit for Disabled Veterans Exemption" along with supporting documentation in 2024. An exemption was not applied for; therefore, an exemption was never denied. This was not a clerical error or a mutual mistake of fact. The exemption was not applied for in 2024. 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)? [mi] Yes M'no if yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: 0 March [| July [Ml] December if no, was the Notice of Assessment properly sent to Petitioner prior to the March BOR? [| Yes [| 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 [m] No If yes, cite the Board's authority. Was the assessment(s) at issue established as the result of a clerical error or mutual mistake of fact? [mm] Yes [Hl] No If yes, explain Is Petitioner appeating from a State Tax Commission Order? [Ives Ono if so, what is the issue date?
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STATE OF MICHIGAN GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MARLON I. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR LANSING DIRECTOR Did Petitioner request a Poverty Exemption at a BOR? [| Yes No If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: [| March [W] July O 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? [a] Yes No If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: O March [Hl] July [Hl] 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 [S$ APPEALING THE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY What do you believe the classification shoutd be: Real Personal (check one) 0 Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Timber-Cutover Developmental Utility (check one) Section 6: Valuation Information use the multipte parcel form for additional, contiguous parcels. Parcei identification Number: Classification of Property: Real Personal (check one) Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Timber-Cutover Developmental Utility (check one) Current Assessed Value (also known as State Equalized Value) as established by the BOR: Current Taxable Value as established by the BOR: What do you believe is the fair market value (also known as True Cash Value)? Multiply the True Cash Value by .5 and enter here. This is your contention of Assessed Value. If you believe the Taxable Value differs from your contention of Assessed Value, enter your contention of Taxable Value.
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BUCHANAN CHARTER TOWNSHIP BUCHANAN MI 49107-8117 11 OCT 2025 AM49 L, * USA» FOR Michigan Tax Tribunal PO BOX 30232 Lansing, MI 48909 Fall He bby yas 0 5 ps Oe MC