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Dictionary definition: accounting period
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- A Dictionary of Finance and Banking
Copyright© A Dictionary of Finance and Banking 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information)
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accounting period
1.
The period for which a business prepares its accounts. Internally,
management accounts
may be produced monthly or quarterly. Externally,
financial accounts
are produced for a period of 12 months, although this may vary when a business is set up or ceases or if it changes its accounting year end.
2.
(
chargeable account period
) A period in respect of which a
corporation tax