Dive Brief:
- Williams Township, in Pennsylvania, has decided to collect approximately $32 million in back taxes from Chrin Brothers Sanitary Landfill.
- The taxes have been accumulating since 1989, when the township no longer collected a business privilege tax and began collecting an annual host fee.
- The township never removed the business privilege tax and recently voted to move forward to collect the monies due from Chrin Brothers Inc.
Dive Insight:
The issue of back taxes has been ongoing since 2009, when residents brought a lawsuit against both Chrin and a township official; the suit was dropped in 2012 after the township spent nearly $191,000 in legal fees.
