Burke's committee spent the most on taxes - federal in the quarter, with all those payments ($61,000) going to United States Treasury in Cincinnati. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Taxes - federal
$61,000
28.5%
Events
$46,752
21.9%
State taxes
$21,000
9.8%
Compliance
$18,500
8.7%
Gifts
$17,539
8.2%
Printing
$12,483
5.8%
Dinner
$6,384
3%
Consulting
$5,000
2.3%
Deposit
$5,000
2.3%
Secretarial
$4,451
2.1%
Quarterly
$3,622
1.7%
Contributions
$3,200
1.5%
Dinner/ad
$1,850
0.9%
Entertainment
$1,450
0.7%
Table
$1,300
0.6%
Contractual expenses
$830
0.4%
Donations
$800
0.4%
Tickets
$710
0.3%
Masses
$615
0.3%
Breakfast
$521
0.2%
Baby gifts
$389
0.2%
Flowers
$263
0.1%
Paper
$234
0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
United States Treasury
2016-03-14
$61,000
Taxes - federal
Sheraton Chicago
2016-01-13
$44,752
Events
Illinois Department of Revenue
2016-03-14
$21,000
State taxes
Bentley Consulting Services
2016-02-18
$14,158
Gifts
Rider Dickerson, Inc.
2016-01-06
$12,044
Printing
Peter Michael Realty, Inc.
2016-01-01
$10,000
Compliance
JD Real Estate, Inc.
2016-01-01
$8,500
Compliance
Peter Andrews, Jr.
2016-01-01
$5,000
Consulting
Sheraton Chicago
2016-02-09
$5,000
Deposit
Randa Accessories
2016-01-01
$3,381
Gifts
Inspired Catering
2016-01-06
$3,005
Dinner
Malta, Order of American Assn.
2016-01-13
$3,000
Contributions
Giordano Dance Chicago
2016-02-02
$2,000
Events
St. Patrick's Day Parade Comm
2016-01-20
$1,850
Dinner/ad
Irish Fellowship Educational
2016-03-01
$1,750
Dinner
Inspired Catering
2016-02-02
$1,629
Dinner
Dorothy J. Gergits
2016-03-08
$1,483
Secretarial
Dorothy J. Gergits
2016-01-05
$1,483
Secretarial
Dorothy J. Gergits
2016-01-26
$1,483
Secretarial
Prism Entertainment, Ltd.
2016-01-13
$1,450
Entertainment
Internal Revenue Service USA Tax Payment
2016-03-15
$1,082
Quarterly
Internal Revenue Service USA Tax Payment
2016-01-13
$1,082
Quarterly
Internal Revenue Service USA Tax Payment
2016-02-12
$1,082
Quarterly
Haymarket
2016-03-08
$830
Contractual expenses
Celtic Legal Society
2016-03-02
$800
Table
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