Tax and Assessing Information

Tax Payment or to View Tax Information

To make a tax payment or to view assessing information please go to: https://bsaonline.com/?uid=543


Taxes can be mailed in, paid online (with additional fees), dropped in the City's mail drop box (located by the double entry doors off back parking lot), by phone (with additional fees), by E-check or physically brought into City Hall.

Message to Taxpayers: Due to possible USPS mailing delays and longer mailing times starting in October 2021; please make sure to give ample time when mailing in your tax payment(s). Postmarks are not accepted and interest will be applied if received after the due date. Please do not rely on the USPS to get your mail to City Hall in a timely manner. The USPS has put this information out in the news and there mailing times are changing from 1-3 days to 3-5 or longer. This message will also be on the 2021 Winter Tax bills that are being sent out on December 1st.



Some links to important, most requested documents:

Property Transfer Affidavit

Principal Residence Exemption (PRE) Affidavit

Request to Rescind Principal Residence Exemption (PRE)

W-9 Form

Defer Summer Tax Form


Poverty Exemption Information

MCL 211.7u provides for a property tax exemption, in whole or part, for the principal residence of persons who, by reason of poverty, are unable to contribute to the public charges. For purposes of the poverty exemption, the term "principal residence" means how principal residence exemption and qualified agricultural property are defined in MCL 211.7dd. The exemption does not apply to property of a corporation.

How To Apply For The Poverty Exemption

To request a poverty exemption, a taxpayer must file the two forms below, plus all required additional documentation (such as federal/state income tax returns - please call for additional paperwork from City Hall):

Poverty Exemption Form

Affirmation of Ownership & Occupancy to Remain Exempt by Reason of Poverty Form



The two forms above, along with any additional documentation, must be filed with the local assessing unit where the property is located. Do not file these forms with the Department of Treasury or the State Tax Commission. The forms may be submitted to the local assessing unit on or after January 1 but before the day prior to the last day of the December Board of Review during the year in which the exemption is requested.

Taxpayers should contact the local assessing unit directly to verify deadline dates for submission of the forms to ensure the application gets reviewed by a Board of Review during that calendar year.

In addition to filing the two forms above and any support documentation, a taxpayer must do all the following to be eligible for the poverty exemption:

1. Own and occupy the property as a principal residence.
2. Provide federal and state income tax returns for the current or immediately preceding year, including any property tax credits, for all person residing in the principal residence (disclosure of the income of an owner who is not residing in the principal residence is not required). Federal and state income tax returns are not required for a person residing in the principal residence if that person was not required to file a federal or state income tax return. Instead, Form 4988, Poverty Exemption Affidavit may be filed for all persons residing in the residence who were not required to file federal or state income tax returns in the current or immediately preceding year.
3. Produce a valid driver license or other form of identification, if requested.
4. Produce a deed, land contract, or other evidence of ownership of the property, if requested.
5. Meet the federal poverty guidelines published in the prior calendar year in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or alternative guidelines adopted by the local assessing unit. The alternative guidelines cannot provide income eligibility requirements less than the federal guidelines.
6. Meet the asset level test adopted by the local assessing unit.