Valley on the Move
January 28, 2001
WHAT THE IRS MIGRATION DATA MEAN
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files a tax return, especially seniors and people with low incomes. The

 

  • umber of exemptions claimed by a taxpayer may not be the same as the

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  • umber of people in that taxpayer's household. The loss of a spouse

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    through divorce or death might not show up on one year's return, for

     

    instance.

     

     

    The stories in "Valley on the Move" focus on the net gains or losses in

     

    Kanawha and Putnam County. Migration does not occur in only one

     

    direction. For example, the IRSdata shows 916 taxpayers and

     

    their dependents moving from Putnam County to Kanawha County in tax year

     

    1998-99 - not bad for Kanawha, except 1,309 taxpayers and dependents moved

     

    from Kanawha County to Putnam County, a net loss of 393.

     

     

    This data can be ordered on the Web at www.irs.ustreas.

     

    gov/prod/tax_stats/soi/ind-cn tymig.html.

     

     

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    Kanawha County is suffering an exodus of people, and the population drain seems to be getting worse. Where are they going, and why are they leaving? Putnam County is growing, but almost 80 percent of the increase comes at Kanawha County's expense. That growth is slowing down as flat land becomes more scarce and houses more expensive. "Valley on the Move" looks beyond the anecdotes and uses data from the IRS to show where people are moving and how much money they take with them.
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