A fiscal year, is a 12-month financial planning period that may or may not coincide with the calendar year.
Step-by-step explanation:
A fiscal year to the government is just like a financial year for a company/corporation.
A government can have a fiscal year from the middle of a year (July) to the next year (June) which in total is 12 months.
Sometimes a fiscal year coincide with the calendar year but that does not acknowledge the fact that is must be a calendar year.
This fiscal period are a planned period to take up projects or meet budgets.