How many people have fiscal years which are different than a calendar year, and what dates are they?

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 3/24/2017 12:57 PM, Cindy Doughty wrote:
> Trying to figure out number of users that use accounting periods different
> than Jan 1 - Dec 31
>
> Doug Doughty
More common than you think. This is not just for different countries. 
Here in the US, have you not noticed on the top of your income tax form 
"for the year (the usual Jan 1st-Dec 31st) or fiscal year .......... ". 
Quite common for businesses and organizations to have a fiscal year not 
coinciding with the calendar year but even individuals might have good 
reason to do this.

Suppose you were an individual whose main business was a B&B in a winter 
sports area. Or you were a skiing instructor. Surely you would want your 
books to represent the year by SEASON and not split at Dec 31st.

Michael D Novack