Monthly Archives: January 2012

Detroit Income Tax Rate Rollback Scheduled for July

Posted on January 20, 2012 by crcforum

Barring a legislative change, the City of Detroit’s municipal income tax rates (resident and nonresident) will be rolled back in July for the first time since 2003.  These reductions will occur because the City failed to meet three of the … Continue reading →

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CRC continuing to help Onekama Village residents understand implications of disincorporation

Posted on January 20, 2012 by crcforum

Over the course of the past couple years the residents of Onekama, a small community on the shore of Lake Michigan in Manistee County, have expressed an interest in exploring consolidation of their two governments – the township and the … Continue reading →

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Does Michigan’s Unemployment Rate Drop Mean Anything?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Jeff Guilfoyle

The state reported today that Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 9.3 percent, down 1.8 percentage points from last December’s rate of 11.1 percent.  While a drop in the unemployment rate is generally considered good news, does the … Continue reading →

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