CheckbookVendor

What has the City paid American Business Machines Inc?

$147K in City payments across 1,096 checks, from July 6, 2017 to May 18, 2022. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: AMERICAN BUSINESS MACHINES INC

Recorded under 2 spellings

The Controller records vendor names as free text, so this firm appears under 2 different spellings. They are added together here, and listed in full so the arithmetic is checkable:

  • AMERICAN BUSINESS MACHINES
  • AMERICAN BUSINESS MACHINES INC
$147KTotal paid
1,096Payments
$134Average payment
FY2017-18Peak full year · $46K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$46K
FY2018-19
$44K
FY2019-20
$30K
FY2020-21
$19K
FY2021-22
$8K

Who pays them

Police$73K
Personnel$30K
Library$17K
Information Technology Agency$10K
City Attorney$3K
Public Works – Sanitation$3K
Public Works – Engineering$2K
Non-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose Fund$2K
Building and Safety$1K
Public Works – Contract Administration$1K

What for

Operating Supplies$45K

139 payments

Field Equipment Expense$38K

545 payments

Printing and Binding$20K

31 payments

Office Equipment Expense$17K

138 payments

Contractual Services$13K

126 payments

Office and Administrative$11K

80 payments

PW-Sanitation Expense & Equipment$1K

15 payments

PW-Sanitation Expense and Equipment$795

11 payments

Building and Safety Expense and Equipment$694

8 payments

Lead Hazard Reduction Direct$310

1 payment

Operating Supplies & Equipment$182

2 payments

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
May 18, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-PARTS INV# 104900$223
May 18, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-LABOR RATE INV# 104900$65
May 18, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-LABOR RATE INV# 104942$65
May 18, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-SHIPPING INV# 104942$15
May 18, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-SHIPPING INV# 104900$15
May 5, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-PARTS INV# 104983$437
May 5, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-LABOR RATE INV# 104983$129
May 5, 2022Contractual ServicesPersonnelFAX REPAIR-SHIPPING INV# 104983$15
February 23, 2022Field Equipment ExpensePolicePART, REPLACEMENT, FOR FACSIMILE (FAX) EQUIPMENT$126
February 23, 2022Field Equipment ExpensePoliceSERVICES, FULL MAINTENANCE (P SHIFT, ON SITE, T&M, ON FAX )$51
January 11, 2022Operating SuppliesPoliceTONER$728
January 11, 2022Operating SuppliesPoliceMURATEC F-315 TONER$119
January 11, 2022Operating SuppliesPoliceOFFICE MACHINES AND THEIR SUPPLIES AND ACCESSORIES$107
January 6, 2022Operating SuppliesPoliceTONER$312
November 10, 2021Field Equipment ExpensePoliceSERVICES LABOR REGULAR TIME RATE$74
November 10, 2021Field Equipment ExpensePoliceSERVICES SHIPPING$25
October 29, 2021PW-Sanitation Expense and EquipmentNon-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose FundPARTS, TIME STAMP WHEEL AND ASSEMBLY$76
October 29, 2021PW-Sanitation Expense and EquipmentNon-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose FundLABOR, REPAIR OF TIME STAMP$65
October 29, 2021PW-Sanitation Expense and EquipmentNon-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose FundSHIPPING$15
October 22, 2021Operating SuppliesPoliceMURATEC F-565 DRUM$104
October 18, 2021Field Equipment ExpensePoliceMACHINES OFFICE MISC & PARTS$293
October 18, 2021Field Equipment ExpensePoliceSERVICES LABOR REGULAR TIME RATE$75
October 18, 2021Field Equipment ExpensePoliceSERVICES LABOR REGULAR TIME RATE$70
October 18, 2021Field Equipment ExpensePoliceSERVICES SHIPPING$15
October 5, 2021Operating SuppliesPoliceMURATEC TONER FOR F-315 FAX MACHINE$239

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.