By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Justice said his most recent federal issues will work themselves out as they have time and time again.
Speaking during a virtual briefing with reporters from Capitol Hill Thursday morning, Justice – the former Republican governor of West Virginia – acknowledged the more than $8 million he and former first lady Cathy Justice owe to the IRS.
Politico reported last week that Justice – the owner of more than 100 businesses including the historic Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs – owes more than $8 million. The IRS filed two tax liens with the Greenbrier County Clerk’s Office on Oct. 2 seeking debts that go back as far as 2009 and as recent as 2022.
“The timetable is running out on the claim that they have, that back in 2009 I should have paid a few dollars more than what I paid,” Justice said. “What they just did is they said we’ll go back to 2009 and we’re going to assess you interest and penalties on that all the way through and that’s how they come to the ($8 million).”
Daughter Jill Justice manages Justice’s hospitality businesses, such as the Greenbrier. The bulk of Justice’s coal, agriculture, and real estate businesses are managed by his son, Jay Justice. But Jim Justice maintains majority control of his business empire, including multi-million-dollar lines of credit that Justice can tap into on demand.
“Our businesses are complicated and complex,” Justice said. “There’s a hundred-plus companies and Jay and Jill are doing a magnificent job running them and everything. They employ thousands and thousands of people and that’s all really good stuff. But in that, from time to time you’ve got disputes.”
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