Date & time Calendar

Fiscal year calculator

Date

Calendar quarter —

Calendar quarter shown · offset for your fiscal start

The date —

Day of the year —

ISO week —

Note Enter a date

Q3 means nothing without whose year

Common fiscal year starts

Jurisdiction	Year starts	Their Q1
Calendar / most of EU	1 January	Jan – Mar
UK — corporation tax	1 April	Apr – Jun
UK — personal tax	6 April	Apr – Jul
Japan, India	1 April	Apr – Jun
Australia, New Zealand	1 July	Jul – Sep
US federal government	1 October	Oct – Dec
Many US retailers	Late January or February	Feb – Apr

A fiscal year is any twelve-month accounting period, and it need not start in January. The UK corporation tax year starts 1 April, the US federal year 1 October, and Australia 1 July — so the same date sits in different quarters depending on whose year you mean.

How to work out a fiscal quarter

1 Enter the date to get the calendar quarter.

2 Find your fiscal year start in the table.

3 Offset the quarter by the months of difference.

4 Always state whose fiscal year you mean when reporting.

Retailers often use a 52/53-week fiscal year rather than calendar months, so their year ends on the same weekday annually and one year in five or six has 53 weeks. It keeps week-on-week comparisons clean — a Saturday is always compared against a Saturday — at the cost of an occasional extra week that makes annual growth look better than it was. Anyone reading retail results should check which kind of year is in use.

Questions

When does the UK tax year start? −

6 April for individuals, 1 April for corporation tax.

When does the US federal fiscal year start? +

What is a 52/53-week year? +

Why do fiscal years differ? +

Does the quarter shift with the fiscal year? +

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