Talking Points: Cookie back taxes, millions for ban, bag tax excesses

Is the Berger cookie in trouble?

DeBaufre Bakeries, the Baltimore company that makes the historic treat, is well behind in its taxes. According to the Baltimore Sun, the bakery owes the IRS $109,000 in back taxes dating to 2009. It has been a rough stretch for the bakery, which had to close its doors in January for failing to have a license, and the owner is in the hospital. DeBaufre Bakeries bought the bakery owned by the Berger family in 1969. The Berger cookie first debuted in 1835.