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Staff | Pay Your Tax Bill |Tax and Property Information | Millage Rate Information | Tax Estimates Laurie Lemke was elected in November, 2008. She is your official township banker. Laurie prints and mails your tax bills and collects your summer and winter tax payments, working not only with the homeowners but also your bank's escrow company as well. She in turn disburses these funds in a timely manner to the taxing authorities located within our Township. The treasurer also collects all water payments, planning fees and construction permit fees and applies them to the necessary departments to cover the cost of providing these township services. Excess funds are invested according to the township policy. this helps insure money is available when a large capital item is needed.
Township Treasurer/ Board Member E-mail: laurie.lemke@gainestownship.org
Diane Randall Deputy Treasurer E-mail: diane.randall@gainestownship.org
You may pay your taxes in person at our office weekdays from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. For after hour's payments, please use the drop box located just outside the main upper-level doors. Payments deposited in the drop box are considered paid on the next business day.
Click here for information on how to make a credit/debit card payment at www.officialpayments.com or to find answers to your other frequently asked questions. Tax, Property, Utility, and Building Permit Information
We
have provided a link to BS&A software so that you can look up
information pertaining to real property, special assessments, tax
payments (current and history), water and sewer accounts, and building permits. Please
click here to be redirected to the BS&A website. Millage Rate Information
Property taxes, which are billed and collected by Gaines Charter Township, are a combined collection of taxes levied by several different entities, shown on the millage rate table. Summer bills are mailed July 1 and are due in our office by September 14. Winter bills are mailed December 1 and are due in our office by February 14. Postmarks are not accepted as payment dates. Approximately 70% of the tax is billed in the summer and 30% in the winter. If all taxes, plus applicable interest and penalties, are not paid to our office by March 1, the taxes are turned over to the Kent County Treasurer for collection (except personal property). View the current Gaines Charter Township Millage Rate Information To calculate your property tax, use the formula (Taxable Value x Millage Rate = Tax). The millage rate can be determined by the chart below. Just find your school district, look down for the millage rate with Principal Residence Exemption or without Principal Residence Exemption, whichever applies to your property. The taxable value of your property is determined by a formula and, in most cases, is limited by the rate of inflation. This number is calculated by the assessor and is reported to you on your assessment change notice, mailed in February. If you do not agree with your assessment, you will need to request a change from the Board of Review. You must contact your assessor early to request the change as the Board of Review meets early in March. The millage rate is the total number of mills being levied divided by 1,000. Millage rates are calculated in the spring for the summer collection and in the fall for the winter collection. Millage rates vary from year to year due to a number of factors. Significant increases in millage rates are the result of voter approval, while decreases are often due to the expiration of a previously approved millage.
Summer taxes may be deferred until February 14 of each tax year if the household income from the previous year was less than $40,000 AND you qualify under one of the following classifications:
You must request this benefit each tax year before the summer tax due date. Click here or contact the treasurer’s office for an Application for Deferment of Summer Tax. Property owners who own and reside in a dwelling on the property are eligible for the Principal Residence Exemption. That exemption decreases your tax liability by the amount of school operating millage (18 mills). To be granted this exemption, you must file a Principal Residence Affidavit with the Assessing office when you move into your residence. Failure to file this Affidavit will result in you being billed for the school operating tax. When a property changes ownership in any way (including land contract sales, divorce, death of an owner, etc.), a Property Transfer Affidavit must be filed with the Assessing department of the township within 45 days. Failure to do so results in a $5.00 per day fee being charged to the new owners. The maximum on the fee is $200.00. However, if the change is not reported on a Property Transfer Affidavit for a year or more, the past and current taxes are affected, and the new owner will be responsible for paying back taxes which should have been charged at a higher rate, plus late fees from original due date and penalties.
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