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Richard William Tatem

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-06-02 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$865,000
Income listed$198,840
Real estate$950,000
Debts listed$473,782
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 52% $102,414 · DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, School District of Manatee County
  • Investments & retirement 48% $95,352 · Defense Finance and Accounting Service U.S. Military Retired Pay
  • Other / unclassified 1% $1,075 · "Justin American" book and t-shirt sales

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 2

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $865,000; listed items add up to $749,198

Reported net worth: $865,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $749,198. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 3 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
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-15$714,000

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,117,980 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $473,782 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $198,840 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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SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
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