Fiscal Year

Categories: Accounting, Metrics

The year that businesses use when making reports or paying taxes.

Your "Firemen of the Year" or kitty calendar (and we're not judging either way) may run from January to December, but fiscal years can cover any period of 12 months. Some companies, for example, have fiscal years that go from January to December, while others go from April to April for tax purposes.

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