financial disclosure
Revealing monetary interests
Financial disclosure is the formal reporting of financial information—assets, debts, income, investments, or potential conflicts of interest.
Public officials file financial disclosures to reveal holdings that might influence their decisions.
In legal proceedings, parties must provide financial disclosure during divorce or litigation.
Companies make financial disclosures to investors and regulators: The SEC requires quarterly financial disclosure from public companies.
- income statementPeriodic profit-loss report
- annual reportOrganization's periodic financial summary
- open booksPeople easily understood
- Sarbanes-Oxley ActCorporate financial reporting law
- auditFormal accounts examination
ledger · balance sheet · conflict of interest · accountability · emoluments · follow the money · beneficial ownership · whistleblowing · full transparency · fiduciary duty · cash flow statement · financial statement · corporate governance · investor relations · public disclosure · ethical standards · tax return · Form 1040
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
- investingstocks, stock, bonds, investing, investor
- anti-corruptionanti-graft, whistleblower protection, whistleblowers, conflict of interest, codes of conduct
- anticorruptionanti-graft, ethics commission, ethics committee, graft, kickback
- government transparencyFOIA, freedom of information, sunshine laws, public records, open data
- oversightoversight committees, oversight board, review, auditors, supervisor
financial disclosureconcealment
Act of hiding something
secrecy · financial privacy · nondisclosure · cover-up · information blackout
financial disclosuretax evasion
Illegally avoiding government dues
money laundering · fraud · embezzlement · accounting fraud · cooking the books