Zurik: City investigating âdiscrepanciesâ between Folgersâ city permit, state tax exemption applications City Council to vote on retroactive tax exemption worth millions of dollars in Thursday meeting City Investigating Folgers Discrepencies By Lee Zurik and Cody Lillich | December 15, 2020 at 4:53 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 4:35 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On the heels of a Thursday meeting where the New Orleans City Council will vote on whether to grant Folgers Coffee Company millions of dollars in retroactive tax exemptions, the city is now looking into another issue where the company could owe money. City Council Vice President Helena Moreno said the city is looking into discrepancies between amounts quoted on applications for city building permits and applications for the state tax exemptions. The applications were for expansions at the coffee companyâs New Orleans East facilities.