Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that official is former President Donald Trump.
    • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      1 year ago

      Here in Finland it is public. Reality is that nobody actually cares how much normal people make.

      If you want to know how much your CEO or boss pockets money, why is it a bad thing. It is good for income equality.

            • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz
              1·
              1 year ago

              GDPR cannot override Finnish law (or any EU nations law). And Finnish law states that tax info is public.

              Included infos are:

              • Person’s name, year of birth, and province

              • Income and capital income taxed in state taxation

              • Income taxed in municipal taxation

              • Income tax

              • Municipal tax

              • Total amount of taxed and charged fees

              • Total amount of prepayments

              • Amount to be paid or refunded in tax collection, i.e., remaining tax or tax refund

              Edit: maybe wrote poorly, GDPR on course override any Finnish privacy laws, but GDPR has exceptions if local nations law has requirements for data, i.e. police, security, military and government.

    • solstice@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      I read once that maybe Sweden or Norway has publicly available tax returns. BUT, the person whose return you look at gets notified when you view it, so you can’t just go around subtly snooping on your friends and neighbors without being noticed. Idk if that’s true though.