fiscal year

• financial year

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

• 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.

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

• fiscal quarter