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Accounting Period
Synonyms: | financial period |
Acronyms & abbreviations: | AP |
Filed Under: | financial-banking |
Tags: | accounting |
Definition of accounting period (AP)
- accounting period (AP)
- 1. 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.
Related Terms and Acronyms:
- accounts payable (A/P, AP) Money owed by a business for goods and services received.
- accounts receivable (A/R, AR) Money owed to a business by purchasers of goods and/or services.
- business (busn) A company, either for-profit or non-profit.
- cash flow The money an investment produces after subtracting cash expenses from income.
- expense Costs incurred through a business's operations.
- fixed assets (FA) 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 When expenses are larger than revenues.
- profit When revenues exceed expenses.
- revenue Money earned by a company from its business activities.
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