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Brandon Por, Petitioner V Township Of Cato, Respondent · 25-002924-TT

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RECEIVED 

0CT 22 2025 

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON i. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

DIRECTOR 

. 

PROPERTY TAX APPEAL ANSWER FORM 

VALUATION / EXEMPTION / CLASSIFICATION APPEAL 

MTT DOCKET NO. 25-002024-7T 

Pa 

Section 1: Respondent’s Contact Information 

First Name: 

ML: 

Last Name/Company Name/Unit of Government: 

Andy 

K 

Ross 

Home Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route): 

County: 

PO Box 109 

Montcalm 

City or Town: 

State: 

ZIP Code: 

Lakeview 

Mi 

48884 

Telephone Number: 

Fax Number: 

989-291-3630 

E-mall Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send ali correspondence via emait): 

rossandyk@gmail.com 

Section 2: Respondent’s Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information 

First Name: 

M.L: 

Last Name: 

Firm Name (if any): 

Address (No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route): 

City or Town: 

State: 

ZIP Code: 

Telephone Number: 

Fax Number: 

E-malf Address (do not enter unless you want MTT to send all correspondence via emall): 

Section 3: Subject Property Information 

Does the subject property have a Principal Residence Exemption of 50% or more? 

(} Yes 

[wv] No 

Are the parcels listed by Petitioner contiguous or adjoining? 

If not, list which parcels adjoin one another.

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

DIRECTOR 

Section 4: Explain Your Answer to this Appeal 

Petitioners petition was never received by the March Board of Review. Therefore no 

BOR decision was made. 

My land studies support my land values. 

Petitioner is using the sale price of their parcel to determine the value. Assessors can 

not legally use the sale price as the true cash value and the sale of this property was 

outside of our sales study window time frame. 

Section 5: Jurisdictional Issues 

IF PETITIONER IS APPEALING THE TRUE CASH AND/OR TAXABLE VALUES 

Did Patitioner protest the assessment at a Board of Review (BOR)? [Hl] Yes 

[¥] No 

if yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: [| March 

[| July 

a December 

if no, was the Notice of Assessment properly sent to Petitioner prior to the March BOR? [wi] 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? 0 Yes 

[mm] 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? J Yes 

[wi] No 

If yes, explain 

Is Petitioner appealing from a State Tax Commission Order? 

(} Yes 

4 No

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

GOVERNOR 

DIRECTOR 

Did Petitioner request a Poverty Exemption at a BOR? 0 Yes 

[wi] No 

If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: [I] March 

[I] July 

[I] December 

List the date the BOR denied Petitionar’s Poverty Exemption: 

IF PETITIONER 1S APPEALING THE DENIAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

OTHER THAN POVERTY, PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, OR QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS 

Did Petitioner request the exemption at a BOR? [ml] Yes 

[mm] No 

if Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: [] March 

[J uty 

[] pecember 

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 belleve the classification should be: 

Real 

Personal 

(check one) 

0 

Agricutural 

Commercial 

Industrial 

Residential 

Timber-Cutover 

Developmental 

Utility 

{check one) 

Section 6: Valuation Information *use tre muitiple parcel form for additional, contiguous parcels. 

Parcel Identification Number: 

Ctassification of Property: 

Real 

Personal 

{(checkone) 

Agricultural 

Commercial 

Industrial 

Residential 

Timber-Cutover 

Developmental 

Ulility 

(check one) 

Current Assessed Value (also known as State Equalized Value) as established by the BOR: 

25,100 

Current Taxable Value as established by the BOR: 

25,100 

What do you believe [s the fair market value (also known as True Cash Vajue)? 

50,200 

Muitiply the True Cash Value by .6 and enter here. This is your contention of Assessed Value. 

25,100 

if you belleve the Taxable Value differs from your contention of Assessed Value, enter your contention of Taxable Value.

Wigan Deparment of Treasury, 

THIS 

IS NOT A TAX BILL 

L-4400 

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.211.34c, as amended, This is a model assessment notice to be used by the local assessor. 

FROM: ASSESSOR 

PARCEL IDENTIFICATION 

CATO TWP 

PO BOX 109 

PARCEL NUMBER: 

59-004-550-047-00 

* LAKEVIEW M1 48850 

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 

6081 TERRY DR 

SIX LAKES, MI 48886 

OWNER'S NAME & ADDRESS/PERSON NAMED ON ASSESSMENT ROLL: 

PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION 

POR BRANDON 

% Exempt As "Homeowners Principal Residence": 

00% 

1870 E JOHN ST 

9% Exempt As "Qualified Agricultural Property: 

00% 

NEWAYGO Mi 49337 

% Exempt 

As "MBT Industrial Personal’: 

00% 

% Exempt As "MBT Commercial Personal”; 

00% 

Exempt As "Qualified Forest Property": 

[] Yes 

No 

Exempt As "Development Property": 

0 Yes 

[X] 

No 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 

L523 P1139 COMBINED PER B.O.R.-1993 792-289 047-00/1997 LOTS 47 & 48 LAKE FOREST SUBD 

ACCORDING TO MCL 211.34c THIS PROPERTY IS CLASSIFIED AS: 

402 

Residential 

PRIOR YEAR'S CLASSIFICATION: 

402 

Residential 

3 

The change in taxable value will increase/decrease your tax bill for the 2025 

PRIOR AMOUNT 

CURRENT 

CHANGE FROM 

N 

. 

TENTATIVE AMOUNT 

year by approximately: 

$851 

YEAR: 

2024 

YEAR: 

2026 

CURRENT YEAR 

1. TAXABLE VALUE: 

6,615 

25,100 

18,485 

2. ASSESSED VALUE: 

22,900 

25,100 

2,200 

3. TENTATIVE EQUALIZATION FACTOR: 

1.000 

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4. STATE EQUALIZED VALUE (SEV): 

22,800 

25,100 

2,200 

5. There WAS or WAS NOT a transfer of ownership on this property in2024 

WAS 

6. Assessor Change Reason: 

Market Adjustment 

The 2025 Inflation rate Multiplier is: 1.031 

Questions regarding the Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Properly Classification may be directed to the Following: 

Name: 

Phone: 

Email Address: 

ANDY ROSS 

(989) 291-3630 

ROSSANDYK@GMAIL.COM

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

Brandon Por 

MTT Docket Number 25-002924-TT 

Petitioner 

\ 

Cato Township 

Respondent 

PROOF OF SERVICE 

On the date listed below, 

| served First Class Mail a copy of the Respondents completed a full 

response with all copies contained within for the above-mentioned docket number. 

Sent to: 

Laura M Hallahan 

1750 S Telegraph Road, Suite 202 

Bloomfield Hills MI 48302 

| hearby declare that the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge, information 

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