Cost Audit

In this editorial, author shall discuss the provision, applicability of Cost Audit and Cost Auditor on Companies along with reason of issuance of Notice from Cost Department. Applicability of Cost Records: As per Rule 3, The class of companies, including foreign companies, engaged in the production of the goods or providing services, spec...

All of us have started experiencing the heat towards the compliance mechanisms being put up by the statutory/regulatory authorities. As the Cost Records and GST records both use the HSN codes for reporting purposes, leniency in the maintenance of cost records or missing out on getting the cost audit conducted can cost a lot to the organis...

Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 will be applicable in this case, subject to it meeting with the prescribed turnover threshold. However, if the company is engaged only in development of the software and not providing online education services, then it will not be covered under the said rules....

FILLING OF EFORM 23C – Form of application to the Central Government for appointment of cost auditor Attachments required with EFORM 23C ♦ Copy of the Board resolution of the company sanctioning the proposal for which the government approval has been sought is a mandatory attachment. ♦ Copy of the certificate obtained from cost ...

MCA has started identifying the companies who have not complied with the provisions with regard to the appointment of Cost Auditor due to ignorance or otherwise and have started issuing the notices like the one as is given below as preliminary Notices for year FY 2016-17....

Extension of last date of filing Cost Audit Report by MCA vide General Circular No. 15/2021 Dtd. 27th September, 2021 The MCA vide its General Circular dtd. 27th September, 2021, has extended the last date of filing Cost Audit Report (CAR) to the Board of Directors under rule 6(5) of the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) […]...

Representations have been received from various stakeholders for extension of last date of filing of Cost Audit Report to the Board of Directors under Rule 6(5) of the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic....

All About Cost Audit Applicability and its disclosures in other statutory documents The pandemic has again brought the focus on the importance of cost management of resources in the most effective and most efficient manner. The government of India had already mandated the maintenance of Cost Records and Cost audits under Companies Act 201...

I. Introduction: Determining costing in a service industry is an essential concept since every service organization needs to ascertain its business overheads as service sector companies provide their customers with services or intangible products. Put simply, the term service costing or operational costing refers to the computation of the...

Determining an appropriate costing of your product can make or break your business. Most business owners fail to understand the importance of costing which can actually help your business avoid running into troubles such as loss of profits, time mismanagement and over budgeting....