No…Yuengling does not have a brewery in Philadelphia, but yes the city of Philadelphia is suing them for an estimated $6.6 Million in Business Income & Receipt Taxes (BIRT). Details from the Philadelphia Inquirer:
The civil suit against Yuengling, which was filed in Philadelphia last week, claims America's oldest brewery failed to pay its business tax, though the suit does not detail what activities Yuengling conducted within Philadelphia that the city determined to be taxable.
When Yuengling refused to allow the city's revenue department to audit its records from 2008 to 2011, the BIRT assessment was made based "solely on the accounts payable list" of a Philadelphia beer distributor, the suit said.
That assessment, for Yuengling's BIRT taxes in the city from 2008 to 2011, amounted to $3,960,335, according to the suit. Add to that accrued interest of $963,126 and penalties of $1,710,830 and it amounts to the $6.6 million the city is seeking from Yuengling.
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