Pringles Pops Tennessee With Suit Seeking $2.1M Tax Refund

Pringles claims it mistakenly paid about $2.1 million in Tennessee taxes that the state has failed to refund.

The potato chip maker says it is owed a refund for sales and use taxes it paid on purchases that were tax-exempt. In a lawsuit filed with the Tennessee Chancery Court for Davidson County Dec. 28, the company said it sought a refund from the state Department of Revenue, but the agency failed to respond in a timely way.

Stephen Jasper, a tax attorney with the law offices of Bass, Berry & Sims in Nashville, told Bloomberg Tax Jan. 4 that the ...