Florida Files

Officeholders

Brian Scott

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-07-03 · 9 pages (text)

Net worth$10,314,359
Income listed$185,197
Real estate$1,029,413
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 92% $170,691 · Escot Bus Lines, LLC Salary, VNGRD TRSY MMKT Invs, Income FD of Amer F1, Keycopr NEW, Rivernorth FLEX Mun II, Blackrock Hlth SCI TR II, Cap Wrld Grw Inc F2, Frk Fedl T/F Inc ADVS, Gabelli Equity Trust Inc, JH DSCP Val MDCP I, MFS Val I, Royce SMCP Opp Invt, Russell GLB RL Est Sec S, Vngrd 500 IDX ADML
  • Government & public payroll 5% $9,585 · Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners Salary
  • Investments & retirement 3% $4,922 · Dividend, Synovus Fin E PFD Perptl, Brian Scott BENE Lewis Scott DEDC IRA

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 7

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 21 investment accounts ($169,750) 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $10,314,359; listed items add up to $5,626,848

Reported net worth: $10,314,359. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $5,626,848. A difference is normal: net worth also counts assets and debts that aren't listed individually (items under $1,000, credit cards, taxes), and the instructions say subtracting listed liabilities from listed assets won't give an accurate figure in most cases.

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.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

67% of listed income ($123,396) comes from Escot Bus Lines, LLC Salary

Listed income totals $185,197 from 17 sources. 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 15 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $10,314,359 — a multimillionaire 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,029,413 (10% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Lists 1 business under “Interests in Specified Businesses”

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: TRAX Insurance, LTD. That section covers banks, insurers, mortgage and small-loan companies, utilities, alcohol licensees, pari-mutuels and holders of city or county franchises — industries where officials' interests are disclosed separately.

What to check
  • Check whether the office sought oversees or contracts with these industries.
  • Look the businesses up on Sunbiz for officers and registered agents.

Rule: Stakes in closely regulated businesses
“The types of businesses covered in this section include: state and federally chartered banks”2022 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

Some of what this filing reports stands out. 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

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Brian Scott

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-27$13,312,520
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-28$11,710,065
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-06-16$11,781,845

Campaign money

2026 campaign for Board of County Commissioners

Raised
$0 from 0 contributions

From the Division of Elections campaign finance database, retrieved 2026-10-10. Loans and interest aren't counted as raised. Search the records by candidate name · How this is counted

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $5,476,848 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $185,197 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

#1 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership

Companies on the state register

Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched

CompanyNamed asState recordTheir role
APPLE INC.
3 companies share this name
AssetActive
formed 1982 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
4 companies share this name
AssetActive
formed 2015 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
INTUIT INC.
3 companies share this name
AssetActive
formed 1993 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
MERCK & CO., INC.AssetActive
formed 2023 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAssetActive
formed 1995 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
NIKE, INC.AssetActive
formed 1987 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
VISA, INC.AssetActive
formed 2010 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONAssetActive
formed 1998 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
INTEL CORPORATION
3 companies share this name
AssetActive
formed 1989 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
PLUG POWER INC.AssetActive
formed 2005 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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SHA-256
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Pages
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Extraction
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