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common practice for start/end date of balance sheet
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one's paycheck typically has a ytd (year to date) number that will end on the latest check of the year. i am paid bi-weekly, and my first 2012 check was for work 12/25 - 1/7. so, for my own balance sheet, brokerage statements and stock valuations end 12/31, but my pay ended 12/24. and then a new sheet starts.
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