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Year
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Year
A 12-month period. The tax year, the period of time during which annual taxes are calculated, runs from January 1 to December 31. A company's fiscal year, the period of time for which it makes its annual budget, may run for a different 12-month period.


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The actual year is slightly longer and the Julian calendar gradually drifted away from the astronomical year so that by the 16th century there was a difference of 11 days.
 
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