189.09 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS.

   (a)   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 Director of Finance or other agent or employee of the City, shall be held confidential. No person shall make any disclosure thereof unless so ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, except that the Director may furnish the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department of the United States, with copies of returns filed.

   (b)   This section shall not prohibit the Director from providing Council with the names of persons or businesses who or which have filed a return under this chapter for any particular year when requested to do so by Council. (Ord. 66-1998. Passed 12-10-98.)