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IRS claims Senator Justice owes $8 million in back taxes
West Virginia MetroNews ^ | October 20th, 2025 | Brad McElhinny

Posted on 10/20/2025 3:01:19 PM PDT by buckalfa

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has filed two liens on claims of unpaid taxes by Senator Jim Justice and his wife Cathy, adding up to more than $8 million.

The filings were first reported by Politico’s Ry Rivard.

MetroNews reached out to Justice through his Senate office and through the communications team at The Greenbrier Resort, owned by the Justice family, but received no response.

The full amount claimed by the IRS across two filings is $8,053,554.37, and the sums go back years.

$3,060,855.27 is listed for the tax year 2009.

$4,957,763.72 for 2017.

$24,044.80 for tax year 2017.

And $10,890.58 for 2022.

The liens were filed by the IRS Oct. 2 with the Greenbrier County Clerk.

“We have made a demand for payment of the liability, but it remains unpaid,” the IRS wrote. “Therefore, there is a lien in favor of the United States on all property and rights belonging to this taxpayer for the amount of these taxes, and additional penalties, interest and costs that may accrue.”


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: irs; justice; taxes; westvirginia

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Well Justice has a business philosophy of never paying anybody until they sue you.
1 posted on 10/20/2025 3:01:19 PM PDT by buckalfa
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To: buckalfa

Ouch! That’s a lotta money.


2 posted on 10/20/2025 3:08:56 PM PDT by gildafarrell ("No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.")
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To: buckalfa

Insane.


3 posted on 10/20/2025 3:12:03 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: buckalfa

Hmmm..Hmm... No party ID.


4 posted on 10/20/2025 3:14:28 PM PDT by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
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To: gildafarrell

A Republican tax evader. Who knew?


5 posted on 10/20/2025 3:15:09 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump is Superman)
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To: MortMan

R.


6 posted on 10/20/2025 3:15:34 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump is Superman)
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To: buckalfa
Surely, he could pay the backtaxes easily, with a little blackjack. Being a 'Rat, he'd have similar luck to Gov Pritzker.

Pritzker Won $1.4 Million Playing Blackjack

7 posted on 10/20/2025 3:16:55 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: buckalfa

Pay your bills clown. Otherwise, GTFO of the senate.


8 posted on 10/20/2025 3:17:49 PM PDT by ChuckHam
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To: Veto!
R.

Sort of ... he aligns with whichever party is convenient. At the moment, that's "R". When he first ran for Governor, he was a "D". As a matter of political philosophy, he's a huge improvement over Joe Manchin, but that doesn't mean he's not a jerk.

9 posted on 10/20/2025 3:18:08 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: C210N

Well, scuse me... he’s an R. Book m.


10 posted on 10/20/2025 3:18:08 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: buckalfa

Isn’t that the resort of LAST RESORT for federal employees in case of nuclear war?


11 posted on 10/20/2025 3:18:26 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Veto!

Then he’s a dumb R.


12 posted on 10/20/2025 3:18:39 PM PDT by MortMan (Charter member of AAAAA - American Association Against Alliteration Abuse)
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To: C210N

Surely, he could pay the backtaxes easily, with a little blackjack. Being a ‘Rat, he’d have similar luck to Gov Pritzker.

Pritzker Won $1.4 Million Playing Blackjack
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Justice is a Republican.


13 posted on 10/20/2025 3:19:03 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: C210N
Being a 'Rat,

Do your research before popping off.

14 posted on 10/20/2025 3:19:06 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: gildafarrell

Sure. But think about the income Justice made to generate those tax bills.

Why didn’t Justice pay taxes?


15 posted on 10/20/2025 3:19:35 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: MortMan

A former Dim who switched to Republican a few years ago.


16 posted on 10/20/2025 3:21:09 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: buckalfa

Why did it take so long to file IRS liens? Stupid question, I know!


17 posted on 10/20/2025 3:22:55 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: MortMan; Liz

Justice is a relatively new Senator, West Virginia. Not surprisely as a target for an IRS “persecution by the Deep State” he is a repubbie.


18 posted on 10/20/2025 3:23:58 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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To: Veto!
A Republican tax evader. Who knew?

He switched from Dim to Republican while WV governor in August 2017. Perhaps with Trump in the WH, Jim might have thought it'd help him evade prosecution for the $8 million in back taxes (most of which occurred before he switched to Rep).

19 posted on 10/20/2025 3:25:41 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

With friends like this, who needs enemies?

Rotten conman. Off with his head!


20 posted on 10/20/2025 3:30:39 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump is Superman)
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