At the beginning of the semester, or as needed, all students minimally receive roughly 8 hours of instruction on a range of topics that include: the history and jurisdiction of the Tribunal, Michigan's system of property taxation, the calculation of taxable value, the calculation of special assessments, requirements of common property tax exemptions, the methods of valuation, evidentiary issues, discussion of important cases, tribunal rules of procedure and practice, tribunal decisional formats, appellate standards, methods of statutory construction, standards for citation, format, grammar and punctuation, etc. Each student is provided with a Student Manual, theirs for the keeping and future reference.
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