Biss's committee spent the most on payroll in the quarter, with 34.1% of this total ($8,982) going to Abigail Witt in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Biss's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Payroll
$26,332
37.7%
Consulting
$15,021
21.5%
Payroll tax
$10,425
14.9%
Refund of overpayment
$4,503
6.4%
Credit card processing fees
$3,656
5.2%
Event space and catering
$3,557
5.1%
Software
$3,161
4.5%
Sales tax
$1,567
2.2%
Tax payment
$692
1%
Subscriptions
$500
0.7%
Fees
$353
0.5%
Internet expenses
$147
0.2%
Utilities
$14
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
LBH Chicago
2018-04-06
$10,000
Consulting
Internal Revenue Service
2018-04-10
$5,842
Payroll tax
John A McLees
2018-04-29
$4,503
Refund of overpayment
Express Merchant Processing Solutions
2018-04-03
$3,585
Credit card processing fees
Bat17
2018-04-09
$3,557
Event space and catering
Abigail Witt
2018-04-10
$3,532
Payroll
Abigail Witt
2018-04-26
$3,532
Payroll
Abigail Witt
2018-05-09
$1,918
Payroll
Internal Revenue Service
2018-04-26
$1,767
Payroll tax
Emmali Richmond
2018-04-09
$1,700
Consulting
Illinois Department of Revenue
2018-04-09
$1,567
Sales tax
Illinois Department of Revenue
2018-04-10
$1,521
Payroll tax
Melissa Hoffmann
2018-04-13
$1,500
Consulting
Han Nguyen
2018-04-10
$1,464
Payroll
Nicholas Probst
2018-04-10
$1,410
Payroll
270 Strategies
2018-04-09
$1,366
Consulting
Aaron Brunmeier
2018-04-10
$1,328
Payroll
Joseph Hutton
2018-04-10
$1,116
Payroll
Robert Peters
2018-04-10
$1,066
Payroll
Tom Elliott
2018-04-10
$956
Payroll
Blue State Digital
2018-04-24
$950
Software
Internal Revenue Service
2018-05-09
$814
Payroll tax
Joshua Hartke
2018-04-10
$739
Payroll
Charissa Laisy
2018-04-10
$723
Payroll
Aaron Brunmeier
2018-04-26
$699
Payroll
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