fiscal period

Financial reporting interval

A fiscal period is a span of time used for accounting and financial reporting—typically a month, quarter, or year.

Companies and governments organize their finances around fiscal periods, which may or may not align with the calendar year: The company reports earnings at the end of each fiscal period.

Also called accounting period.

Related

closing the books · financial statement · month · trimester · biannual · half-year · year-end · tax season · tax year · financial year · tax year · financial year · year-end

Opposites
time reckoning system

fiscal periodcalendar year

Full twelve-month period

solar year · calendar month · seasonal cycle · lunar month · liturgical year

purpose of time division

fiscal periodpersonal time

Hours for oneself

leisure time · gestation period · life stage · geological era

Family

fiscal, period, fiscally, periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicity, periods

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