Accounting February 6, 2026
AICPA News – Feb. 2026
AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs, the Association of International CPAs, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
April 20, 2013
Study: Commodities Markets Help Make Weather Forecasts More Accurate
Researchers from the University of Michigan found that the government agency's data became more accurate in the 24 cities where the Chicago Mercantile Exchange began selling weather derivative contracts.
April 20, 2013
Texans Affected by Fertilizer Plant Explosion Given Tax Extensions by State
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has announced that taxpayers in McLennan County affected by the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, can postpone paying state taxes while they recover from the devastation.
April 20, 2013
Florida sues BP & Halliburton over 2010 Gulf oil spill
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said on April 19 that she will file a lawsuit against BP and Halliburton seeking damages as a result of the oil spill that sullied the Gulf of Mexico three years ago.
April 20, 2013
Trucking Companies Respond to Allegations of Fraud Against Pilot Flying J Truckstops
Allegations that Pilot Flying J has engaged in fraud with its fuel rebate program has been a jolt to some of the company's customers named in FBI documents.
April 18, 2013
No retail marijuana sales in Washington state before 2014
Residents in Washington state shouldn't plan to buy any legal pot before well into 2014.
April 18, 2013
Bank of the West increased small business lending by 245 percent over past 3 years
With customer Net Advocacy scores and employee satisfaction at all-time highs, small business growth expected to continue in 2013 across Bank's 19-state footprint
April 18, 2013
New Concur App Center Gives Business Travelers Quick Access to Productivity Tools
New App Collection Designed to Streamline T&E Processes
April 18, 2013
Report Shows that Venture Capital Firms Profit from Funding Women-led Businesses
Study Shows Venture Capital Investments also Help Women Create Business Wealth
April 18, 2013
New Integration Between Xero and ZenPayroll Gives Small Businesses Greater Access to Finance & Payroll in the Cloud
Small Businesses Reap Benefits from Real-Time Access to Finances and Payroll
April 17, 2013
Concur partners with Oversight Systems for advanced travel and expense data analysis
Oversight Solution for Quickly Generating Operational Insights Now Available in Concur App Center to Concur's more than 20 million users.
April 17, 2013
Build Your Firm Offers Free Webinars for Accounting Firms
Build Your Firm recently announced it will host a series of Lunch and Learn webinars to help small to mid-sized accounting firms market their services.
April 17, 2013
David Letterman – Top Ten Things You Don’t Want To Hear From Your Accountant
"Top Ten Things You Don't Want to Hear from Your Accountant" from April 9, 2013.