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Saturday, February 04, 2012
       
  
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Personal Property Forms

2012 Personal Property Form

2012 Idle Equipment Form

2012 Qualified Personal Property

2012 Daily Rental Property Form

 

Be sure you are reporting the original costs of all assets on the original year of acquisition line.  For example, if you purchased a desk for $400 in 2010, it should be reported on the 2010 line of section A (furniture & fixtures) at a cost of $400.  The State Tax Commission has set the depreciation multipliers for each section and each year the assets get depreciated further and further.

 

Don’t forget to report all written-off equipment.  Even though an asset may be fully depreciated according to your accounting standards, it is still required to be reported on the personal property statement.

 

 

Personal Property Overview

All business owners in Clinton Township are required to file a Personal Property Statement by February 1st of each year.  The statutory deadline in the State of Michigan is February 20th.  Any business that does not file by the statutory deadline may be subject to an estimated assessment.

 

The statement is an annual declaration of a business’ assets as of December 31st of the prior year.  The information on the statement is confidential and discussed only with the person who signed the statement, (usually the owner) or an authorized representative.  Only these two individuals may receive any copies of the statement.

 

At the end of each year, the Assessing Department mails out blank statements to all businesses.  If for some reason a business does not receive a blank statement, they should contact the Assessing Department to verify that the correct mailing address is on file.  A blank form may also be downloaded from this site.

 

New Businesses

New Business Owner’s; please download and fill out the New Business Questionnaire below.  We will be out in the fall to canvass the area and get any additional information we may need.  The form my be mailed or faxed to us.

 

New Business Questionnaire

Going Out of Business?

Is your business moving out of Clinton Township or closing down prior to tax day, December 31st?  If so, please notify us as soon as possible at (586) 286-9468 in order to keep our records up to date.  Remember that if you were in business on December 31, 2011, your business will be responsible for both the Summer and Winter Bills of 2012.  Please be sure that you provide us with a forwarding address and date that you went out of business in Clinton Township, so that your bill does not go delinquent.

Vendor Accounts

Please be sure that you are reporting all of your locations to the proper Clinton Township, Michigan.  We are Clinton Township in Macomb County and our zip codes are 48035, 48036, 48038.  There is also a Clinton Township in Lenawee County and a Clinton Michigan.  Many times these accounts get confused.  Be sure you are reporting to the correct community to ensure that you are getting the most accurate assessment.

 

Also, we have five (5) school districts in Clinton Township.  We divide your accounts up by these school districts.  Your parcel number will end in 016, 017, 018, 019 or 020. 

 

016 = Chippewa Valley School District

017 = L’Anse Creuse School District

018 = Clintondale School District

019 = Fraser School District

020 = Mount Clemens School District

 

If you are not sure, what account to place a location on, you may either look the address up on our Public Record Data Link or contact us at (586) 286-9468.

 

CONTACT US:

Phone: (586) 286-9468

Fax: (586) 286-9390

 

James Elrod

ASSESSOR

 

Eileen Danas

SENIOR APPRAISER

 

George Wilkins

PROPERTY APPRAISER III

 

Pam Frink

PROPERTY APPRAISER III

 

Alisa Petronski

PERSONAL PROPERTY

AUDITOR/APPRAISER III

 

Beth Schwartz

OFFICE MANAGER

 

Debra Ferraro

APPRAISAL CLERK II

 

Michele Cantalupo

APPRAISAL CLERK II

 

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