AxMITax | A Citizen’s Ballot Initiative to Completely Eliminate Property Tax2025-04-18T19:24:01-04:00

Ballot Initiative to Eliminate Property Taxes in Michigan

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There are 1000’s of ways to fund schools, police, fire, libraries, and other public services without leveraging personal property. Let’s make it happen in

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“Property tax is the only tax we have where people fear losing something if they don’t pay it.”

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Death by Ballot Box: New Millages Continue to Increase Foreclosures

Tax Foreclosures Ensure A Weaker & Worse Country for Everyone

184,000 Michigan Property Owners were faced with Tax Foreclosure in Michigan in 2023. This is an astounding number, for a country that claims to espouse Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness. How much worse will it be in 2025 and beyond?

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New Millages Passed in Aug. 2024

95% Passed

How many more millages will be on the next ballot? How will this ever end without the entire State of Michigan continuing to treat it’s citizens like perpetual renters? Something has to change, and we must do it at the ballot box!

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  • Regain true property ownership

  • Give citizens the ability to reevaluate how their money is being spent

  • Eliminate the ransom the government demands for owning your property

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which taxes will be eliminated?2025-02-10T11:40:36-05:00

Exactly Which Taxes Are Going to be Eliminated?

The initiative targets the complete elimination of both commercial and residential property taxes in Michigan. This includes all taxes levied on real estate, as well as on moveable assets owned by individuals and businesses.

What about police & fire services?2025-02-10T11:41:15-05:00

What exactly will happen to my local police and fire services?

The proposal addresses concerns about funding for essential local services, such as police and fire departments. It states that eliminating property taxes in Michigan will not compromise these services, as it plans to increase the state revenue share allocated to local essential services from 15% to 20%, thus ensuring your local police and fire departments continue to receive the funding necessary for operation.

Won’t schools shut down?2025-02-10T11:42:00-05:00

What about my child’s education? We must support the schools!

Did you know that currently only 10% of school funding is paid for via your property taxes? That is a paltry $2.5 billion out of a $25 billion budget! That means that only 6 mills of your property tax dollars goes to actual education purposes. The rest of the millages are applied towards football stadiums, baseball fields, jumbotrons, and many other non-educational expenditures.

Now, we’re not saying that those things aren’t important, but we are saying that there is plenty to go around and when Michigan citizens have no property taxes weighing them and their families down, there is more to spend via community funding. Furthermore, the businesses in your community, after having been freed from their own property taxes, are going to have more to use to step up and support the extracurricular activities of the schools within your area.

Will it affect renters?2025-02-10T11:42:31-05:00

I’m not a property owner, I rent… Why should I care about this?

Property taxes are a significant expense for property owners, including landlords who own rental properties. These taxes are then passed on to the renters in the form of higher rent prices. Therefore, when property taxes increase, landlords need to raise rent to cover these additional costs.

Furthermore, eliminating property taxes will encourage more investment in rental properties, leading to a greater supply of rental housing. This will help stabilize and reduce rent. And if that isn’t enough – eliminating property taxes will stimulate economic activity by increasing disposable income for property owners and renters both, which would lead to increased spending and investment in other areas of the economy.

We’ll leave you with this: Eliminating property taxes would make Michigan more irresistibly attractive to both residents and businesses. For residents, it would mean more affordable housing options [YOU could become a homeowner!].

For businesses, it would mean lower operating costs if they own property, which would lead to job creation, lower prices and economic growth.

What about business taxes?2025-02-10T11:43:03-05:00

What about business taxes?

This proposal includes the elimination of property taxes for business owners as well! This measure is expected to significantly benefit small businesses by reducing operational costs, while stimulating economic growth throughout the state by creating a more attractive environment for business investment and development.

Don’t businesses already get tax relief?2025-02-10T11:43:31-05:00

Why should we care about businesses benefiting from this proposal? They already get tax relief!

While it’s true that some businesses receive property tax relief from the State, particularly through incentives designed to attract investment, the initiative argues that current measures are very selective and benefit only certain businesses. By eliminating property taxes for all businesses, the proposal aims to level the playing field and make Michigan attractive to a wider range of businesses, without the worry about currying favoritism based on political contributions or other factors.

This will also encourage more people to start small businesses which have always been the backbone of our great country, because they’ll have more money in their pockets for such endeavors!

I want to read the petition.2025-04-09T23:57:16-04:00

Can I just read the petition text itself?

Yes! Please do read the petition for yourself. This is the best way to become familiar with our movement, and to know exactly what you will be placing onto the 2026 ballot. READ THE PETITION HERE!

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