Unpaid Municipal Costs May Be Paid by Garnishing Taxpayer Refunds
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia State Tax Commissioner Christopher G. Morris today
announced municipalities may request a taxpayer’s state personal income tax refund be offset in
order to settle debts stemming from unpaid or delinquent costs, fines, forfeitures, or penalties.
Taxpayers who fail to pay municipal fines will have the unpaid amounts and the State Tax
Commissioner’s administration fee withheld from their personal income tax refund.
“As required by law, the State Tax Department will notify taxpayers of the refund offset, and of the
requesting municipality or municipal court,” Commissioner Morris said. “When all fines have been
paid in full to the municipality or municipal court, the taxpayer will be removed from the offset
program.”
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Do You Care About the Environment? Do You Want Your Community to be a Fiscally Responsible Leader in the Sustainability Movement? Good. This Book is for You!
From wall wart reduction to hybrid police cars to major projects like energy efficient street relighting, cities and counties all across the country are examining their energy use and carbon emissions and implementing solutions. Many are doing it because it is the right thing to do. Some are doing it as part of community wide citizen led initiatives. Others are simply trying to save money any way that makes sense.
Bottom Line Green is our attempt to honor the leading edge communities and to encour- age the rest. In local government, where the reward for risk is small, few cities or counties want to be first, but almost all want to be first to be second. For those of you who have been first – many thanks! For those of you wait- ing to be first to be second – the time is now! The trail has been blazed. Being Green and adding to the bottom line; saving the planet and saving money too is an achievable reality.
Cities across America are the bastions of Democracy. Cities are also hotbeds of innovation. They have to be. Resources never keep up with de- mand for services. In this environment of incredible mission and unbeliev- able challenge, Amazing Cities across America are making commitments to reduce their carbon footprint and even pledging to become carbon neutral. They are doing it within their existing resource allocations and doing it with a sense of urgency and true purpose.
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West Virginia Retirement Plus gaining steam
Nineteen cities across the state have elected to participate in West Virginia Retirement Plus, a 457 deferred compensation plan that cities, counties and other political subdivisions may offer their employees.South Charleston, St. Albans, Dunbar and Ripley are among cities that make the plan available. A total of 30 counties, including Kanawha and Raleigh, offer the plan to their employees.
“We’re thrilled that these initial cities have seen fit to make the plan available,” State Treasurer John Perdue said. “We trust those numbers will continue to rise as more cities, counties and other entities understand what we can do for them.”
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