25-003077 2.pdf
David Turner, Petitioner V Township Of Buchanan, Respondent · 25-003077-TT
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GRETCHEN WHITMER
GOVERNOR
AIT
eran
STATE OF MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
LANSING
NOV 13 2025
MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL
MARLON I. BROWN, DPA
DIRECTOR
PROPERTY TAX APPEAL ANSWER FORM
VALUATION / EXEMPTION / CLASSIFICATION APPEAL
MTT DOCKET NO. 25:003077
Section 1: Respondent’s Contact information
First Name
M.L
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
Mi
49107
Telephone Number 2 69-6 95-6442
Email Address (do not enter unfess you want MTT to send all correspondence via email)
Section 2: Respondent’s Attorney/Authorized Representative’s Contact Information
First Name
ML
Last Name
Malinda
A
Cole-Crocker
Firm Name {if any)
Mailing Address {No., Street, P.O. Box or Rural Route}
15235 N Main Street
City or Town
State
ZIP Code
Buchanan
M!
49107
Telephone Number 269-695-6442
Email Address (do not enter uniess you want MTT to send all correspondence via emali)
Section 3: Subject Property Information
vi} Yes
O No
Does the subject property have a Principal Residence Exemption of 50% or more?
(} Yes
[] No
[wi] Not Applicable
Are the parcels listed by Petitioner contiguous or adjoining?
If not, list which parcels adjoin one another,Page 2
i 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)? [i] Yes [¥] No if yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: [ March 0 July [} December if no, was the Notice of Assessment properly sent to Petitioner prior to the March BOR? [] Yes 0 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? [a] Yes 0 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? Od Yes [vi] No If yes, explain Is Petitioner appealing from a State Tax Commission Order? [| Yes [vi] No If so, what is the issue date? IF PETITIONER 1S APPEALING THE UNCAPPING OF TAXABLE VALUE
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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? 0 Yes
[wi] No
If Yes, check which BOR Petitioner attended: Od March
0 July
[| December
List the date the BOR denied Petitioner's Poverty Exemption:
IF PETITIONER 1S APPEALING THE DENIAL OF AN EXEMPTION
OTHER THAN POVERTY, PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, OR QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS
Old Petitioner request the exemption at
a BOR? [Ma] Yes
[¥i] No
If Yas, chack which BOR Petitioner attended: O March
0 July
O 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 muitiple parcel form for additional, contiguous parcels.
Parcet Identification Number:
Classification of Property:
Real
Personal
(checkone)
Agricultural
Commercial
Industrial
Residential
Timber-Cutover
Developmental
Utility
(check one)
Current Assessed Value {also known as State Equalized Value) as established hy 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 belleve the Taxable Value differs from your contention of Assessed Value, enter your contention of Taxable Value.Page 4
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