Six Cost Accounting standards Mandatory from 1st April 2010

Ten cost accounting standards have been formulated, six of them are mandatory, which will come into effect from April 1 and three more are likely to be added, according to Mr K. Narasimha Murthy, Director of IDBI and LIC Housing Finance.

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For ICWAI students June 2010 will be Last attempt under old Syllabus

From Examination Directorate

The last examinations under SYLLABUS 2002 would be held in June 2010

From December 2010 term onwards, examinations shall be held only under the REVISED SYLLABUS, 2008

“India redefined…. CMAs with the difference”

Eastern India Regional Council of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India is organizing the “Regional Students Conference” at ITC Fortune, Kolkata on 14th February, 2010. The theme of the Conference is “India redefined…. CMAs with the difference”.

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Mandatory application of Cost Accounting Standards, w.e.f. 1st April 2010

The Council of the ICWAI at its 251st Meeting held on 12-13 February 2009 and 258th Meeting held on 14th December 2009 decided as below:

Mandatory application of Cost Accounting Standards

“RESOLVED THAT the following Cost Accounting Standards

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ICWAI decided to increase cost accounting standards significantly within the next one year

Issue of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) is a pioneering initiative by the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. The first CAS (CAS-1) was issued by the institute in the year 2002. The Preface to CostAccounting Standards issued by the institute has set out the following objectives to be achieved through CAS: to provide better guidelines on standard cost accounting practices; to assist cost accountants in preparation of uniform cost statements;

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ICWAI to drive adoption of cost accounting standards in SAARC region

Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India (ICWAI), an apex body to regulate the profession of cost and management accountancy in India,
in association with the other Cost and Management Accounting (CMA) bodies of the SAARC region, organized an international seminar on Role of Cost and Management Accountants in Regional Economic Development here. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs (MCA), inaugurated the seminar.

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Government allowed ICWAI to change its name to ICMAI

The government on Thursday said cost accounting body ICWAI can change its name to Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India . “We have in-principle allowed ICWAI to change its name to Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India (ICMAI). Some statutory changes will be required. We are working on it. Hopefully in the near future it will be done,” Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said.

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CEO of ICWAI been fined for failure to give timely information under RTI

The Central Information Commission has slapped the maximum fine of Rs 25,000 provided under the RTI Act on the CEO of a cost accounting body for failure to give timely information in a case. The CIC slapped the fine on the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India’s (ICWAI) CEO, Sudhir Mukund Galande, while dismissing his argument that he was acting as a “facilitator” to the RTI applicant and that he was “not having direct access or control” over the information.

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Government proposal to constitute a supervisory mechanism opposed by ICAI, ICSI and ICWAI

A GOVERNMENT proposal to constitute a supervisory mechanism above the country’s three statutory institutes for accounting, company secretaryship and cost accounting and allowing their members to provide services in each other’s fields has been opposed by these regulators. Floated by the corporate affairs ministry, the proposal seeks to create an oversight mechanism that will oversee the functioning of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI).. The new regulatory check aims to review the handling of regulatory affairs by professional bodies under their functional domains.

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Listed companies may soon have to get done Quarterly cost audit

Quarterly cost audit by internal auditors in the listed companies should be explored in consultation with the market regulator SEBI to improve corporate governance, an expert group appointed by Corporate Affairs Ministry has suggested. ”The possibility of introducing quarterly limited review of cost details, in case of listed companies, may be examined in consultation with SEBI,” the 13-member group set up to review the cost accounting rules and standards has said.

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