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NOTICE CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS TAXPAYERS The Michigan Income Tax Law (State Act 281) was amended to allow certain homeowners to claim a deferment of their summer taxes. The deferment may be claimed by senior citizens, paraplegics, quadriplegics, eligible service personnel, eligible veterans, eligible widows/widowers, totally and permanently disabled or blind persons, defined below: SENIOR CITIZEN - An individual who has reached the age of 62; a married couple where at least one of the spouses has reached the age of 62 by the end of the tax year; surviving spouse of a person who died after reaching the age of 62. PARAPLEGIC OR QUADRIPLEGIC- Individual must have partial or complete loss of both legs or both arms and both legs. ELIGIBLE SERVICE PERSONNEL, ELIGIBLE VETERAN OR ELIGIBLE WIDOW/ WIDOWER - Veteran or widow/widower of a veteran with service connected disability; veteran of wars before World War I; pensioned veteran or widow/widower of pensioned veteran; active service personnel; widow/widower of service personnel deceased in service; widow/widower of non-disabled or non-pensioned veteran. BLIND PERSON - Individual must meet the definition of blindness under the Federal Income Tax Code. To be eligible, you must have a total household income of $40,000 or less in the previous taxable year, and must file an application for deferment of 2026 summer taxes with the Treasurer of the City of Sterling Heights between now and September 15, 2026 inclusive. If your deferment is approved, you may pay your 2026 summer principal residence taxes as late as March 1, 2027 without penalty or interest charges. Applications may be obtained online at https://www.sterlingheights.gov/399/Treasury and select “Deferment Application for Summer Taxes” or you can call (586) 446-2780. City Treasurer