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Officeholders

Michael Caruso

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-05-30 · 8 pages (text)

Amended. The filer later corrected this filing with a Form 6X. The figures used across this site come from the filing as amended; this page shows the original as filed.

Net worth$4,579,704
Income listed$100,000
Real estate$0
Debts listed$1,664
Worth a look1

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 100% $100,000 · See attached document, See Attached, See attached statemetn 1, SeeAttached

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Missing or incomplete

$4,685,127 of assets and debts itemized in an attachment on page 8; $4,685,127 of it isn't found there

The form says “see attached” for 2 entries, and this copy includes the attachment (page 8). See attached document — $1,737: no matching amount found on the attachment; See attached document — $4,683,390: no matching amount found on the attachment. An entry with no matching amount may be on a page that isn't in this copy, or the attachment may total it differently (or OCR misread it) — compare the page with the form.

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.
  • Compare the unmatched entries with the attachment, and with the filer's annual filing.

Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2023 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,579,704; listed items add up to $4,751,726

Reported net worth: $4,579,704. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,751,726. They roughly agree. 5 listed item(s) have no amount, so the comparison is incomplete.

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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($100,353) comes from See attached document

Listed income totals $100,000 from 4 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”2023 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $4,579,704 — 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ 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

Other filings by Michael Caruso

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-27$3,290,474
2024 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-10-27$3,134,631
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2025-08-05$3,155,342
2023 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-06-04$4,579,7041
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-27$4,227,401

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,683,390 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $1,664 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $100,000 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
2026-10-11T05:53:00+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 form6 · p7 form6 · p8 attachment
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 6 value(s) below 80% confidence