accounting period

accounting period
Under the Companies Act 1985 an accounting period runs from one accounting reference date to the next (not less than six months and not more than eighteen months) for which a company prepares financial statements and statutory accounts. The profit and loss account relates to the whole period but the balance sheet is taken on the last day of this period (Section 224 and Part VII of the Companies Act 1985).

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accounting period
The period for which a company's profits are assessed and charged to corporation tax. The accounting period generally ends 12 months from the beginning of the previous accounting period but can end earlier than that in certain circumstances (section 12, Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988).
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accounting period
n. The regular span of time used for accounting purposes. For example, the period used by a taxpayer to calculate her income and to determine her tax liability.

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