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Unpacking Cost Records and Cost Audit: Key Compliance for Indian Companies under the Companies Act, 2013

Company Law : Section 148 of India's Companies Act mandates cost record maintenance (Form CRA-1) for companies in specified sectors with over Rs...

October 7, 2025 3081 Views 0 comment Print

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 3903 Views 4 comments 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 2127 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 951 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 5616 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 906 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 5616 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 2775 Views 1 comment Print

Advisory on Treatment of Various Items of Cost in view of COVID19

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 ...

April 4, 2021 1152 Views 0 comment Print

Advisory on Filing of Cost Audit Report for year 2017-18

Company Law : The companies which produce products covered under excise even after July 1st, 2017 will continue to furnish the information in t...

July 17, 2018 7872 Views 2 comments 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 1773 Views 0 comment Print

Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2018

Company Law : MCA notifies Companies (cost records and audit) Amendment Rules, 2018 to further amend Companies (cost records and audit) Rules, 2...

December 3, 2018 9336 Views 0 comment Print

GST details in Draft Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2018

Company Law : Pursuant to introduction of GST, the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 are to be amended to incorporate resultant cha...

August 6, 2018 4134 Views 0 comment Print

Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2017

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...

December 7, 2017 3327 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Master Circular on Cost Accounting Records and Cost Audit

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 ...

November 11, 2017 3312 Views 0 comment Print


Cost Records Maintenance under Section 148 of Companies Act gets Momentum

March 19, 2023 6222 Views 0 comment Print

Cost Records Maintenance under Section 148 of Companies Act gains traction. Learn about mandates, notices, and the importance of compliance for corporates.

Role of inventory management control in cost accounting

March 7, 2023 4752 Views 1 comment Print

Discover the crucial role of inventory management control in cost accounting. Learn how it optimizes inventory levels, reduces costs, and boosts profitability.

Importance of Cost Control techniques & methods of cost control techniques

March 3, 2023 22392 Views 3 comments Print

Learn the importance of cost control techniques in industries. Explore methods like budgeting, standard costing, activity-based costing, inventory management, process improvement, outsourcing, and negotiation.

Inventory Valuation by Cost Accountants in Income Tax Act: Budget 2023

February 3, 2023 5430 Views 3 comments Print

Budget 2023 introduces Concept of inventory valuations by Cost Accountants in specific cases, as granted by Section 142(2A) of income Tax Act.

Inventory Valuation by Cost Accountants under Income Tax proposed for specific cases

February 1, 2023 9108 Views 1 comment Print

Income Tax proposed cost accountants inventory valuation specific cases – Stock valuations by cost accountants to assess financial position for Income Tax proposed in Budget 2023-24.

Need of Cost & Management Accounting & Role in providing healthcare services at affordable prices

January 9, 2023 2724 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Practical Approach to Conduct Cost Audit

November 16, 2022 6891 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Treatment of Special Expenses in Cost Accounting

June 25, 2022 6057 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the treatment of special expenses in cost accounting. Learn about the treatment of research and development costs according to CAS 18.

How to determine Cost Audit & Cost Records Maintenance applicability for reporting in Director’s Report & CARO

May 2, 2022 14535 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Strategic Cost management – Healthcare Industry

August 12, 2021 4140 Views 2 comments Print

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 […]

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