BySiladitya Ray,
Forbes Staff.
Senator Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his wife agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a federal complaint brought against them by the Justice Department on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, alleging they “neglected” notices demanding payment of alleged unpaid federal income taxes and penalties on their 2009 earnings.
A civil complaint against the GOP senator and his wife, Cathy Justice, was filed on Monday, seeking $5.16 million in outstanding tax liabilities from the 2009 tax year.
The complaint said Justice and his wife were sent a “notice of the tax assessments,” with a “demand for payment,” but the defendants “neglected or refused to make full payment.”
