tax year
tax year — 名詞
1. the fixed twelve-month span that a government uses to work out how much money a
課稅年度
計算收入與應繳稅款的十二個月期間
the fixed twelve-month span that a government uses to work out how much money a person or company earned and how much tax they must pay on it
In Britain the tax year starts on the sixth of April and ends a year later.
在英國，課稅年度從四月六日開始，到一年後結束。
the tax year starts on [date]
Ayana kept every shop receipt to claim them back at the end of the tax year.
Ayana 把每張商店收據都留著，以便在課稅年度結束時申報抵扣。
at the end of the tax year
The company made far less profit this tax year than the owners had hoped.
這個課稅年度公司賺的利潤遠比老闆們期望的少。
Workers in many countries must report all their earnings for the past tax year.
許多國家的勞工都必須申報自己上一個課稅年度的全部收入。
João changed jobs twice during a single tax year, so his forms were confusing.
João 在同一個課稅年度裡換了兩次工作，所以他的報稅表格很混亂。
- financial year
common British term for the same twelve-month accounting period
- fiscal year
more formal, especially for companies and governments; common in American English
文法句型
the tax year [begins/ends/runs from]
用法筆記
Often paired with verbs like begin, end, or run, and with this/last/next to mark the period ("during the last tax year"). A tax year does not always match the calendar year — in Britain it runs from April, not January.