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Cost Records & Audit in Construction Industry: Applicability & Benefits

CA, CS, CMA : Understand cost records and audit rules for the construction industry, including applicability, special features, and benefits for...

February 8, 2025 387 Views 0 comment Print

Cost Saving Ideas in Overheads Cost through Cost Records, Cost Audit and Cost Reporting System

CA, CS, CMA : Explore effective cost-saving strategies for overheads using cost records, audits, and reports. Learn classification, MIS reportin...

January 10, 2025 1224 Views 2 comments Print

Cost Saving in Employee Costs via Cost Records, Audits & Reporting System

CA, CS, CMA : Learn how cost records, audits, and analytical reports help reduce employee costs in various industries and improve efficiency in ...

December 5, 2024 381 Views 0 comment Print

Benefits of Cost Audit for Industry Efficiency and Profit

CA, CS, CMA : Discover how cost audit reports assist industries in optimizing resources, reducing costs, and improving profitability through det...

November 5, 2024 405 Views 0 comment Print

Cost Saving in Materials via Cost Audit & Reporting System

CA, CS, CMA : Discover cost-saving strategies for material costs in manufacturing through efficient cost records, audits, and reporting systems....

October 6, 2024 648 Views 0 comment Print


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Technical Guide on Cost Management in Healthcare Services

CA, CS, CMA : The Institute of Cost Accountants of India releases an Exposure Draft on Cost Management in Healthcare Services. Public comments a...

February 16, 2025 363 Views 0 comment Print

Govt. report on Cost Accounting Records & Cost Audit 2024

Company Law : Explore ICMAI detailed analysis of the Govt. committee report on enhancing cost audit effectiveness. Read insights & recommendatio...

July 10, 2024 3492 Views 0 comment Print

CAS-2 (Revised 2024) Cost Accounting Standard on Capacity Determination

CA, CS, CMA : Explore revised CAS-2 (2024) standard for capacity determination, issued by Institute of Cost Accountants of India, ensuring consi...

May 18, 2024 684 Views 1 comment Print

Guidance Note on Inventory Valuation under Income Tax Act 1961

Income Tax : Learn how to prepare Inventory Valuation Reports under Section 142(2A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 with our comprehensive Guidance...

May 10, 2024 3123 Views 0 comment Print

ICMAI Advisory: Unit of Measure & Cost Audit Report Submission

CA, CS, CMA : ICMAI issues advisory for members regarding Annexures in Cost Audit Reports & timely submission. Ensure compliance for statutory r...

May 10, 2024 810 Views 0 comment Print


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Guidelines for Mandatory Communication to Preceding Cost Auditor

CA, CS, CMA : A detailed guide from Institute of Cost Accountants of India about mandatory communication regulations for Cost Accountants. Under...

May 26, 2023 1185 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of last date of filing of Cost Audit Report to Board of Directors

Company Law : Representations have been received from various stakeholders for extension of last date of filing of Cost Audit Report to the Boar...

September 27, 2021 11070 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of Last Date of Filing Cost Audit Report for FY 2019-20

Company Law : It has been decided that if cost audit report for the financial year 2019-20 by the cost auditor to the Board of Directors of the ...

September 10, 2020 8736 Views 0 comment Print

Last date of filing of CRA-4 (cost audit report) extended to 29.02.2020

Company Law : General Circular No. 17/2019- Last date of filing of CRA-4 (cost audit report) for all eligible companies for the Financial Year 2...

December 30, 2019 3081 Views 0 comment Print

Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2019

Company Law : The companies who have already filed their Cost Audit Report in form CRA-4 for the financial year 2018-19 with the Central Governm...

October 15, 2019 20736 Views 1 comment Print


Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014

December 31, 2014 27556 Views 0 comment Print

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Determining How Costs Behave

November 24, 2014 1397 Views 0 comment Print

From the very beginning (especially from the academic point of view) we have been studying that the cost functions approximately shows linear relationship. Is it really simple to predict the costs? In fact costs are not easy to predict, since they behave differently under different circumstances. In this article we will be observing how the […]

Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 – Simplified

November 14, 2014 5705 Views 0 comment Print

Rule 2(e) lays down cost records as books of account relating to utilisation of materials, labour and other items of cost as applicable to the production of goods or provision of services as provided in section 148 of the Act and these rules.

MCA extends due date of Filing Form CRA-2 to 31st January, 2015

November 12, 2014 5728 Views 0 comment Print

General Circular No. 42/2014 has been notified by MCA on November 12, 2014 in relation to matters relating to the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014. Due to delay in availability of Form CRA-2 on MCA website, the date of filing of the said form without late penalty/fee has been extended to January 31, 2015.

Cost Audit for cost competitive Indian economy to help future growth of country

August 5, 2014 2578 Views 0 comment Print

Asim Saha Cost audit is basically & purely audit of resource utilization and an effort to assess value addition. Through cost audit India will be low cost HUB of manufacturing activities. This will help Indian Government to attract huge investment from outside. Every Goods and services manufactured in our country have some input output ratio […]

Cost Planning & Cost Management tools at Toyota Australia series-4

August 3, 2014 5314 Views 0 comment Print

Before I get into the cost management details I would like to give short introduction to the company operating in Australia. Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd (TMCA) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Toyota Japan. The Australian operations commenced in 1959 with the import of the LandCruiser, and in 1963 a passenger car assembly plant, which initially produced the Tiara, was opened at Port Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.

Cost Management & Costing methods…Kenya 2030 Series 3

August 2, 2014 2771 Views 0 comment Print

I don’t how much my last two articles have been eye open for the Indian government and for my cost accounting friends about the practices of the Costing Methods and Cost Management across the globe. Well in continuation to my previous series https://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/costing-methodscost-management-automobileseries-2.html   today I will the story of an economy named Kenya. Well my […]

Costing Methods/Cost Management -Automobile-Series 2

July 29, 2014 11943 Views 0 comment Print

In my second series in continuation to my previous article  ‘Costing Methods/Cost Management in Turkey-Series 1′ I would be discussing about one of the researches on one of the world’s most luxury automobile company where adoption of Cost Management and Costing Methods made a stupendous turn around. The story is all about shifting of accounting […]

Costing Methods/Cost Management in Turkey-Series 1

July 28, 2014 3936 Views 0 comment Print

The Indian government under the UPA II has abolished the Cost Audit and Costing methods for various industries under ( Cost Record and Audit ) Rules -2014 . In my research I went in deep into the different countries, developed as well as emerging economies over the span of last 10 years I find the development/growth & […]

Entire Central Council of Cost Accountants of India Resigns

July 21, 2014 8589 Views 0 comment Print

On a short notice myself and Vice President had a meeting with Additional Secretary and other officials of Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Cost Audit Branch, wherein s preliminary discussion on different issues, as pointed out in annexure I&II of the letter dated 2nd July 2014 addressed to Secretary, MCA, was held.

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