United States Fiscal Year Calendar

Country code US · Currency USD · 11 public holidays tracked

Naming convention

Labelled by the calendar year in which the fiscal year ends.

First fiscal month (FM1)

October

Quarter alignment

Q1: October–December · Q4 ends September

Source

US Bureau of the Fiscal Service

About the United States fiscal year

The US federal fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end — so FY2025 starts October 1, 2024 and ends September 30, 2025. The cycle was set by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, shifting the start from July 1 (the convention used since 1842) to October 1 starting with FY1977.

For accountants and budget planners working on this calendar, the fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30. The first fiscal month (FM1) corresponds to October; the fourth quarter ends on the last day of September. Year-end close, audit windows, and budget kickoff all anchor to those dates rather than to January and December. For a deeper introduction to fiscal-year mechanics, see our primer on fiscal years and the historical background on why fiscal years differ across countries.

Below you'll find printable monthly templates for every fiscal month, quarterly breakdowns, the country-specific deadline schedule, and a holiday calendar mapped onto the fiscal year so you can see where each public holiday falls relative to your reporting cycle.

Key fiscal deadlines — United States

These are the recurring statutory and operational dates that drive the United States fiscal calendar. Use them as fixed anchors when scheduling close milestones, audit walkthroughs, board meetings, and budget reviews.

Planning tips for United States

• Federal contractors must obligate funds before September 30 or lose them; budget burn rates spike in FM12 every year.
• OPM pay periods bridge fiscal-year boundaries — pay period 1 of a fiscal year usually starts in late September, not October 1.
• The October 1 fiscal start is set in 31 USC § 1102; only Congress can move it.

Choose a fiscal year

FY labels follow the year-end convention: a fiscal year is identified by the calendar year in which it ends. Each link opens the full year-at-a-glance with all twelve fiscal months on one page.

Monthly templates

Each printable monthly template uses the standard Sunday-start week grid with United States public holidays highlighted. Click through to print or save a clean copy. Templates are labelled FM1–FM12 in fiscal-year order, not calendar-year order.

Quarterly breakdowns

Each quarter spans three fiscal months. Quarterly templates are useful for board reporting, mid-year reforecasts, and quarter-end variance reviews.

Public holidays — United States

Holidays are listed in calendar order. On every monthly template they appear shaded in the grid with a short label, and each holiday name links to a dedicated page with observance notes and fiscal-month placement.