Fiscal Quarter Dates 2024. Dive into the '2024 fiscal calendar' slide, a key component of the '2024 calendar' presentation. Here’s a look at the reasons why companies may use fiscal rather than calendar quarters, and what each quarter — whether calendar or fiscal — means for individual companies.

Q4, or the fourth quarter, is the last quarter of the financial year for companies. Prior to 1974, the government’s fiscal year started on.