How to Use fiscal year in a Sentence

fiscal year

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  • Sales were up in the last fiscal year.
  • Our fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.
  • Some will come to light before the NFL’s fiscal year begins March 13.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • That happened in the last fiscal year, which is why the tax rate was cut by two tenths of a percentage point, to 4.05 ...
    — Amanda Fisher, National Review, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The short time frame raises questions about whether Congress can pass all 12 bills before Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 17 July 2023
  • New payrolls are expected to kick in this month, which marks the beginning of the fiscal year.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The fiscal year closes in June 2024 and fundraising numbers won’t be released until the fall.
    — Janet Lorin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The package wraps six spending bills into one to fund about three-quarters of the government until the end of the fiscal year.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The city manager will submit his budget for the upcoming fiscal year to the council on Feb. 8.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Bridge tolls are the district’s largest source of revenue, making up about 46% of its revenue forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
    — Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Newsom expects a stronger economy will take care of the $30 billion problem for the current fiscal year.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • In the nineties, Copeland writes, Pure Alpha’s assets were roughly doubling every fiscal year.
    — Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The number of African American and Black employees within the vice president and C-suite ranks grew by 160% during the last fiscal year.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • As in 45 other states, July in Massachusetts brings a new fiscal year.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • Lawmakers have 12 working days in session to pass crucial spending bills before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The company also sharply lowered sales guidance for the full fiscal year, citing a more cautious consumer.
    — WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Walgreens is on track with cost-cutting initiatives that aim to slash $1 billion in expenses this fiscal year.
    — Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Advertisement Congress has just over four weeks until the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1 and so far has not passed a single one of the 12 annual spending bills that fund most agencies.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Congress has until the end of September to pass its annual budget before the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023
  • That deal, approved in August, is now a major contributor to the city’s budget shortfall, which could reach as much as $400 million in the coming fiscal year.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • With the end of the fiscal year on September 30, WIC will need higher funding than current levels in order to maintain its rolls and benefits.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • San Diego collected $9 million in meter revenue in the fiscal year that ended in June, and that is down 18 percent since before the pandemic.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Our members of Congress must provide bold funding levels in their fiscal year 2025 spending bill.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Nvidia’s sales are projected to jump 79% and Microsoft’s 15% in the companies’ current fiscal years.
    — Jeran Wittenstein, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • About 20% of the funds is going towards cooling this fiscal year, according to the association.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN, 11 July 2023
  • The network will cost about $2 million annually over the remaining fiscal years.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The shutdown could begin as soon as Sunday, as the new fiscal year starts without new spending legislation from Congress.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • At the end of the fiscal year, the lottery transfers its unclaimed prize reserve balance minus $1 million to college scholarships under state law.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The two leaders were not clear as to whether the GOP's budget proposal will be assembled under the assumption that Kentucky's personal income tax will drop over the course of the two fiscal years.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Not a single person has been housed using the additional vouchers approved for fiscal year 2023.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023

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