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General Tax Information

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Bills and Payments Information

Summer tax payments are due by September 14th and winter taxes due by February 14th. Please make checks payable to the Peninsula Township. For your convenience, you can pay by mail or in person at 13235 Center Road. There is a mail drop box available 24 hrs. a day for your convenience. It is located outside the front doors of the Township Office. Office Hours: Monday 7:30 am - 6:30 pm & Tuesday through Thursday 7:30 am – 5:00 pm.
  • PLEASE WRITE SEPARATE CHECKS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BILLS!
  • IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE DO NOT STAPLE CHECKS.​​
For tax and special assessment payments, we can only accept checks, cash or money orders. At this time we cannot accept credit card or debit card payments.​

Pay Tax Bill Link
​Pay property taxes by clicking on Pay Tax Bills button above (website opens in new tab).

Information

Treasurer, Katie Clark:  231-223-4484 or [email protected]

Deputy Treasurer, Elena Dritsas: 231-223-4484 or [email protected]

​Tax Deferments

Summer Tax deferments are available if your income is less than $40,000 a year and you meet any of the following: 
  1. 62 or older, paraplegic, quadriplegic eligible serviceperson, eligible veteran, eligible widow or widower blind totally or permanently disabled
  2. If your property is classified or used for agriculture and your gross receipts for the agricultural or horticultural operations in the previous year is more than your household income for the preceding calendar year.

​Special Assessments

Special assessment payments for water and sewer are due in our office from July 1 to September 14th. Beginning September 15th, a 1% per month interest penalty will be charged. If the payment is not received by November 1st, it is added to the Winter tax bill for collection. 
Please Note:  Special Assessments payments must be separate of tax payments.
The Special Assessment bills are sent out on July 1st each year to those people in the Special Assessment District. If you do not receive one by the end of July, please call the Treasurer's Office 231.223.4484 so that we can get you one. They are always due by September 14th. After September 14th, there is a 1% penalty applied each month to the amount still owing for that year. If there is any amount owing for that year as of November, that portion (including penalties) will be added on your winter tax bill for that property.
Special Assessments can be paid off at any time. For payoff information, please call the Treasurer's Office at 231.223.4484. The payoff amount will vary each month.
The Township does not require Special Assessments to be paid off if a property is sold. New owners can assume the assessment. Check with your title company or lending institution to see if they will require you to pay it off at closing.​

​Forms

Contact Treasurer Katie Clark at 231.223.4484 or [email protected] for the following forms:
  • Summer Tax Deferment form
  • Claim for Farmland Exemption from Some School Operating Taxes
Contact Assessor Sally Murray at 231.223.7313 or [email protected] for the following form:
  • Principal Residency Exemption Affidavit
  • Request to rescind a Principal Residency Exemption
  • Conditional Rescission of Principal Residency Exemption Form
  • Conditional Principal Residency Exemption Frequently asked questions
Peninsula Township :: 13235 Center Rd. :: Traverse City, MI 49686
Monday 7:30 am - 6:30 pm*  ::  Tuesday - Thursday 7:30 am - 5:00 pm*
*Peninsula Township's Inclement Weather Policy: If TCAPS closes Traverse City area schools, Peninsula
Township offices are closed at least until 10am. Please check the homepage of our website for any updates.​
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