# Financial year start The **Financial Year Start** setting defines the **day and month** when your organisation’s financial year begins. This setting affects **how years are displayed** in your maintenance plan, ensuring the plan aligns with your financial reporting periods. --- ## How it works When viewing your maintenance plan, each column represents a financial year. The way those years are labelled depends on your selected start date: - **If your financial year starts on 1 January** The system uses a **calendar year format (YYYY)**. - Example: if the financial year starts on **1 January**, the column will be labelled **2025**. - **If your financial year starts on any other date** The system uses a **split-year format (YYYY/YY)** to show that the financial year spans two calendar years. - Example: if the financial year starts on **1 April**, the column will be labelled **2025/26** — because the year covers the period from April 2025 to March 2026. --- ## Summary
Start Date ExampleDisplay FormatExample Label
1 January 2025YYYY**2025**
1 April 2025YYYY/YY**2025/26**
1 October 2025YYYY/YY**2025/26**
> **Note:** > This setting does **not** affect calculations or financial values — it only changes how years are **displayed** in your maintenance plan.