• Summer Tax Bill Due and payable July 1 through August 31.
• Winter Tax Bill Due and payable December 1 through February 14.
• Late summer bills receive a 3% penalty and 3/4% interest on September 1, and an additional 3/4% each month it is late.
• Late winter bills receive a 4% penalty on February 15 and anything unpaid for either summer or winter is rolled as delinquent on March 1. After March 1, paymentmust be made to the Oakland County Treasurer’s Office. They add additional fees and penalties.

Payment By Check or Money Order:

Payments can be made at the treasury’s counter or by utilizing the City Hall dropbox located on the East side of City Hall to the right of the entrance door. Please place the remittance copy of your taxes, miscellaneous invoices, or water bill in an envelope with your check or money order.

Payment By Cash:

With City Hall open to the public, cash is NO LONGER ACCEPTED via dropbox or mail. If you would like to pay by cash, you can come into City Hall and pay at the treasury counter.

Pay Online:

Please see the webpage www.berkleymich.org/paymybill for online and/or telephone payment instructions to make payments via credit card. Other fees are applicable for credit card payments.

Property Transfer Forms, Tax Deferment Forms, and Treasurer Correspondence:

• The best and most time-effective option for Property Transfer Affidavit forms is to scan or take a clear picture of all of the signed forms and email them to treasury@berkleymich.net. Those forms will then be processed and a date-stamped copy will be scanned and returned to you via your email address.
• Tax Deferment forms and any required documentation can also be scanned or a clear picture is taken and emailed to the email address above.
• Another option for sending in these forms is to place the signed documents in an envelope and place them in the dropbox for processing by the Treasurer’s Office. Please make sure all forms are properly signed and leave an email address to scan and return copies of the stamped forms.
• Lastly, you may also leave a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want hard copies returned by US mail (City of Berkley Treasurer; 3338 Coolidge Hwy Berkley, MI 48072).

Payment can be made in our offices during regular business hours of 8:30 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm. Payment can be made in our office with cash, check, cashier’s check,
money order and credit/debit cards (service fees apply). Additionally check, cashier’s check and money order payments can be placed in our 24 hour secure drop box at the front door to the
Berkley City Hall. Payment by check, cashier’s check and money order payments can be mailed
to our offices.

Taxes can be paid online with a credit/debit card through the Oakland County Website’s Pay Local Taxes program and includes a convenience fee. Service Invoice for Water fees can be paid with the above options except credit/debit card payments would be made, with service fee, through the link to BS&A Point and Pay program. 

There is also a direct withdrawal option available from the Department of Public Works area that pulls the money
directly from your account a day or two before the due date with no fee charged. See the link for that department for direction.

For taxes there is a form (link here) that should be submitted to Treasury either in person, by mail
or email to treasury@berkleymich.net . This same form can be used to update the city for mailing
or ownership updates or if the mortgage has been paid off or a new escrow has been established.
For Service Invoice for Water Billing Changes the same form can be used but it should be
directed to the DPW either by mail, drop box or to the publicworks@berkleymich.net email
address.

The City of Berkley’s Assessing is done by contract with the Oakland County Equalization
Department. Questions regarding the assessed values of your property, data on how it is
determined and information on protesting the value of your property can be attained directly from
them at 248-858-0980.

Summer Taxes may be deferred until February 14 (winter tax bill due date) by filling out the Deferment Application and providing proof of income to the Treasury by September 15 of each
year. To qualify, your previous years household resources must be at or below $40,000 and one of the five qualifying factors must also apply:

• Senior Citizen that is 62 or older
• Paraplegic/Hemiplegic/Quadriplegic
• Eligible Serviceman, Eligible Veteran, or Eligible Widow/Widower
• Blind Person
• Totally and Permanently Disabled

The approval process requires that the Treasury Departments sees a copy of the previous years MI1040CR form to verify household resources. The benefit of this program is to allow more time
to gather funds to pay taxes without incurring the penalty/interest charges.

The Hardship/Poverty Exemption is for those that have income levels at or near the federal
poverty guidelines and requires an application to be completed. This can be submitted with additional documentation to the Treasury Department before either the March, July or
December Board of Review. Additional information is included in the packet and more
information can be attained through the Treasury Department at 248-658-3360 or treasury@berkleymich.net .

Tax Rates for properties in the Berkley School District and the Royal Oak School District.
A table should be provided that lists what the Summer Millage Rate levied in July for each School
District and delineated what is the rate for homes that are 100% PRE, 0% PRE or those that are
in the DDA District. Winter millage rates from the previous

Property Owners/Residents can get tax information most easily by calling during business hours or using the treasury@berkleymich.net email address. Banks, Escrow Companies, Tax Research Firms or any third party firm can retrieve the information in the following ways.

•  Send a SASE and $3.00 per parcel to 3338 Coolidge Hwy, Berkley, MI 48072 and we will return by normal mail, or if the request includes an email address or fax number we canreturn it that way.
• If you have a local runner, the information can be retrieved at our front counter for no fee.
•  The Oakland County website has a program called Property Gateway and with a fee or subscription, it has both current and delinquent taxes and current payment status.

Property Transfers, Principal Residence Exemption, Rescind of Principal Residence, Conditional
Rescission Forms. You can find at the tubs below on this page.

These are forms often provided at closing however it is important for new owners to submit these
forms to the Treasury Department here at City Hall as soon after move in or
purchase as possible. Sellers should provide, if applicable, a Rescind of the Principal Residence
Exemption or Conditional Rescission Form (whichever is applicable) to be able to provide a
stamped copy to the municipality where their new residence is located.