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The much awaited demand of the stake holders with regard to the fine-tuning of Companies Cost Records and Audit Rules has been met with though not fully by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
MCA notifies Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2018 to further amend Companies (cost records and audit) Rules, 2014.
Pursuant to introduction of GST, the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 are to be amended to incorporate resultant changes. Accordingly, the Draft Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2018 have been placed on the Ministry’s website www.mca.gov.in for suggestions/ comments.
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The companies which produce products covered under excise even after July 1st, 2017 will continue to furnish the information in the same format provided by the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2017. The companies having their products or services covered under GST may follow the guidance provided in this advisory.
Introduction Hospital organizations have been facing difficulties and challenges in balancing limited resources and costs to provide their demand for services. Medical research has the effect in introduction of modern medical techniques and medicines, which usually causes the increase of consumed costs. Increasing costs of healthcare systems have the growing demands on the public budgets, and also the patient’s expenditures. Many countries start to seek the alternative sources of financing of healthcare systems, because the traditional systems of healthcare insurances are no more sufficient for covering of expansive healthcare services costs.
MCA has issued one notification issued on 20th Dec 2017 which is going to pave the way for alignment of Cost Records with GST records after the implementation of GST.
1. These rules may be called the Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2017. 2. In the Companies (cost records and audit) Rules, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 2, after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2016, namely:-
As per provisions of the Cost Audit Report Rules that are in force from time-to-time, a cost auditor is required to comment on the scope and performance of internal audit of cost records. Hence it would tend to mitigate against the proper and dispassionate discharge of his duties if he was also the internal auditor of the company for the same period for which he is conducting the cost audit.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India vide its communication dated August 11,2017 had requested suggestions/comments on the proposed changes in respect of above rules, last issued titled Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2014 Though the last date of submission of suggestions has already lapsed, the writer wants to draw the attention of cost accountants/chartered accountants and company secretaries on the proposed changes which is intended to be disruptive in nature and provoke new thinking.
