In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Cost Audit 2. Objectives of Cost Audit 3. Important Legal Provisions as to Cost Audit 4. Cost Audit Report Rules, 1996 5. Cost Accounting Records. Meaning of Cost Audit: The terminology issued by the CIMA defines Cost Audit as "the verification of the correctness of cost accounts and of the [...]
This article throws light upon the top two objects of cost audit. The objects are: 1. General Objects 2. Social Objects. Cost Audit: Object # 1. General Objects: The general objects of cost audit are: 1. To detect the errors of principle of cost accountancy, and frauds that are usually made in the cost records, 2. To verify the adequacy [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the Functional Responsibility of a Cost Auditor. The expression that an auditor is a watch-dog and not a bloodhound was made in the course of judgment in a leading case- The Kingston Cotton Mills Company Ltd. A misfeasance action was taken by the liquidator against the auditor of the company to recover [...]