CA, CS, CMA : The amendment introduces strict personal liability for senior management in maintaining cost records. It ensures accountability by...
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Company Law : MCA has intensified scrutiny of Cost Audit filings and is issuing notices (currently for FY 2020–21) under Section 148(7) of the...
CA, CS, CMA : This explains why power, oil, gas, and coal companies fall under mandatory cost audit regulations. The key takeaway is that meetin...
Company Law : This explains when manufacturing companies must undergo cost audit based on turnover thresholds. The key takeaway is that exceedin...
CA, CS, CMA : ICMAI issues revised Code of Ethics for CMAs, effective June 1, 2025, including independence standards for audit and assurance eng...
CA, CS, CMA : The Institute of Cost Accountants of India releases an Exposure Draft on Cost Management in Healthcare Services. Public comments a...
Company Law : Explore ICMAI detailed analysis of the Govt. committee report on enhancing cost audit effectiveness. Read insights & recommendatio...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore revised CAS-2 (2024) standard for capacity determination, issued by Institute of Cost Accountants of India, ensuring consi...
Income Tax : Learn how to prepare Inventory Valuation Reports under Section 142(2A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 with our comprehensive Guidance...
CA, CS, CMA : A detailed guide from Institute of Cost Accountants of India about mandatory communication regulations for Cost Accountants. Under...
Company Law : Representations have been received from various stakeholders for extension of last date of filing of Cost Audit Report to the Boar...
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 ...
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...
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...
Who can be a Cost Auditor? According to section 148(3) of Companies Act 2013, cost audit shall be conducted by Cost Accountant in Practice who shall be appointed by the Board on such remuneration as determined by the members in such a manner as may be prescribed.
FORM No.CRA-4 is Form for filing Cost Audit Report with the Central Government Pursuant to Rule 6(6) of the Companies (cost records and audit) rules, 2014. The form is not yet available on MCA Website for filing Purposes. The Institute of Cost Accountants of India has taken up with Ministry of Corporate Affairs which informed […]
India is a country which introduced the concept of Cost Audits for the corporates. Till 2011, the cost audit report formats were never aligned with any of other statutory documents primarily. Now after realizing the need for the availability of production, capacity and costing data for policy decision making, in 2011 MCA brought in the concept of submission of Cost Audit Report containing costing at Product group level.
G.S.R. 486(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 and section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (cost records and audit) Rules, 2014
. Trust your inner voice (your guts) This might sound cliché and you might give me an Oh Come On! Expression, but I request you to pause for a second, delve into your past, and experience the decision making process you undertook. Was it pure logic? Was it based on data? Was it influenced by relationship or the rapport with the person? What was it dude?
In exercise of the power, the Central Government issued Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, on 30th June 2014. Subsequently Government issued Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014 on 31st December 2014. The amendment rules has introduced certain changes to the original rules . Thus Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 read with the Amendment Rules 2014.
Certain accountants not to give reports/certificates The Act contains several provisions (e.g. section 44AB, section 80-IA, section 92E, section 115JB, etc.) which mandate the taxpayers to furnish audit reports and certificates issued by an ‘accountant’ for ensuring correct reporting/computation of taxable income by the tax payers. Explanation below section 288(2) of the Act defines an […]
Form CRA-2- Form of Intimation of appointment of cost auditor by the company to Central Government) Part I – Law(s) Governing the eForm CRA-2 eForm CRA-2 is required to be filed pursuant to section 148(3) of Companies Act, 2013 and rule 6(2) of the Companies (cost records and audit) Rules, 2014 which are reproduced for […]
In continuation to my previous article I find that while being students we easily create groups in the form of study circle and we miss the potentiality of the study circle when we get into the professional shoes. It’s immaterial that whether you are in your corporate field or practicing all you need is certain […]
Last time I have covered about the practicing profession needs to be taken ahead. I found many appreciable comments and I also found the readers particularly the new comers in the profession of Cost Accounting are looking ahead for the same https://taxguru.in/chartered-accountant/invisible-capital-cost-accounting-sme-segment-part-4.html . Well today I will discuss about certain areas where the working cost […]
