This is why it’s important to pay your taxes! Republican Senator of West Virginia is facing the heat from the Federal government. The Federal government is suing Gov. Justice for failing to pay $5 million in back taxes. The Guardian reported more on the lawsuit against Justice and provided further details on the back taxes owed: Jim Justice, the Republican US senator, and his wife have agreed to pay more than $5m that the couple owes in back taxes shortly after they were sued over the 16-year-old debt by the federal government. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in their home state of West Virginia, maintained that the Justices had received notice from the US treasury department of the funds due since 2009 but had “neglected or refused to make full payment of those assessments”. The suit demanded that Jim and Cathy Justice – a member of West Virginia’s state board of education – pay back the balance of nearly $5.2m along with any other relief that the court deemed “just and proper”. A separate filing later on Monday said the US justice department had struck a settlement with the political couple, who agreed to satisfy the full amount “plus statutory interest and other additions to tax accruing thereafter”. The agreement was pending a judge’s approval. Justice’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment early on Tuesday. He had previously sought to dismiss as political attacks attempts to collect on financial debts for which he was on the hook. Monday’s lawsuit against Justice – a coal mining heir – and his wife came after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in October filed more than $8m in liens against the Justices over unpaid personal taxes. Furthermore, West Virginia tax collectors placed a $1.4m lien on the luxurious Greenbrier hotel resort that their family owns and operates in White Sulphur Springs, a community in the Alleghany Mountains. The Justice family only narrowly avoided foreclosure for the Greenbrier by reaching an agreement with a credit collection company in August 2024. They bought the 246-year-old property – whose guests have included US presidents from Martin van Buren to Donald Trump – out of bankruptcy in 2009 for $20.1m. Justice who previously was the Governor of West Virginia became a household name after bringing his dog “baby dog” to the Senate floor. Take a look: New: West Virginia Senator Jim Justice and his wife Cathy Justice have agreed to pay over $5 million in unpaid income taxes that the IRS said dated back to 2009 pic.twitter.com/dAFbMs15SX — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) November 25, 2025 Politico previously reported Justice owed $8 million in back taxes: In October, POLITICO reported that the Internal Revenue Service had filed a notice of a federal tax lien against Justice, listing him and his wife with over $8 million in unpaid assessments. Justice’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the senator has taken an optimistic tone in the past. “I think the bottom line, the whole thing is we have a dispute,” he said of the IRS lien in October. “I think they owe me a whole lot more money than I owe them.” And he has continued to live in luxury, spending the first several months of his Senate term commuting to Washington daily on a private jet as he scouted homes in the area.