Report: WV governor's companies owe $2M Virginia tax debt

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 2:01 pm CDT, Thursday, August 1, 2019



Photo: Andrew Harnik, AP
FILE - In this July 8, 2019, file photo ,West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice speaks at a roundtable on the opioid epidemic at Cabell-Huntington Health Center in Huntington, WVa. Records show Justice's companies owe almost $2 million in delinquent taxes in Virginia. WDBJ-TV reported, Wednesday, July 1, 2019, that companies owned by the Republican governor owe $1.9 million in taxes to several counties in Virginia. Justice lists more than 100 businesses in his most recent financial statement, including coal, timber and agriculture companies.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's companies owe almost $2 million in delinquent taxes in Virginia, according to records obtained by WDBJ-TV .

The Roanoke-based station reported Wednesday that companies owned by the Republican governor owe $1.9 million in taxes to several counties in Virginia.

Justice lists more than 100 businesses in his most recent financial disclosure statement, including coal, timber and agriculture companies. He has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion.

A representative for the Justice companies issued a statement to The Associated Press saying the businesses "are completely committed and actively working to resolve all tax disputes and liabilities."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Report-WV-governor-s-companies-owe-2M-Virginia-14273067.php

[msongs]

1. one might think he runs the state to the benefit of his own businesses. nt

[mpcamb]

2. Instead of being "committed and actively working to resolve all tax disputes", pay up, you rats.

[Astraea]

3. And he's a Republican, you say?

I am shocked.

[a la izquierda]

4. He ran and won as a Democrat.

He switched affiliation from R to D before the election, won as a D, then switched back.