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County staff says state clerical error drove $237,497 in exonerations; annual exonerations about $770,000
Summary
Monongalia County officials said a group of property-tax exonerations totaling roughly $237,497 stemmed from a clerical error at the West Virginia State Tax Department; county staff said the year-to-date exoneration total is about $770,000 and described plans to seek back taxes on an unvalued well.
Monongalia County commissioners were told on Dec. 17 that a large cluster of property-tax exonerations — listed at about $237,497.21 — resulted from a clerical error by the West Virginia State Tax Department and a subsequent Office of Tax Appeals settlement.
“They had an employee who'd made a clerical error ... and they did not subtract any of the expenses on those accounts,” said Patrick, from the county assessor’s office, explaining the Office of Tax Appeals decision that produced the exonerations. Patrick said…
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