Michigan Personal Property Tax

The UltraTax / Michigan Personal Property Tax application supports 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, 1120S, and 990 entities. It prepares the local property tax returns from depreciation data entered in the
Asset Detail
window.

Michigan forms and schedules

  • Calculating forms:
    • Form 632 (formerly L-4175) — Personal Property Statement
    • Form 5076 — Affidavit of Owner of Eligible Personal Property Claiming Exemption from Collection of Taxes
    • Form 5278 — Eligible Manufacturing Personal Property Tax Exemption Claim, Ad Valorem Personal Property Statement, and Report of Fair Market Value of Qualified New and Previously Existing Personal Property (Combined Document)
    • Form 5277 — Affidavit to Rescind Exemption of Eligible Manufacturing Personal Property Defined in MCL 211.9(m) and 211.9(n)
    • Form 5328 — Essential Services Assessment Annual Return
    • Form 5352 — E-file Authorization for the Essential Services Assessment (ESA)
    • Form 2698 — Idle Equipment, Obsolete Equipment, and Surplus Equipment Report
    • Form 3966 — Taxpayer Report of Personal Property "move-ins" of used equipment
  • Non-calculating forms:
    • Form 3589 — Cable Television and Utility Personal Property Report
    • Form 3427 — Application for Exemption of New Personal Property
    • Form 3595 — Itemized Listing of Daily Rental Property
    • Form 3612 — Itemized Listing of Daily Rental Property (for Additional Reporting)
    • Form 4226 — Affidavit Filed by a Qualified Start-up Business for Claiming Property Tax Exemption
    • Form 4452 — Cellular (Wireless) Site Equipment Personal Property Report
    • Form 5201 — Taxpayer Report of Personal Property Which Will Be Claimed as Eligible Personal Property
    • Form 5467 — Election of Lessee Report of Eligible Manufacturing Personal Property

Depreciation treatments required for all MI PPT assets

You'll need to enter the Book or MI treatment for Michigan Personal Property Tax returns.
By default, the Book treatment transfers to the return. However, if you mark the
Complete return using the MI treatment within the Asset module
checkbox on the
Gen
screen in the General folder for UltraTax / Michigan Personal Property Tax, the MI treatment will transfer to the return.

Associations required for all MI PPT assets

  • Situs:
    For each asset, you'll need to select
    Michigan
    in the
    Situs
    field to transfer to the Michigan Personal Property Tax return.
  • Location ID#:
    Enter the parcel number for the location filing the property tax return. A property tax return is created for each
    Location ID#
    entered. This information transfers to the
    Parcel Number
    field on Forms 632, 5076, 5278, 5277, and 5328. A maximum of 20 characters will transfer.
  • City - MI (For UltraTax CS 2015 and prior years):
    Select the city the asset is located in from the dropdown list. UltraTax CS uses this information to determine an approximate tax rate for the filing instructions. (For UltraTax CS 2015 and prior years.)
  • PPT type - MI:
    Select the personal property type for the asset from the dropdown list. Assets with the following property types transfer to Form 632 if the
    Qualified for Essential Services Assessment return
    checkbox is marked on the MLGen or MLReturn screen in UltraTax CS.
    • Section A - Furniture & fixtures.
    • Section B - Machinery & equipment.
    • Section C - Rental videotapes & games.
    • Section D - Office, electronic, video, & testing equip.
    • Section E - Consumer coin operated equipmen.t
    • Section F - Computer equipment.
    • Section H - Assessable tooling.
    • Section M - Leasehold improvements.
    • Special tools to be excluded.
    • X - Exempt - certificate.

Additional associations for MI PPT assets

  • License/reg/cert date:
    Enter the
    license/reg/cert date
    for assets that are exempt with a certificate. This information transfers to Form 632, Page 1, line 2.
  • License/reg/cert#:
    Enter the
    license/reg/cert#
    for assets that are exempt with a certificate. This information transfers to Form 632, Page 1, line 2. The maximum number of characters that transfer is 20.
  • Orig acq cost (used):
    Enter the original cost for a used asset. For this information to properly transfer, you need to designate the asset as used in the
    Asset Detail
    window.
  • Orig date in svc (used):
    Enter the original date in service for a used asset. For this information to properly transfer, you need to designate the asset as used in the
    Asset Detail
    window.
  • STC Multiplier - MI:
    Enter the STC Multiplier for assets that are coded as PPT type - MI Section M - Leasehold improvements.
  • Report on 2698-MI:
    Mark this checkbox to indicate the asset is idle, obsolete, or surplus equipment.
  • Move-Ins - MI:
    Mark this checkbox to indicate the asset is categorized as
    Move-Ins
    used equipment for Form 3966.
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