Michigan: what the state takes
Michigan charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
4.25%
Flat 4.25% after the personal exemption
Resident return
Form MI-1040
Michigan Department of Treasury
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
Some Michigan cities, including Detroit, charge their own income tax.
Try a figure
Yearly income
How you file
Michigan tax
$2,941
Top state rate you touch
4.25%
- Kept before federal tax$58,207
- Federal income tax$13,852
- Michigan tax$2,941
Flat rate of 4.25% on $69,200 after a $5,800 deduction.
Filing in Michigan
- Who collects it
- Michigan Department of Treasury
- Return
- Form MI-1040
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.