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Orbitz Worldwide Inc. plans to fight the efforts from tax officials from the state of Pennsylvania and city of Philadelphia and other local and state governments to collect levies related to the sale of hotel rooms. These officials "have begun or attempt to pursue formal or informal administrative procedures or audits or stated that they may assert claims against the company relating to allegedly unpaid state or local hotel occupancy or related taxes," the Chicago-based company said in a filing today with the Securities & Exchange Commission about its plans to go public. Officials from New Orleans, Madison, Wisconsin, along with the states of Wisconsin and Indiana are also after Orbitz, which plans to "vigorously" defend itself against these claims. -- Jonathan Berr