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You can see all the tax information and detail, including special assessments, assessed value, taxable value, millage rate detail, and many more items through our BS&A online portal. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
To pay by checking account or debit/credit card, click here for the BS&A Online Portal and search for your address/parcel to locate your balance(s) due. Please note that debit/credit card fees will apply; checking account processing is free. Want to make an installment/partial payment? Change the “Amount Paying” box to the amount you are paying.
Please use the top stub and courtesy envelope from the tax bill mailed to you.
Payments should be mailed to:
City of Ferndale Taxes
P. O. Box 674459
Detroit, MI
48267-4459
Payments mailed to the P.O. Box are received and processed by the City's bank. Postmark date and check date are not accepted as paid date.
Dial 866-873-9157 to pay your balance due in full; installment or partial payments cannot be made by phone. Be sure to have your parcel number handy before you call.
Credit Card Fee - As of January 1, 2019, tax payments made by debit or credit card will be assessed a 2% service fee. Fees will be charged whether you use your card in person, on the phone, or online.
Returned Check Fee - Checks are accepted only as a conditional payment. If not honored by your bank, tax is unpaid and subject to unpaid tax penalties and a $35.00 returned check fee.
If you have any questions concerning your tax statement, the collection process, or the deferment process, contact Tax Billing at 248-546-2370.
If you are looking for tax forms and applications (change of address, hardship exemption, property transfer affidavit, application for deferment of summer taxes, etc.) click here.
View frequently asked questions about property values, how assessments are determined, and what happens when you purchase a home.
Click here to pay your delinquent property taxes via the Oakland County Website
Yes; if you do not escrow your taxes, you may elect to pay your summer tax bill in eight monthly installments, July through February, due by the last business day of each month.
Preprinted installment coupons will be mailed to you separately from your tax bill in early July. If paying by mail, an installment coupon must accompany your check. Postmark date and check date are not accepted as a paid date.
Mail summer installment coupon payments to:
City of Ferndale Taxes,
P. O. Box 674459,
Detroit, MI 48267-4459
Oakland Pointe Office Building
250 Elizabeth Lake Road, Suite 1000W
Pontiac, Michigan, USA, 48341
Phone: 248-858-0740
In February you will receive a ‘NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT, TAXABLE VALUATION, AND PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION’ from Oakland County Equalization.
This form has your proposed values for the upcoming tax year. There are instructions on how to set up an appointment with the March Board of Review to appeal the proposed values. The March Board of Review is the place to begin the appeal process.
More information can be found here.
The board reviews and approves the tax assessment roll for the City. The Board of Review also hears requests for a correction of assessment.
The Board of Review meets each year in March at City Hall after the annual assessments have been sent out to homeowners.
For Property Tax payment info, click here.
The Board of Review meets each year in March at City Hall after the annual assessments have been sent out to homeowners.
For Property Tax payment info, click here.
You can pay your taxes online, in person, or at City Hall. You may also drop your tax payment in the drop box located outside the entrance of City Hall.
City of Ferndale
300 E. Nine Mile Rd.
Ferndale, MI 48220
The ‘Summer Tax’ bills are issued on July 1st and are due by July 31st.
The ‘Winter Tax’ bills are issued on December 1st and are due by February 14th.