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