Accounting Period
Definition
- The period of time used for the preparation and settling of accounting books or financial statements. Most accounting periods are twelve months, but the International Financial Reporting Standards also allows for the use of 52 weeks.
Synonyms
financial period
Acronyms
AP
Related Terms and Acronyms
- Accounts Payable (AP, A/P) — Acronym,
- Money owed by a business for goods and services received.
- Accounts Receivable (AR, A/R) — Acronym, Important,
- Money owed to a business by purchasers of goods and/or services.
- Business (busn) — Abbreviation,
- Economic activities of a given type.
- A company, either for-profit or non-profit.
- Commercial, industrial or professional activities undertaken by an entity.
- Cash Flow — Definition,
- The money an investment produces after subtracting cash expenses from income.
- Expense — Definition,
- Costs incurred through a business's operations.
- Fixed Assets (FA) — Acronym, Important,
- Assets like machinery, land, buildings, or property used in operating a business that will not be consumed or converted into cash during the current accounting period.
- Loss — Definition,
- When expenses are larger than revenues.
- Profit — Definition,
- When revenues exceed expenses.
- Revenue — Definition,
- Money earned by a company from its business activities.
