date:Feb 08, 2013
The City of Philadelphia says the company that makes Yuengling beer owes $6.6 million in back taxes.
The city filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 30, saying Pottsville-based D.G. Yuengling Son Inc. has failed to pay business-related taxes, fees and penalties since December 2008.
Yuengling's chief operating officer, David A. Casinelli, tells the Republican-Herald of Pottsville he believes it has to do with a dispute the brewery has had with the city over the business privilege