fiscal year

English

Alternative forms

• financial year

Noun

fiscal year (plural fiscal years)

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

   New York State has rarely had an approved budget by the beginning of its April 1 fiscal 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

Related terms

• fiscal quarter

Translations

accounting period of one year

• 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)

• Finnish: tilivuosi (fi), tilikausi (fi)
• French: année fiscale (fr) f, année financière f, exercice fiscal (fr) f, exercice comptable (fr) m
• German: Geschäftsjahr (de) n, (in taxation) Wirtschaftsjahr n
• Irish: bliain airgeadais f, bliain fhioscach f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• Swedish: räkenskapsår (sv) n, finansår (sv) n, budgetår (sv) n
• Tagalog: taong-panuusan