Question
Why can't the Dashboard P&L widget calculate the correct comparison timeframe?
On the Dashboard P&L widget; the incorrect comparison time period is considered when selecting the "This fiscal year to date" option. Instead of comparing Jan-Jul of this year to Jan-Jul of last year, it compares the first 7± months of this year to the last 7± months of last year. This comparison is meaningless. It's comparing the number of days of this year to the last (same number of) days of last year (working backward from Dec. 31). This was not an issue until QB updated the dashboard to be "This fiscal year" from "This year" options on an update earlier this year.