Having prepared (and defended) taxes in Michigan, since the collapse of the Automobile industry--most tax collection agencies in Michigan throw bills first and ask questions later.<div><br></div><div>This seems like one of those situations...and you wonder why nobody wants to do business in MI. <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 16:18, Lokkju Brennr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lokkju@gmail.com" target="_blank">lokkju@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Oh, I agree there isn't too much real information given in the<br>
article. The rep in the video makes it sounds like the city just up<br>
and charged them huge amounts of back taxes with o warning, which does<br>
sound far fetched.<br>
I was hoping someone might have more info on it...<br>
<br>
Lokkju<br>
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Christopher J. Pilkington <<a href="mailto:cjp@0x1.net" target="_blank">cjp@0x1.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 06:37:24PM +0000, Loki wrote:<br>
>> Non-profit hackerspace [3]The Geek Group has been hit with a hefty tax<br>
>> bill despite their tax-exempt status. We featured a [4]boom camera<br>
> [snip]<br>
>> for non-profit land holdings before). Thatās why it comes as quite a<br>
>> surprise when the township slaps a sticker on the doors giving notice<br>
>> of seizure and demanding payment for $47,652.78 in back taxes or the<br>
>> assets will be auctioned off. The entire story, from The Geek Groupās<br>
><br>
> Sounds like they just assumed that property taxes don't apply to<br>
> 501(c)3 organizations.<br>
><br>
> Many states only exempt organizations from property taxes if<br>
> they are public charities in the strictest sense (with a nice<br>
> big exemption for houses of worship, who don't seem to have to<br>
> divulge their finances.)<br>
><br>
> Regardless, one needs to apply for exemption from property tax,<br>
> his claim that "we're tax-exempt, we don't know a lot about<br>
> filing taxes" is bogus.<br>
><br>
> The neighboring state of Minnesota has been stripping property<br>
> tax exemption from child day care centers that are 501(c)3, so I<br>
> don't find this so far fetched.<br>
><br>
><br>
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