Well, I don't know about how the law on these things work in America but here in the European Union, of which Ireland is a member, it doesn't matter what type of company who own or run, you still have to hand over your companies balance sheet if anyone asks to see it! Of course it doesn't have to be specific as to who you're in dept too, or where all your profits or income comes from, but it has to clear enough to see, if the company is making a profit or loss.
I'm not in America. So I wouldn't know either.
I've always been told no even though I've stated it's for educational purposes for a business assignment or profiling a company or something. I was told it wasn't a common practice for any company to just hand over information like that to the general public. Some release the information, but most companies I've dealt with have flat out refused.
But the law is the law. It's all relative to the country you're in I suppose. I tend to forget that we're not all the same in terms of law or politics.
Anywayyyyy...