Great Lakes Wire

Michigan collected $112 million in property taxes during the first quarter of 2021, a 124 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

In the first quarter of 2020, $50 million was collected.

Overall, Michigan collected $7 billion in combined tax revenues in the first quarter.

In addition to detailed tax revenue data from each state, the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue includes an estimate of state and local government tax revenue at a national level.

The Census Bureau cautions that it sets the tax classifications among the survey categories, and they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Type of Tax	Amount (in millions of dollars)
Property Taxes	$112
Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes	$3,619
Income Taxes	$2,554

Source: U.S. Census Bureau