Company Law : Explore ICMAI detailed analysis of the Govt. committee report on enhancing cost audit effectiveness. Read insights & recommendatio...
CA, CS, CMA : Ensure timely compliance with the 2023-24 Cost Audit timeline. Promptly report any deviations to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs...
CA, CS, CMA : Applicability of Cost Records and Cost Audit and Non-Compliance with various provisions with regard to Cost Records/Audit results ...
Company Law : Navigate the complexities of Cost Auditor appointments, remuneration, removal, and resignation under the Companies Act, 2013. Lear...
Company Law : The article provides an in-depth understanding of provisions related to maintenance of cost records and applicability of cost audi...
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...
CA, CS, CMA : Advisory on the Treatment of various items of Cost in light of Covid-19 pandemic & their Presentation / Disclosures in form CRA 3 ...
Company Law : The companies which produce products covered under excise even after July 1st, 2017 will continue to furnish the information in t...
Company Law : Pursuant to implementation of IndAS, the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 are to be amended to bring parity between ...
CA, CS, CMA : A detailed guide from Institute of Cost Accountants of India about mandatory communication regulations for Cost Accountants. Under...
Company Law : MCA notifies Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2018 to further amend Companies (cost records and audit) Rules, 2...
Company Law : Pursuant to introduction of GST, the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 are to be amended to incorporate resultant cha...
Company Law : 1. These rules may be called the Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2017. 2. In the Companies (cost records and a...
Company Law : 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 ...
Discover the crucial role of Cost & Management Accounting in delivering affordable and quality healthcare services. Uncover the need for cost reform in the healthcare sector, exploring the challenges and benefits. Explore the impact of India’s largest health insurance scheme, ABPM-JAY, and the importance of effective cost management in achieving equitable healthcare for all.
Explore the practical approach to conducting cost audits in various industries, covering the basics of cost audit, audit program, data collection, analysis, and key areas for comments and conclusions. Written by CMA Alokesh Dutta, a practicing Cost & Management Accountant with over 30 years of industry experience.
Understand the treatment of special expenses in cost accounting. Learn about the treatment of research and development costs according to CAS 18.
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 organisations.
Hospitals and healthcare systems increasingly face financial pressures from increasing competition, deteriorating payer mix and other factors. Due to these pressures, Cost reduction and control is at the forefront of healthcare finance leaders’ minds, whether they are a rural, nonprofit, urban or safety-net organization. Healthcare is a manpower intensive industry. Spectrum of manpower is wide ranging from […]
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 2013. Through […]
Advisory on the Treatment of various items of Cost in light of Covid-19 pandemic & their Presentation / Disclosures in form CRA 3 of The Companies (Cost Records & Audit) Rules 2014 relating to the Accounting Period ending March 31, 2021
A cost audit represents the verification of cost accounts and checking on the adherence to cost accounting plan. Cost audit ascertains the accuracy of cost accounting records to ensure that they are in conformity with cost accounting principles, plans, procedures and objectives. A cost audit comprises the following; -Verification of the cost accounting records such as the accuracy of the cost accounts, cost reports, cost […]
Relaxation of additional fees and extension of last date for filing Cost Audit Report (Form CRA-4) for the Financial Year 2019-20 under the Companies Act, 2013 (Act): Applicability of Cost Records: The class of Companies which must maintain cost records is specified in the Section 148 (1) of the Act. The category of companies is […]
This Article is an effort to explain the provisions related to provisions of Cost Records & Audit under Companies Act, 2013 and Rules thereto. 1. DEFINITIONS a) Cost Accountant means a cost accountant as defined in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and who holds a valid […]
