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In the United States, the federal government's fiscal year is the 12-month period beginning 1 October and ending 30 September the following year. The identification of a fiscal year is the calendar year in which it ends; the current fiscal year is often written as "FY25" or "FY2024-25", which began on 1 October and will end on 30 September.
Trailing twelve months (TTM) is a measurement of a company's financial performance (income and expenses) used in finance.It is measured by using the income statements from a company's reports (such as interim, quarterly or annual reports), to calculate the income for the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of the report.
The end of the fiscal year would move one day earlier on the calendar each year (two days in leap years) until it would otherwise reach the date seven days before the end of the month (August 24 in this case). At that point it resets to the end of the month (August 31) and the fiscal year has 53 weeks instead of 52.
The federal government uses a fiscal year from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, so companies doing a lot of business with the government may adopt a similar fiscal calendar.
Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "12 December 2024" (12/12/24, 12/12/2024, 12-12-2024 or 12.12.2024) and month–day formats such as "December 12, 2024" (12/12/24 or 12/12/2024).
The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2024 ran from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. From October 1, 2023, to March 23, 2024, the federal government operated under continuing resolutions (CR) that extended 2023 budget spending levels as legislators were debating the specific provisions of the 2024 budget.
CBO: U.S. Federal spending and revenue components for fiscal year 2023. Major expenditure categories are healthcare, Social Security, and defense; income and payroll taxes are the primary revenue sources. For most governments around the world, the majority of government spending takes place at the federal/national level.
YTD measures are more sensitive to changes early in the year than later in the year. In contrast, measures like the 12-month ending (or year-ending) are less affected by seasonal influences. For example, to calculate year-to-date invoicing for a company, sum the invoice totals for each month of the current year up to the present date. [2]