{"id":601,"date":"2013-10-04T10:19:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/facts\/?page_id=601"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:26:10","slug":"fiscal-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/facts\/glossary\/f\/fiscal-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiscal Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is it?<\/h3>\n<p>A fiscal year (or financial year or sometimes budget year) is the established 12-month period of time that the university uses for accounting and budgeting purposes, and preparing financial statements.<\/p>\n<h3>Why is it important?<\/h3>\n<p>It is important for the community to understand that more than one fiscal year may be relevant to their day to day operations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the university as a whole, our fiscal year is May 1<sup>st<\/sup> to April 30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>For many research and other government grants received by the university, the fiscal year on which we report is April 1<sup>st<\/sup> to March 31<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Where do I find more information?<\/h3>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/financialservices\/financial-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/carleton.ca\/financialservices\/financial-reports\/<\/a> to view fiscal year end reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it? 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