Mardis Gras Casino Challenging Tax Figures

{Cross Lanes, West Virginia}...Officials at the Mardis Gras Casino in Cross Lanes believe the assessor’s office has over valued the resort's property by six-million dollars for tax purposes, and they are challenging the Assessor's Office figures. Due to a new state law, they have until October to settle the matter. Kanawha County Commissioner Dave Hardy says, until this year, it had to be finished in February. The tax in question represents several hundred thousand dollars to county coffers, but a much larger chunk of the money goes to the school board and the state Department of Education. Hardy says the amount in question will be on what taxes the casino pays in the future and will not impact this year's tax collection.