Lobbying

International Business Machines's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $640K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $2M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Taxation/Internal Revenue Code and Budget/Appropriations.

International Business Machines

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$2.1M
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

International Business Machines lobbying by quarter
International Business Machines lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$1.3M2
Q1 2023$1.3M2
Q2 2023$1.1M2
Q3 2023$1.7M2
Q4 2023$1.3M2
Q1 2024$1.3M2
Q2 2024$2.1M2
Q3 2024$940K2
Q4 2024$1.1M2
Q1 2025$1M2
Q2 2025$1.2M1
Q3 2025$760K1
Q4 2025$610K1
Q1 2026$800K1
Q2 2026$640K1
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Taxation$2.4M · 19 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$2.1M · 15 reports
  • Computer industry$2.1M · 15 reports
  • Labor, antitrust and workplace$2.1M · 15 reports
  • Trade$2.1M · 15 reports
  • Copyright, patent and trademark$1.6M · 11 reports
  • Education$1.5M · 10 reports
  • Defense$1.4M · 10 reports
  • Government issues$1.3M · 9 reports
  • Health issues$198K · 1 reports
  • Civil rights and liberties$160K · 1 reports
  • Environment and Superfund$140K · 1 reports
  • Veterans$91.4K · 1 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES19 reports
  • SENATE18 reports
  • Treasury, Dept of16 reports
  • Commerce, Dept of (DOC)15 reports
  • U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)15 reports
  • State, Dept of (DOS)13 reports
  • White House Office13 reports
  • Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)12 reports
  • Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)12 reports
  • Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)12 reports
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)11 reports
  • Natl Security Council (NSC)10 reports
  • Office of Management & Budget (OMB)10 reports
  • Labor, Dept of (DOL)9 reports
  • Federal Reserve System8 reports
  • Defense, Dept of (DOD)7 reports
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP)7 reports
  • Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)7 reports
  • Energy, Dept of6 reports
  • Natl Economic Council (NEC)6 reports
  • Intl Trade Administration (ITA)5 reports
  • Justice, Dept of (DOJ)5 reports
  • Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)4 reports
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)3 reports
  • General Services Administration (GSA)3 reports
  • Natl Security Agency (NSA)3 reports
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)2 reports
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)2 reports
  • Natl Science Foundation (NSF)2 reports
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)2 reports
  • Army, Dept of (Other)1 reports
  • Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)1 reports
  • Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)1 reports
  • Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)1 reports
  • Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)1 reports
  • Education, Dept of1 reports
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)1 reports
  • Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)1 reports
  • Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)1 reports
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)1 reports
  • Vice President of the U.S.1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseInternational Business Machines$16.9M15 quarters
Ernst & Young$240K10 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
EVAN GIESEMANNActing leg. director, Sen. Thomas Carper, 2023; staff director, Senate Finance Int'l Trade Subcomm., 2021-23; Carper tax policy advisor, 2021-23; Rep. Terri Sewell tax & econ. policy advisor, 2019-21; Rep. Mark Pocan, legislative ass't, 2013-19Q2 2024
LAUREN RUBINLegislative Director, Rep. Suzan DelBene - 2015-18Q2 2024

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2In-house$640K
04/20for Q1In-house$800K
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$610K
25/10/20for Q3 2025In-house$760K
25/07/21for Q2 2025In-house$1.2M
25/04/21for Q1 2025In-house$1M
25/04/20for Q1 2025Ernst & YoungUnder $5,000
25/01/21for Q4 2024In-house$1.1M
25/01/20for Q4 2024Ernst & YoungUnder $5,000
24/10/21for Q3 2024In-house$940K
24/10/21for Q3 2024Ernst & YoungUnder $5,000
24/07/22for Q2 2024In-house$2M
24/07/22for Q2 2024Ernst & Young$80K
24/06/26for Q3 2023In-house$1.7M
24/06/26for Q1 2023In-house$1.3M
24/04/22for Q1 2024In-house$1.2M
24/04/22for Q1 2024Ernst & Young$80K
24/01/22for Q4 2023In-house$1.3M
24/01/22for Q4 2023Ernst & YoungUnder $5,000
23/10/20for Q3 2023In-house$1.6M