Someone's public sector salary may be a matter of public record, but their deductions are not. The tax forms (in the US, anyway) cover everything from whether

Someone's public sector salary may be a matter of public record, but their deductions are not. The tax forms (in the US, anyway) cover everything from whether or not they or their spouse are blind to exactly how much they spent in health care costs from a health spending account (with receipts attached) to whether or not they added solar power to their roof. It would have to not show addresses, because of people hiding from abusive spouses, among other concerns. I'm for more aggregate data being made available as long as it couldn't be used to find one individual, and I'm okay with the IRS adding a checkbox for "make my data publicly available" as long as you could always uncheck it. But then I take privacy more seriously than many others do, not sure why. I'd be happier if we greatly simplified the tax laws so that this extra data was not necessary. Not going to complain if they reduce the tax burden as well. Edit: grammar