talouskaudelle

Talouskaudelle is a Finnish term referring to a financial or economic period used for reporting, budgeting and analysis. The expression is formed with the illative suffix -lle, meaning “for” or “to,” so talouskaudelle is used in sentences such as “talouskaudelle 2024” to denote activities or reporting for the financial period of that year.

In practice, talouskausi is often synonymous with the time frame that a company or organization uses for its accounting and financial statements. However, it is not as strictly defined as tilikausi (the formal accounting period), which is the standard term in Finnish accounting for the period covered by a company’s financial statements. Tilikausi is typically fixed by the company’s statutes or governance, commonly 12 months, and may coincide with the calendar year or a staggered cycle. Talouskausi, by contrast, can be used more broadly in economic analysis and budgeting contexts to refer to a financial period in general, including short- or long-term horizons beyond a single tilikausi.

The phrase talouskaudelle is used in contexts such as planning, forecasting, and reporting discussions. For example, one might discuss targets or changes “talouskaudelle” during a certain forecast period or when outlining budgetary measures for the upcoming financial period. In public discourse, talouskausi can also appear in analyses of economic cycles or fiscal policy periods, where it denotes the span of time over which data are aggregated.

See also: tilikausi, verovuosi, talousarviovuosi.

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