Underpaid Taxes
In 2009 the Chevron refinery agreed to pay the city of Richmond $28 million in back utility taxes.
In 2011 Chevron sued Contra Costa County for 60 million dollars claiming its property taxes were too high. The company's lawyers stated that the refinery was not worth $3 billion in 2007 and 2009 as assessed. Instead the legal team claimed it was only worth 1.8 and 1.15 billion dollars respectively. The hearings were protested by Richmond mayor Gayle McGlaughlin, and councilmember Jovanka Beckels, the Richmond Progressive Alliance and activist Henry Clark of the West County Toxics Coalition. The county's attorney stated that Chevron's claims were "fraught with materials that don’t satisfy evidentiary standards.” In the end Chevron lost its appeal to the Contra Costa County Assessment Appeals Board.
Read more about this topic: Chevron Richmond Refinery, Controversies
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