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• HOME • Township Board • Community News, Info, & Events   • Meeting Information • Documents and Forms • Board of Review   • Joint Planning Commission • Grass Lake Campground   • Links of Interest   • Maps Web Site © Copyright 2007-2024 by Colfax Township, Michigan and ATI Consulting All rights reserved		COLFAX TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW At the March organizational meeting, the board receives the assessment roll for the current year and proceeds to examine the roll. The Board of Review is not required to receive and hear taxpayers at this meeting. However, it may receive and consider written protests for assessment change. At the March Board of Review meetings, the board receives written protests or appeals and allows for personal appearances by taxpayers or their agents who are protesting a property tax issue that is within the jurisdiction of the Board of Review and shall act on each protest as provided for in Michigan Law. The March Board of Review has authority to change the current year’s assessments. The board DOES NOT have the authority to change assessments for any prior year. The March Board also cannot make any decisions on principal residence exemptions or applications for new qualified agricultural exemptions. The July and December Boards of Review may convene if there is business to conduct for the purpose of correcting qualified errors for the current year and the immediately preceding year only. (Source: Michigan State Tax Commission Boards of Review Q&A booklet, Oct. 26, 2010) BOARD OF REVIEW DATES for 2025 NOTE: All Board of Review meetings and public hearings are held at the Colfax Township Hall. March Board of Review preliminary organizational meeting for Board only      - To be determined – at 2:00 PM March Board of Review — publc hearings to receive taxpayer petitions      - To be determined – 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM    - To be determined – 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM July Board of Review – meeting for handling mutual mistakes and clerical errors    - To be determined – at 2:00 PM December Board of Review – meeting for handling mutual mistakes and clerical errors      - To be determined – at 2:00 PM THREE STEPS FOR TAXPAYERS WITH QUESTIONS Taxpayers with assessment questions are urged to first contact Colfax Township's signing assessor whose contact information is on the Township Board page. Taxpayers may file a petition with the March Board of Review for the assessed value and/or the tentative taxable value and/or the property classification and/or the qualified agricultural property exemption by completing Michigan Dept. of Treasury Form L-4035 Petition to Board of Review. Forms will be available at the BOR or may be obtained through the State of Michigan website at www.michigan.gov/documents/l4035f_2658_7.pdf. If you disagree with the decision of the Board of Review, appeals may be filed with the Michigan Tax Tribunal (or State Tax Commission for classification appeals) only after you first petition to the March Board of Review