Revenue Sharing

Along with counties, cities and villages, townships receive payments from the state.

Constitutional Portion: The Michigan Constitution allocates a portion of the state sales tax to be distributed to local units on a per capita basis, using the last decennial census to determine population.

Census Information

Statutory Portion: The Legislature has allocated an additional portion of the sales tax to be distributed to the local units, in lieu of the income and single business taxes no longer being collected.

As of October 1, 1996, state shared revenues are distributed to local units in six bi-monthly payments (click to find actual and estimated revenue sharing payments for your township).

A local unit that has experienced population growth may be eligible to conduct a special mid-decade census and may be able to receive supplemental revenue sharing payments, as appropriated by the Legislature, until the following decennial census:

Special Census