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Renaming is not a simple exercise in the world of chartered accountants. The parliamentary standing co m mittee on finance headed by fo rmer finance minister Yashwant Si n ha has rejected the demand of the Institute of Cost and Works Acco untants of
My Greetings to all fellow Indians on the 64th Independence Day. I had the privilege of hoisting the National Flag at the ICWAI, H.Q, Kolkata in the presence of Council Members and officials of Kolkata Office. I am also happy to note that similar cel
B M Sharma new ICWAI prez, M Gopalakrishnan elected VP. The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) today said that B M Sharma has been elected as its president for the year 2010-2011. Sharma, who replaces G N Venkataraman, was earlier the vice president of the cost accounting regulator, it said in a statement.
ICAI has expressed its serious concern to rename the ICWAI body to a name identical to Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The matter of renaming Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India proposed to name Institute of Cost & Management Accountant of India has been resurfaced again because of sub-clause II of clause (i) of Section 3 of the Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (Bill No. XXVI of 2010).
BHEL bags 7 awards while LG electronics wins the first award in Private Manufacturing (Large) Category-Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs, here today presented the 7th National Award for Excellence in Cost Management- 2009. BHEL bagged 7 awards in different Categories while LG Electronics won the First Award in Private Manufacturing (Large) category. Shri R. Bandyopadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs also graced the occasion as Guest of Honour.
The PD Committee in its meeting held on 10th June 2010 at Bangalore has approved in principle the “Draft of ICWAI Members’ Handbook-A guide to members in employment and practice”. It was decided by PD Committee to seek feedback/ suggestions from the members by 7th July 2010. After analyzing these suggestions the PD Directorate will incorporate the same before putting up to Council in its meeting to held in July 2010 for final approval before printing.
Regulations regarding maintenance of cost accounting records and cost audit are likely to change. If the recommendations of the expert committee appointed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs are accepted, all manufacturing companies with a paid-up capital of Rs 50 crores (500 million) or more will be required to get their cost accounting records audited by a statutory cost auditor.
The expert group constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has specifically highlighted the need to develop cost accounting standards on the basis of generally accepted cost accounting principles. The cost accounting standards board is working to address the issue.
Government on 28.04.2010 introduced in the Rajya Sabha three bills to enable CAs, Company Secretaries and Cost Accountants to form limited liability partnership firms in line with global practices.
The government has asked chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries to directly report to the home ministry cases of suspicious fund movements in an out of companies, as it looks to crack down on money laundering and terror funding.
