{Pratt, West Virginia}...Kanawha County officials say the town of Pratt and its water plant owe the Internal Revenue Service about $140,000 because it did not submit federal tax withholdings for employees between 2008 and 2010. The county paid $5,000 earlier this month in an attempt to head off legal action after the state threatened to sue if Pratt officials didn’t pay more than $30,000 owed by its water plant, Pratt Waterworks, over unpaid retirement contributions. Water company staff made the deductions on employees’ paychecks but failed to send money to the state’s retirement board. The West Virginia Public Employee Retirement Board agreed not to sue as long as town leaders paid the full amount by September 7th. Kanawha County officials are thinking about dissolving the town of Pratt.
