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AP U.S. Government 2.4 Public Policy. The federal government's fiscal year begins on...what?
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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by april fifteenth the most taxing day
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of the year The federal government's fiscal year begins on
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what and hear the potential answers Well even though we
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all share the same calendar the government and business go
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buy a fiscal year that is different from us Regular
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folks let's get these answers on the books and see
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if we can make a date First up is january
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one but we already said that the fiscal year has
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a different start date than the calendar year so we
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can make a resolution to nix that one Next up
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is april fifteenth which is the deadline for filing our
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taxes a red number day in the government calendar for
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sure But weekend paper cut this one loose june one
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seems a bit random and july fourth is a national
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holiday so we can free up those days as well
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Which leaves us with october first Under the nineteen seventy
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four budget and empowerment control act congress chose october first
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as the start of the fiscal year which gives them
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the whole bunch of time to pass their appropriations and
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spending bills So d is the correct answer Just because
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congress is supposed to have its appropriations bills passed by
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october one doesn't mean it always happens Remember the government
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shut down in two thousand thirteen That occurred because congress
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couldn't pass the spending bills required to fund the government
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Talk about a terrible wavering in the new fiscal year
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