All returns and information relating to the business of any person required to collect the tax imposed by this chapter and coming into the possession of the Finance Director, the Board of Appeals, their agents and employees, shall be held confidential. No disclosures thereof shall be made unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, except, however, that the Finance Director may furnish the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department of the United States with copies of returns filed. Any violator of the provisions of this section shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each violation and shall thereafter be disqualified from acting in any official capacity whatsoever in connection with the assessment or collection of taxes under this chapter.
(Ord. 951. Passed 9-29-47.)