Re:US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anony...
by wmf on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:26PM
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This law requires ownership to be reported to FinCEN, a government agency. So it's natural to ask if a FOIA to FinCEN could get this information. It probably won't work though.
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Re:US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anony...
by judge2020 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @12:43PM
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probably not, it'd be like asking the IRS for information on taxpayers. You won't be able to get your neighbor's AGI over the past four years, but you probably could get some summary or overall statistics on the income of people in your city or state.
Re:US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anony...
by nullc on Saturday January 02, 2021 @08:13PM
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It's a felony for tax return information to be disclosed without authorization (e.g. 26 US Code § 6103), though it still happens sometimes.
I don't see anything in the bill language that restricts the disclosure, much less makes an unauthorized disclosure a crime.