Florida Files

Officeholders

Teresa Gaskins Phillips

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-03-17 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$1,061,377
Income listed$158,606
Real estate$310,0002 properties
Debts listed$41,258
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 100% $158,606 · Bradford Tax Collector

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($9,000) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $1,061,377; listed items add up to $1,154,877

Reported net worth: $1,061,377. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $1,154,877. Net worth roughly equals the listed assets before debts — the debts may not have been subtracted.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($158,606) comes from Bradford Tax Collector

Listed income totals $158,606 from 1 source. The largest is classed as other / unclassified.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $1,061,377 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.

Their filings

Other filings by Teresa Gaskins Phillips

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-05-22$941,811

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,102,635 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $41,258 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $158,606 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
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