fiscal year

English

Etymology

fiscal +‎ year

Noun

fiscal year (plural fiscal years)

1. (accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

Usage notes

• Some businesses use a fiscal year of 52 weeks in most years, 53 weeks about every fourth year. The year is typically divided into four quarters, numbered Q1 through Q4.

Synonyms

• (one-year accounting period): financial year, budget year, tax year, accounting reference period, FY, annum

Translations

accounting period of one year

• Azerbaijani: büdcə ili
• Catalan: exercici fiscal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 財政年度／财政年度 (zh) (cáizhèng niándù), 财政年度 (zh) (cáizhèng niándù), 會計年度／会计年度 (kuàijì niándù), 会计年度 (kuàijì niándù)

• Danish: regnskabsår n (in accounting, including non-standard years), skatteår n (taxation)
• Finnish: tilivuosi (fi), tilikausi (fi)
• French: année fiscale (fr) f, exercice fiscal (fr) m, exercice comptable (fr) m, année financière f
• German: Geschäftsjahr (de) n, (in taxation) Wirtschaftsjahr n
• Greek: χρήση (el) f (chrísi)
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• Irish: bliain airgeadais f, bliain fhioscach f
• Japanese: 会計年度 (かいけいねんど, kaikei nendo)
• Kazakh: қаржы жылы (qarjy jyly)
• Maori: tau pūtea, tau pūtea
• Romanian: an fiscal m
• Russian: фина́нсовый год m (finánsovyj god)
• Scottish Gaelic: bliadhna ionmhais f
• Spanish: ejercicio (es) m
• Swedish: räkenskapsår (sv) n, finansår (sv) n, budgetår (sv) n
• Tagalog: taong-panuusan

See also

• fiscal quarter