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Richard William Tatem

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-06-15 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$714,000
Income listed$140,727
Real estate$965,000
Debts listed$486,768
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Investments & retirement 63% $88,126 · Defense Finance and Accounting Service U.S. Military Retired Pay
  • Government & public payroll 33% $46,671 · DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, School District of Manatee County
  • Other / unclassified 4% $5,931 · Sarasota Military Academy/substitute teaching, "Justin American" book and t-shirt sales

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 3

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $714,000; listed items add up to $699,220

Reported net worth: $714,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $699,220. They roughly agree.

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

63% of listed income ($88,126) comes from Defense Finance and Accounting Service U.S. Military Retired Pay

Listed income totals $140,727 from 5 sources. The largest is classed as investments & retirement.

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 4 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

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Their filings

Other filings by Richard William Tatem

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-04$750,000
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-17$672,000
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-06-02$865,000

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,060,988 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $486,768 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $140,727 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

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 · p5 form6
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