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How to Figure Out Your Property Tax

Kent County       Ottawa County
To figure the amount of taxes for a home, locate the city or township and school district in the first column, of the table below. Move across to the "Total Homestead" column (if you will occupy the home) to find the millage rate.   Divide the asking price of the home by 2.  Take the number of thousands from that answer and multiply by the millage rate in the "Total Homestead" column.   This is the approximate and greatest possible amount for the annual property taxes.  It could be less, if the taxable value is less than the assessed value for a particular city or township, or if the home was purchased for less than the asking price.  For example, $200,000 asking price divided by 2 = $100,000.  Take 100(number of thousands) and multiply 100 times 27.6296(Total Homestead for Ada Township/Forest Hills Schools) to arrive at $2763 as the annual property taxes.  E-mail me if you have further questions.  More information can be found at the end of the tables below.

What Happens After You Purchase a Home As an Owner-Occupied Principal Residence

     In most cases, when you purchase a home, the assessed value (AV) and the taxable value (TV) are not the same amount.  The TV is the basis for applying the tax rate.  This is the value that affects homeowners the most.
     Almost a year after you purchase your home, the TV is "uncapped" and rises to equalize the AV.  The TV and AV remain the same for the first full year following the sale.
     In the following years, the TV can rise 5% or the Consumer Price Index (CPI), whichever is lower.  The assessor of the taxing authority can adjust the AV based upon improvements and neighborhood factors such as sales in the neighborhood.
     A homestead-owner occupied principal residence-is exempt from local school operating property taxes.  To receive an exemption, a homeowner must file an affidavit with the local municipality by May 1.  A property occupied after May 1 is not eligible for a homestead exemption until the following year, if a homestead exemption was not in effect for the previous owner
     A homeowner who is eligible for the exemption but fails to file an affidavit by May 1 can appeal to the local board of review in the year for which the exemption is claimed or in the immediate succeeding year.  This means that homeowners who discover that they were entitled to a homestead exemption in past years, but who failed to file for them, can receive the exemption only for the current year and one previous year, even if the property qualified as a homestead for additional years.
 

Kent County 2006 Millage Rates

Locality

Summer Homestead

Winter Homestead

Total Homestead

Ada Township
676-9191
Forest Hills 17.6585 11.1247 28.7832
Lowell 17.3585 10.8247 28.1832
Northview 18.3371 11.8033 30.1404
Algoma Township
866-1583
Cedar Springs 19.3198 7.9982 27.3180
Rockford 17.0698 12.7482 29.8180
Sparta 15.9324 11.6108 27.5432
Alpine Township
784-1262
Comstock Park 20.4818 8.0898 28.5716
Kenowa Hills 15.9198 8.0898 24.0096
Sparta 15.9324 11.7024 27.6348
Bowne Township
868-6846
Caledonia 15.8198 12.3016 12.3016
Lakewood 6.0000 18.3384 24.3384
Lowell 15.8198 12.3015 28.1213
Thornapple 12.3198 14.9215 27.2413
Byron Township
878-3196
Byron 16.3116 10.8957 27.2073
Grandville 18.4328 6.9040 25.3368
Kentwood 15.1659 9.7501 9.7501
Wayland-Union 9.5000 14.5560 24.0560
Caledonia Township
891-0070
Caledonia 15.8198 12.2824 28.1022
Thornapple-Kellogg 12.3198 14.9024 27.2222
Cannon Township
874-6966
Forest Hills 12.3198 15.9881 28.3079
Lowell 15.8198 11.8881 27.7079
Rockford 17.0698 13.1381 30.2079
Cascade Township
949-1500
Caledonia 15.8198 13.2438 29.0636
Forest Hills 16.1197 13.5439 29.6636
Lowell 15.8198 13.2438 29.0636
Courtland Township
866-0622
Cedar Springs 19.3198 7.9386 27.2584
Rockford 17.0698 12.6886 29.7584
Gaines Township
698-6640
Byron 12.6157 14.0816 26.6973
Caledonia 12.1192 13.5851 25.7043
Kentwood 11.3153 12.7812 24.0965
Grand Rapids Township
361-7391
East Grand Rapids 23.6402 6.3668 30.0070
Forest Hills 17.6585 10.1668 27.8253
Northview 18.3371 10.8454 29.1825
Grattan Township
691-8450
Belding 0.0000 24.3106 24.3106
Lowell 12.1192 14.9493 27.0685
Rockford 12.8692 15.6993 28.5685
Lowell Township
897-7600
Caledonia 12.6040 13.5429 26.1469
Lowell 12.6040 13.5429 26.1469
Nelson Township
636-5332
Cedar Springs 18.6192 8.0098 26.6290
Tri-County 0.0000 23.8217 23.8217
Oakfield Township
754-5679
Belding 0.0000 22.8864 22.8864
Cedar Springs 18.6192 7.0251 25.6443
Rockford 12.8692 14.2751 27.1443
Greenville 0.0000 25.2370 25.2370
Plainfield Township
364-8466
Comstock Park 19.7812 8.9909 28.7721
Kenowa Hills 15.2192 8.9909 24.2101
Northview 12.7348 16.1065 28.8413
Rockford 12.8692 16.2409 29.1101
Solon Township
696-1718
Cedar Springs 18.6192 6.1787 24.7979
Kent City 13.2334 13.7929 27.0263
Tri-County 0.0000 21.9906 21.9906
Grant 0.0000 25.4588 25.4588
Sparta Township
887-8863
Kent City 13.2334 14.1708 27.4042
Sparta 10.9320 11.8694 22.8014
Spencer Township
Cedar Springs 18.6192 8.5674 27.1866
Greenville 0.0000 26.7793 26.7793
Lakeview 0.0000 28.0242 28.0242
Tyrone Township
678-4779
Kent City 13.2334 15.8090 29.0424
Sparta 10.9320 13.5076 24.4396
Grant 0.0000 27.4749 27.4749
Vergennes Township
897-5671
Lowell 12.1192 13.7461 25.8653
Cedar Springs City
696-1330
Cedar Springs 37.2058 3.8873 41.0931
East Grand Rapids
949-2110
East Grand Rapids 39.3844 4.7673 44.1517
Grand Rapids City
456-3020
Caledonia 29.9308 3.8873 33.8181
Forest Hills 30.5308 4.8873 35.4181
Grand Rapids 25.0408 3.8873 28.9281
Grandville 29.0438 3.8873 32.9311
Godwin Heights 26.1308 3.8873 30.0181
Kenowa Hills 26.2908 3.8873 30.1781
Kentwood 28.8050 3.8873 32.6923
Grandville City
530-4972
Grandville 29.3755 4.7673 34.1428
Wyoming 27.9625 4.7673 32.7298
Kentwood City
554-0761
Caledonia 25.8403 8.2673 34.1076
Kelloggsville 25.0903 7.5173 32.6076
Kentwood 25.2774 7.7044 32.9818
Forest Hills 26.1403 8.5673 34.7076
Lowell City
897-8457
Lowell 33.4309 8.2637 41.6982
Rockford City
866-1537
Rockford 29.5060 9.5147 39.0207
Walker City
791-6861
Comstock Park 25.3066 4.7673 30.0739
Grandville 22.2575 4.7673 27.0248
Kenowa Hills 19.5045 4.7673 24.2718
Wyoming City
530-7280
Byron 29.5076 8.7590 38.2666
Grandville 31.6288 4.7673 36.3961
Godfrey-Lee 36.9834 4.7673 41.7507
Godwin Heights 27.1158 6.3673 33.4831
Kelloggsville 28.2658 7.5173 35.7831
Kentwood 28.4529 7.7044 36.1573
Wyoming 30.2158 4.7673 34.9831
Caledonia Village
(Part of Caledonia)
22.8025 8.2673 31.0698
Casnovia Village
(Part of Tyrone)
26.9835 9.3923 36.3758
Kent City Village
(Part of Tyrone)
26.4835 9.3923 35.8758
Sand Lake Village
(Part of Nelson)
37.5211 4.7673 42.2884
Sparta Village
(Part of Sparta)
31.9261 7.4549 39.3810

Ottawa County

Locality

Summer Homestead

Winter Homestead

Total Homestead

Allendale Township
616-895-6295
   

 

Allendale 17.2688 8.9994 26.2682
Hudsonville 11.2518 14.3922 25.6440
Blendon Township
616-875-7707
   

 

Hudsonville 11.2518 15.0912 26.3430
Zeeland 11.2670 15.1067 26.3737
Chester Township
616-899-5544
   

 

Coopersville 0.0000 30.4650 30.4650
Sparta 10.9320 17.3589 28.2909
Kent City 13.2334 19.6604 32.8938
Ravenna 0.0000 28.8058 28.8058
Crockery Township
616-837-6868
   

 

Spring Lake 16.4391 6.6112 23.0503
Coopersville 0.0000 25.0300 25.0300
Fruitport 0.0000 19.7708 19.7708
Georgetown Township
616-457-2340
   

 

Jenison 10.8688 13.2672 24.1360
Hudsonville 11.2518 13.6500 24.9018
Grandville 17.8509 6.6672 24.5181
Grand Haven Township
616-842-5988
   

 

Grand Haven 8.9388 13.8888 22.8276
Holland Township
616-395-0042
   

 

West Ottawa 16.0688 11.7140 27.7828
Holland 9.9728 16.2711 26.2439
Zeeland 11.2670 17.5655 28.8325
Jamestown Township
616-896-8376
   

 

Hudsonville 11.2518 16.4117 27.6635
Grandville 17.8509 9.4289 27.2798
Olive Township
616-786-9996
   

 

West Ottawa 16.0688 10.2440 26.3128
Zeeland 11.2670 16.0955 27.3625
Park Township
616-399-4520
   

 

West Ottawa 16.0688 9.2716 25.3404
Holland 9.9728 13.8287 23.8015

Additional property tax information may be obtained from local municipalities and the appropriate county:

Kent County
Property Tax (616) 336-3641
300 Monroe NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Ottawa County
Property Tax (616) 459-2923
414 Washington Street
Grand Haven, MI 49417

Income tax information may be obtained from the following sources:

Federal Income Tax
Information 800-829-1040
Forms 800-829-3676
State of Michigan Department of the Treasury
Revenue Division (616) 456-5334
350 Ottawa NW 800-487-7000
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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