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Canton Township assessor reports full compliance on state audit; warns of 2026 reassessment manual changes
Summary
Assessor Aaron Powers told trustees the township satisfied most State Tax Commission audit requirements after correcting poverty-exemption language; he outlined valuation growth trends and warned the 2026 updated assessor cost manual will trigger a fresh sales analysis and potential pricing changes.
Aaron Powers, Canton Township assessor with WCA Assessing, told the board on June 24 that the township satisfied the state’s five-year countywide assessing audit under Public Act 660 (2018) after the board corrected a disciplinary language issue in its poverty-exemption policy.
Audit outcome and corrective action: Powers said the State Tax Commission’s audit examines land-value documentation, economic condition factors, CAMA adoption, training, accessibility and other technical compliance items. Canton met the substantial-compliance review thresholds except for one technical finding: the township’s poverty-exemption policy included language that categorically disallowed applicants who owned any second property,…
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