Wayne county property tax

[James De Silva]

Hi all,

I've recently purchased a property in Wayne county (not the city of Detroit) where the sale price was $77,000. The property has an assessed and taxable value of $55000. This property was originally purchased in 2003 for significantly more (the previous loan at least was 120k), so I'm guessing the taxes are based on the old value of the property, which make it much higher than it needs to be.

Is this something where I can contest the property taxes? If so, does anyone have a recommended process I should follow? (I know there is something on the web about this, but if you lovely folks have any shortcuts or advice to make my appeal more successful, I'd love to hear them).

Thanks,

James

[Richard Dunlop]

Originally posted by @Joshua Woolls:

Originally posted by @James De Silva:

@RichardDunlop The property is in Westland MI.

That's amazing though, can you share how you managed to do that?

 Richard is in Detroit. Westland may not have the same opportunities available. They are both Wayne County though... It doesn;t hurt to try

 I've not done Westland before but I'd do it. I've done 8 different cities and most of them are the same. 

Most of the small cities pretend they can't change the assessment but tell you up front that MTT will change it. (Michigan Tax Tribunal) 

You have to appeal it at the local level first in order to appeal it to MTT.

The local city is hoping that you won't take it to MTT.