In the world of accounting, finance and taxes, there’s more than one type of year. In addition to regular years, there are a number of different fiscal years. A fiscal year is the 12-month period a ...

Word that the Obama administration was planning a summit next week on entitlements and fiscal responsibility sent shudders through the progressive community. Didn't we just get rid of the guy who ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Gov. Bill Ritter signed a measure Wednesday replacing an outdated and ineffective general fund spending limit, he took a first step toward untying ...

When a company first goes into business, it chooses the yearly reporting period for tax purposes. Fiscal auditing periods may start during any month. For example, perhaps your employer has a fiscal ...

As Wissahickon School Board candidates, we are committed to “fiscal responsibility.” But, since this phrase can mean different things to different people, we’d like to clarify what it means to us.

What is important is to look at what western economists call the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement, or the PSBR. In response to the CAG’s frequent assertion over the years that the finance ministry ...

“Fiscal responsibility” is a catch-phrase that seemingly no politician can do without. The White House used “fiscal responsibility” to name a summit meeting, a bipartisan national commission, and one ...

A grand bargain, a compromise to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, could all come down to one word: revenue. It's now widely agreed that steering away from the cliff — the combination of spending cuts ...