Fiscal year

Shohag Mostafij, MBA, University of Dhaka
A fiscal year (Monetary or financial year or economic year, or at times budget year) is a phase used for calculating annual ("yearly") financial statements in businesses and other organizations. In various jurisdictions, authoritarian laws concerning accounting and taxation require such reports once for each twelve months, but do not necessitate that the period reported on constitutes a calendar year (e.g. January through December). Fiscal years differ between businesses and countries. On top, a lot of companies discover that it is suitable for purposes of contrast and for precise stock taking to always finish their fiscal year on the same day of the week, where local legislation permits. Therefore a few fiscal years will have 52 weeks and others 53. As a matter of fact, in terms of fiscal year a variety is seen throughout the whole world. The U.S. government's fiscal year begins on October 1 of the previous calendar year and ends on September 30 of the year with which it is numbered. Prior to 1976, the fiscal year began on July 1 and ended on June 30. Furthermore, our adjacent country Indian government's Fiscal Year starts on April 1 and ends on March 31.Whereas in Bangladesh usually the fiscal year begins on July 1 and finishes on June 30.