Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)

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Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)

CA. Ranjay Mishra (FCA) 4.1
Introduction
1. CAS - Meaning & Features

(a) Meaning
Cost Accounting Standards are set of standards that are designed to achieve uniformity and consistency in cost
accounting principles and practices.
(b) Features
 Provide a structured approach to measurement of costs in manufacturing process or service industry,
 Integrate, harmonize, and standardize cost accounting principles and practices,
 Provide guidance to users to achieve uniformity and consistency in classification, measurement, assignment,
and allocation of costs to products or services,
 Arrive at the basis of computing the cost of product, activity, or service where required by legal or regulatory
bodies,
 Enable practicing members to make use of Cost Accounting Standards in the attestation of General Purpose
Cost Statements, and
 Assist in clear and uniform understanding of all the related issues of various user organizations, government
bodies, regulators, research agencies and academic institutions.
2. Division of CAS
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Introduction : Subject Matter
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Objective : Uniformity
Scope : Applicability
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Measurement : Value of various element of cost
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Assignment : Cost Allocation
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Presentation : Grouping
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Disclosures : Description
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Effective Date : Applicability Date
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4.2 Cost Accounting Standards
Unit 1 : CAS 1 - Classification of Cost
1. Basics
(a) Objective
To bring uniformity and consistency in the principles of Classification of Cost for disclosure and presentation in the
cost statements of a product or service.
(b) Definition
Cost :
Cost is a measure in monetary term of the amount of resource used in manufacturing of a product or providing a
service.
Cost Centre :
 Any unit of an entity selected with a view of accumulating all cost under that unit.
 Cost Centre refers to a department, section or division with an entity.
Cost Unit :
Form of measurement for volume of production of a product or providing services
Cost Object :
Cost Statement for a product, service or (activity)
(c) System of Cost Centre consists of
 Chart of account: it is related to the acquisition of a resource
 Responsibility center: costs are classified on the basis of the destination; this means that each center contains
costs related to activities done in that center,
 The cost of each responsibility center is divided among the different products made in that center in a reference
period of time (allocation system);
2. Types of Cost Centre
(a) Personal Cost Centre : Refers to Human Resources

(b) Impersonal Cost Centre : Refers to all resources other than HR
 Operating Cost Centre
 Medicine Shop
 Assembly Shop
 Welding shop
 Operation theatre
 Call Centre (BPO)
 Support Service Cost Centre
 Power House
 Maintenance
 Stores
 Help Desk
 Transportation for Call Centre Staff
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3. Basis of Classification of Cost

1. By nature of expenses
 Material Cost
 Employee Cost
 Expenses
2. By traceability to a cost object

Direct Cost - Prime Cost
 Material
 Employee
 Expenses
Indirect Cost
 Material
 Employee
 Expenses
3. By Function - Marketing Overheads

 Product/ Project
 Admin
 Research
 Development
 Selling
 Distribution
4. By Behaviour
 Fixed Cost
 Variable Cost
 Semi-variable Cost
5. By production or operation process

 Operation Cost
 Batch cost
 Process Cost
 Joint Cost
 Contract Cost
4. Presentation
 The cost items in the cost statement shall be presented on ‘basis of relevant classification’.
 The classification of cost items shall be followed consistently from period to period.
5. Disclosures
 Any change in classification of cost shall be made only if it is required by law or for compliance with a Cost
Accounting Standard or such change would result in a more appropriate preparation or presentation of cost
statements of an entity.
 Any change in classification of cost which has a material effect on the cost of the product shall be disclosed
in the cost statement. Where the effect of such change is not ascertainable wholly or partly, the fact shall be
indicated in the cost statement.
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Unit 2 : CAS 2 - Capacity Determination
1. Objective
 This standard deals with the principles and methods of classification and determination of capacity of an entity for
ascertainment of the cost of product or service, and the presentation and disclosure in cost statements.
 The objective of this standard is to bring uniformity and consistency in the principles and methods of determination
of capacity with reasonable accuracy.
2. Types of Capacity
(a) Installed capacity
Maximum productive capacity of a plant taking into account the following 5 factors :
 Manufacturer’s specification
 Individual or Inter-related production or Operation Centre Capacities
 Operational Constraints
 No. of shifts
 Technical evaluation
(b) Normal Capacity
 Maximum productive capacity of a plant reduced by internal factors.
 Internal Factors :
 Time lost or spent on preventive maintenance
 Weekly and paid holidays
 Batch or Set-up delays
 Normal Capacity = Installed Capacity – Internal factors
(c) Actual Capacity Utilization
It is the actual production for the year.
(d) Normal Idle Capacity

Difference between Installed Capacity and Normal Capacity
(e) Abnormal Idle Capacity

Difference between Normal Capacity and Actual Capacity
3. Presentation
Normal Capacity and Actual Capacity Utilisation shall be presented as a % of installed Capacity.
4. Disclosures
 Basis of Calculating Capacity.
 Any changes in Installed Capacity & Normal Capacity from period to period with reasons.
 Capacity enhanced through outsourcing should be disclosed.
 Capacity in terms of self-production, outsourcing in actual (Actual Production).
 Reasons for low capacity utilization.
 Abnormal Cost due to under – utilization of capacity.

5. Practical Questions
Q.1. As a Cost and Management Auditor, you are asked to look into the proposed decision to temporarily suspend
operations due to depressed market conditions :
in 000
Budgeted Level (Per annum) Capacity Utilisation
60% 80%
Direct Material 1,800 2,400
Direct Labour 2,400 3,200
Production overhead 1,260 1,380
Administrative Overhead 620 660
Selling & Distribution Overhead 680 740
Total 6,760 8,380
The company is likely to operate at 50% capacity only and turnovers expected to be 49.5 lahs p.a. Market
Research indicates that the depression will be over in a year and after that they can effect a sale of 90 lakhs p.a.
utilising 75% of capacity.
If operations are suspended for a year, the following cost will be incurred :
 Fixed cost 4,00,000
 Settlement with labour force 3,50,000
 Maintenance of Plant will continue and cost 1,00,000.
 Cost of reopening will be 1,00,000.
Draft a report to the Management of the following two options :
(i) To suspend production for one year and restart thereafter when market improves.
(ii) To continue production at 50% capacity level.
Q.2. A company manufactures two products X and Y. Product X requires 8 hours to produce while Product Y requires 12
hours. In April, of 22 effective working days of 8 hours a day, 1200 units of X and 800 units of Y were produced. The
Company employs 100 workers in the Production Department to produce X and Y. The Budgeted Hours are 1,86,000
for the year. Calculate Capacity, Activity and Efficiency Ratio and establish their Inter-relationship.
Q.3. (Illustration 1) Burnet Ltd., a manufacturing unit, provides the following extracts from its records for the year ended
March 31, 2020.
Manufacture’s specification capacity for a machine per hour 1500 units
No. of shifts (each shift of 8 hours each) 3 shifts
Paid holidays in a year (365 days) :
Sundays 52 days
Other Holidays 8
Annual maintenance is done during the 8 other holidays
Preventive weekly maintenance is carried on during sundays.
Normal idle capacity due to lunch time, shift change etc. 1 hour
Production during last five yeas (units in lakh) 76.20
88
65.82
78.5
76.6
Actual production during the year (Units in lakh) 76.40
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You are required to Calculate following as per CAS 2 :

(i) Installed Capacity
(ii) Practical Capacity
(iii) Actual Capacity (%)
(iv) Normal Capacity
(v) Idle Capacity (%)
(vi) Abnormal Capacity (July 2023 - 8 Marks)
Q.4. (Illustration 3) The following data have been collected by you, as a Cost Auditor of a Company :
Particulars 13-14 14-15 15-16
Installed Capacity (lac MT) 2.5 2.5 2.5
Production (lac MT) 2.4 2.3 1.25
Cost/MT of the product ( ) 1000 1077 1660
The poor capacity utilisation in 2015-16 was due to abnormal power cut. The escalation in costs were 5% in 14-15
and 2% over 14-15 in 2015-16.
(i) Calculate the abnormal cost due to power cut.
(ii) How would you treat these abnormal cost ?
Q.5. As a Cost Auditor of a manufacturing company, furnish your suggestions and observations based on following information
(You may make necessary assumptions) :
Particulars 2015 2014
Profit ( in lakhs) 250 340
Capacity Utilisation 90% 95%
Consumption of Electricity /Tonne of output (KWH) 4.07 3.98
Capital Employed ( in lakhs) 1,200 1,100
Salaries and Wages ( in lakhs) 117 98
Production (MT) 1,80,000 1,90,000
Q.6. (Illustration 2) The following information pertains to REACON CEMENT LTD., a manufacturing cement company for
the year that ended as follows :
The year ended March 31 2020-21 2019-20
Rated Capacity per Hr (in MT) 80 80
Break down (Hrs) 2,177 1,015
Planned Maintenance (Hrs) 247 422
Power restrictions (Hrs) 1,237 1,481
Shortfall (there are no orders) (Hrs) 792 677
Want of wagons (Hrs) 495 635
Total stoppage (Hrs) 4,948 4,230
Total running (Hrs) 3,888 4,582
Total available Hours 8,836 8,812
Production during the year (in MT) 2,48,844 3,29,928
Hourly Rate of Production (in MT) 64 72
Capacity Utilization (%) 62.21 82.48
Annual Installed Capacity (in MT) 4,00,000 4,00,000
Based on information stated above, you as a Cost Auditor are required to offer your comments on
The performance of the company
Your suggestion for improvement.

Q.7. (Illustration 5)
A plant operates 3 shifts of 8 hours each for all days except Sundays and 8 holidays.
Preventive maintenance is taken care in Sundays and annual maintenance in 8 hoildays.
Normal idle time for food, shift change and other work for the workers is 1 hour per shift.
Installed Capacity of the machine = 1200 units per hour.
Production during last 5 years & Current year are 69.4, 72.6, 71.4, 70.5, 70.8, 69.9 lakh units
Determine according to CAS 2, Installed capacity, actual capacity, Idle capacity, abnormal idle capacity.
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Unit 3 : CAS 3 - Production and Operation Overheads
1. Objective
The objective of this standard is to bring uniformity and consistency in the principles and methods of determining the
Production or Operation Overheads with reasonable accuracy.
This standard shall be applied to cost statements, which require classification, measurement, assignment, presentation
and disclosure of Production or Operation Overheads including those requiring attestation.
2. Meaning and Principle

(a) Meaning
“Indirect cost involved in production of product or providing services.
(b) Calculation of Purchased Production & Overhead

Rs.
Procurement of resources at agreed amount xxxx
Duties and Taxes xxxx
Trade Discount and rebate (xxx)
xxxx
(c) Explanation
 Cash Discount - Not deducted from cost
 In house production and operation overheads - Shall be valued at total actual cost incurred for the entity
 Finance Cost is not includable.
 Abnormal Cost is not includable.
 Imputed Cost
 Imputed Cost is a notional cost that does not involve any cash outlay.
 Computed only for the purpose of decision making.
 Salary for the proprietor, Rent on own house.
 Imputed cost is not included in production cost.
 Depreciation is considered in total cost.
 Credits with restrictions or Recoveries without restrictions shall be reduced.
 Subsidy, Grant on Service or incentive received from Govt. or other Money back agencies shall be reduced on
products.
 Fines, penalties, damages and similar levies paid or payable to statutory authorities or other third parties shall
not form part of the Production or Operation Overheads.
 When Cost is measured in Standard rate any normal variance between standards & actual is part of cost.
3. Assignment of Cost (Allocation of Cost

)
Causes & Effect Benefit received
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Allocation in the
Causes means Effect means ratio of benefit
process or incurrence of cost received from
operation incurred cost

4. Absorbtion of production and operation overhead
Fixed Overhead Variable Overhead
Actual Production Actual basis

or
Normal Production
whichever is higher
5. Presentation
 Production or Operation Overheads shall be presented as separate cost head.
 If material, element wise and behaviour wise details of the Production or Operation Overheads shall be presented.
 Any under-absorption or over-absorption of Production or Operation Overheads shall be presented in the
reconciliation statement.
6. Disclosures
 The basis of assignment of Production or Operation Overheads to the cost objects.
 Production or Operation Overheads incurred in foreign exchange.
 Production or Operation Overheads relating to resources received from or supplied to related parties (Related
party as per the applicable legal requirements relating to the cost statement as on the date of the statement).
 Any Subsidy, Grant, Incentive or any amount of similar nature received or receivable reduced from Production
or Operation Overheads.
 Credits or recoveries relating to the Production or Operation Overheads.
 Any abnormal cost not forming part of the Production or Operation Overheads.
 Any unabsorbed Production or Operation Overheads.
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Unit 4 : CAS 4 - Cost of Production / Acquisition / Supply of Goods / Production of Services
1. Scope & Objective

(a) Objective
To bring uniformity and consistency in the principles and methods of determining the cost of production or acquisition
or supply of goods or provision of services as required under the provisions of GST Acts/Rules.
(b) Scope
This standard should be applied to cost statements which require classification, measurement, assignment,
presentation, and disclosure of related costs for determination of the following under the relevant provisions of GST
Acts/Rules.
 Determination of cost of production of goods,
 Determination of cost of acquisition of goods,
 Determination of cost of supply of goods,
 Determination of cost of provision/supply of services, and
 Determination of value of supply of goods or services as per open market value or as per goods or services of
like kind and quality.
2. Definitions
(1) Abnormal cost
An unusual or atypical cost whose occurrence is usually irregular and unexpected and/ or due to some abnormal
situation of the production or operation.
(2) Actual Capacity Utilization
 Actual capacity utilization is the volume of production achieved or services provided in a specified period,
expressed as a percentage of installed capacity.
 Volume may be measured in terms of units produced or services provided or equivalent machine or man hours,
as applicable.
 Actual capacity utilization is usually expressed as a percentage of installed capacity.
(3) Administrative Overheads
 Cost of all activities relating to general management and administration of an entity.
 Administrative overheads shall exclude production overheads, marketing overheads and finance cost. Production
overheads include administration cost relating to production, factory, work or manufacturing.
(4) Allocation of Overheads
Allocation of overheads is assigning total amount of an item of cost directly to a cost object.
(5) Amortization
Amortisation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an intangible asset over its useful life.
(6) Apportionment of Overheads
Distribution of overheads to more than one cost objects on some equitable basis.
(7) By-product
Product with relatively low value produced incidentally in the manufacturing of the product or service.
(8) Cost
Cost is a measurement, in monetary terms, of the amount of resources used for the purpose of production of goods
or rendering services.

(9) Cost of Purchase/ Acquisition

 The costs of purchase/ acquisition of Goods comprise the purchase price, import duties and other taxes (net
of trade discounts, rebate, taxes and duties), and transport, handling, storage and other costs directly attributable
to the acquisition of goods and services.
 Cost of acquisition of goods or services is conceptually synonymous to cost of purchase of goods.
(10) Cost of Production of goods

 Cost of production of a product consists of materials consumed, Direct Wages and Salaries, direct expenses,
works overheads, quality control costs, research and development costs, packing costs, administrative overheads
relating to production.
 To arrive at cost of production of goods dispatched for captive consumption, adjustment for stock of Work-in-
progress, finished goods, recoveries for sales of scrap, wastages etc. shall be made.
 The terms Cost of Production or Cost of Manufacturing or Cost or Processing denote the same meaning and
are used interchangeably.
(11) Cost of Provision of Service

Cost of provision of services consists of cost of materials consumed, direct employee costs, direct expenses,
quality control costs, research and development costs, operation overheads and administrative overheads relating to
provision of services.
(12) Defectives
 Materials Product or intermediate products that do not meet quality standards. This may include reworks or
rejects.
 An intermediate product is a product that might require further processing before it is saleable to the ultimate
consumer.
Reworks
 Defectives which can be brought up to the standards by putting in additional resources.
 Rework includes repairs, reconditioning, retro-fitment and refurbishing.
Rejects
 Defectives which cannot meet the quality standards even after putting in additional resources.
 Rejects may be disposed off as waste or sold for salvage value or recycled in the production process.
(13) Depreciation
 Depreciation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life.
 Depreciable amount : The cost of an asset, or other amount substituted for cost in the financial statement, less its
residual value.
 Depreciable property, plant and equipment are tangible assets that
 are held for use in the production of goods or supply of services, for rental to other, for administrative,
selling or distribution purposes; and
 are expected to be used during more than one accounting period.
Land is not a depreciable asset as it does not have a defined useful life.
 Useful life of asset: Useful life of asset is either

 the period over which a asset is expected to be available for use by an entity, or
 the number of production or similar units expected to be obtained from use of the asset by the entity.
(14) Development Cost
Development cost Development cost is the cost for application of research findings or other knowledge to a plan or
design for the production of new or substantially improved materials, devices, products, processes, systems or
services before the start of commercial production or use.
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(15) Direct Expenses
Expenses relating to manufacture of a product or rendering a service, which can be identified or linked with the cost
object other than direct material cost and direct employee cost.
(16) Employee Cost

Employee Benefits paid or payable in all forms of consideration given for the service rendered by employees (including
temporary, part time and contract employees) of an entity.
Explanation :
 Contract employees include employees directly engaged by the employer on contract basis but does not
include employees of any contractor engaged in the organisation.
 Compensation paid to employees for the past period on account of any dispute / court orders shall not form
part of Employee Cost.
 Short provisions of prior period made up in current period shall not form part of the employee cost in the current
period. Employee cost includes payment made in cash or kind.
 Direct Employee Cost : Employee cost, which can be attributed to a Cost object in an economically
feasible way.
 Indirect Employee Cost: Employee cost, which cannot be directly attributed to a particular cost object.
(17) Excess Capacity Utilization

Excess capacity utilization is the difference between installed capacity and the actual capacity utilization when
actual capacity utilization is more than installed capacity.
(18) Idle Capacity
Idle capacity is the difference between installed capacity and the actual capacity utilization when actual capacity
utilization is less than installed capacity.
 Abnormal Idle Capacity : Abnormal idle capacity is the difference between normal capacity and actual capacity
utilization where the actual capacity is lower than the normal capacity.
 Normal Idle Capacity : Normal idle capacity is the difference between installed capacity and normal capacity.
(19) Installed Capacity
Installed capacity is the maximum capacity of producing goods or providing services, according to the manufacturer’s
specifications or determined through an expert study.
(20) Interest and Finance Costs

 Interest and Financing Charges are interest and other costs incurred by an entity in connection with the
arrangements.
 Examples are :
 Interest and commitments charges on bank borrowings, other short term and long term borrowings
 Financing charges in respect of finance leases and other similar arrangements: and
 Exchange difference arising out from foreign currency borrowings to the extent they are regarded as an
adjustment to the interest costs.
The terms interest and financing charges, finance costs and borrowing costs are used interchangeably.
(21) Joint Costs

Joint costs are the cost of common resources used to produce two or more products or services simultaneously.
(22) Joint Product
Products or services that are produced simultaneously, by the same process, identifiable at the end of the process
and recognised as main products or services having sufficient value.

(23) Material Consumed

 Material Consumed includes materials directly identified for production of goods or provision of Services such as :
 Indigenous materials,
 Imported materials,
 Bought out items,
 Self-manufactured items,
 Process materials and other items,
 Materials received free of cost or at concessional value from the buyer,
 Accessories which are supplied along with the final product.
 Cost of material consumed consists of cost of material, freight inwards, insurance and other expenditure
directly attributable to procurement and goods used for providing free warranty. (Net off duties and taxes, Trade
discount, rebates, subsidies and other similar items)
(24) Materials Cost

The cost of material used for the purpose of production of a product or rendering a service.
 Direct Materials : Materials, the costs of which can be attributed to a cost object in an economically feasible
way.
 Indirect Materials : Materials, the costs of which cannot be directly attributed to a particular cost object.
(25) Normal Capacity

Normal Capacity is the production achieved or achievable on an average over a numbers of period or season under
normal circumstances taking into account the loss of capacity resulting from planned maintenance.
(26) Overheads
Overheads comprise costs of indirect materials, indirect employees and indirect expenses.
(27) Packing Materials

Materials used to hold, identify, describe, store, protect, display, transport, promote and make the product marketable.
(28) Packing Material Cost

The cost of material of any nature used for the purpose of packing of product.
(29) Production or Operation Overheads
 Indirect costs involved in the production of a product or in providing service.
 The terms Production Overheads, Operation Overheads, Factory Overheads, Works Overheads and
Manufacturing Overheads denotes the same meaning and are used interchangeably.
 Production or Operation Overheads shall include administration cost relating to production, factory, works or
manufacturing and providing of services.
 In addition, Production or Operation Overheads shall be classified on the basis of behaviour such as variable
Production or Operation Overheads, semi-variable Production or Operation Overheads and fixed Production or
Operation Overheads.
 Variable Production or Operation Overheads comprise of expenses which vary in proportion to the change
of volume of production or activity or services provided.
 Semi-variable Costs are the costs that contain both fixed and variable elements. They partly change with
the change in the level of activity.
 Fixed Overheads are the costs which do not vary with the change in volume of production or activity or
service provided.
(30) Quality Control Cost

Cost of resources consumed towards quality control procedures.
(31) Repairs & Maintenance Cost

Cost of all activities which have the objective of maintaining or restoring an asset in or to a state in which it can
perform its required function at intended capacity and efficiency.
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(32) Research cost

Research cost is the cost of original and planned investigation undertaken with the prospect of gaining new scientific
or technical knowledge and understanding.
(33) Royalty
Royalty is any consideration for the use of asset (tangible and/or intangible) to the owner.
(34) Scrap
Discarded material having no or insignificant value and which is usually either disposed of without further treatment
(other than reclamation and handling) or reintroduced in place of raw material.
(35) Selling Overheads

Selling overheads are the expenses related to sale of products or services and include all indirect expenses incurred
in selling the products or services.
(36) Standard Cost

A predetermined cost of a product or service based on technical specifications and efficient operating conditions.
(37) Support Service Cost Centre
The cost centre which primarily provides auxiliary services across the entity.
(38) Technical Know-how Fee

Technical Know-how Fee is a lump sum or periodical amount payable to provider of Technical Know-how in the form
of design, drawings, training of personnel, or practical knowledge, skills or experience.
(39) Waste and Spoilage

 Waste : Material lost during production or storage and discarded material which may or may not have any
value.
 Spoilage : Production that does not meet the quality requirements or specification cannot be rectified
economically.
3. Principles of Measurement
(a) Measurement of Cost
 Cost of production or acquisition of goods or provision of services shall be measured for each type of goods or
services separately.
 Cost of production or acquisition or supply of each type of goods shall be the aggregate of direct and indirect
costs relating to the production or acquisition or supply activity of those goods.
 Cost of provision of each type of service shall be the aggregate of direct and indirect cost relating to that
service activity.
(b) Material Cost

 Material cost shall be measured separately for each type of material, that is, for indigenous material, imported
material, bought out components, process materials, self-manufactured items, and accessories for each type
of goods or services.
 The material cost of normal scrap/defectives which are rejects shall be included in the material cost of goods
produced or services provided. The material cost of actual scrap/ defectives, not exceeding the normal quantity
shall be adjusted in the material cost of good production. Realized or realizable value of scrap or waste shall
be deducted for determination of cost of production or acquisition of goods or provision of services. Material
Cost of abnormal scrap /defectives should not be included in material cost but treated as loss after deducting
the realisable value of such scrap / defectives.
(c) Employee Cost
Employee Cost for each type of goods or services shall be measured separately.

(d) Utilities
The cost of utilities consumed for the production or acquisition or supply of each type of goods or provision of
services shall be measured for each type of utility separately i.e. power, electricity, water, steam & gas.
(e) Packing Material
 Cost of packing material used for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services shall
be measured for each type of goods or services separately.
 If goods are transferred / dispatched or supplied duly packed, the cost of such packing shall be included in the
cost of goods transferred/dispatched or supplied.
(f) Direct Expenses

Direct Expenses for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services shall be measured for
each type of goods or services separately.
(g) PPE, Spares and Depreciation

 High value spare shall be recognised as property, plant and equipment when they meet the definition of
property, plant and equipment and depreciated accordingly. Otherwise, such items are classified as inventory
and recognised in cost as and when they are consumed.
 Repairs and maintenance cost for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services shall
be measured for each type of goods or services separately.
 Depreciation and Amortisation cost for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services
shall be measured for each type of goods or services separately.
Depreciation of an asset begins when it is available for use, i.e. when it is in the location and condition
necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.
(h) Research & Development
Research & Development cost for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services shall be
measured for each type of goods or services separately.
(i) Joint Product & Scrap

 Cost incurred for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services after split-off point
shall be measured for each type of Joint/By-Product or service for the resources consumed.
 In case the production process generates scrap or waste, realized or realizable value net of cost of disposal, of
such scrap and waste shall be deducted from the cost of Joint Product.
(j) Royalty
 Royalty and Technical Know-how Fee for production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services
paid or incurred in lump-sum or which are in the nature of ‘one-time’ payment, shall be amortised on the basis
of the estimated output or benefit to be derived from the related Technical Know-how.
 Royalty paid as a consideration for use of asset or on technology transfer, in any form, will form part of cost,
however royalty paid on brand usage shall not form part of cost of production.
(k) Quality Control
 Quality Control cost incurred in-house for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of
services shall be the aggregate of the cost of resources used in the Quality Control activities in relation to each
type of goods or service.
 The cost of resources procured from outside shall be determined at invoice or agreed price including duties and
taxes, and other expenditure directly attributable thereto net of discounts, taxes and duties refundable or to be
credited as input tax credit.
(l) Production or Operation Overheads

 Production or Operation Overheads representing procurement of resources shall be determined at invoice or
agreed price including duties and taxes, and other expenditure directly attributable thereto net of discounts;
taxes and duties refundable or to be credited as input tax credit.
 Production or Operation Overheads other than those referred to above shall be determined on the basis of cost
incurred in connection therewith.
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(m) Industry Specific Operating Expenses
 In case of process peculiarity of a particular industry, it may not be easily practicable to determine element-
wise conversion cost of a product. In such situation, the company may calculate cost center/cost object-wise
conversion cost.
 It may be summarized under ‘industry specific operating expenses’, instead of element-wise conversion cost
e.g. Textile industry-spinning, weaving, processing.
(n) Exclusion from Cost

 Any abnormal cost, where it is material and quantifiable, shall not form part of the cost of production or
acquisition or supply of goods or provision of service.
 Interest and other Finance costs shall not form part of cost of production or acquisition of goods or provision
of services.
 Impairment loss on assets shall not form part of cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or
provision of services.
 Imputed costs shall not form part of cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of
services.
 Cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services shall include cost of inputs
received free of cost or at concessional value, net of input tax credit, from the recipient of goods or services
and amortisation cost of free tools, pattern, dies, drawings, blue prints, technical maps, charts, engineering,
development, art work, design work, plans, sketches, and the like necessary for the production or acquisition
or supply of goods or provision of services.
 Cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services shall also include cost of rework,
reconditioning, retro-fitment, production or operation overheads and other costs allocable to such activity,
adjustment for stock of work-in-process and recoveries from sales of scrap and wastages and the like necessary
for the production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services.
 Subsidy or Grant or Incentive or any such payment received or receivable, from any entity other than the
recipient of goods or service, with respect to any element of cost shall be deducted for ascertainment of the
cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services to which such amounts are related.
 Any Grants recognized as deferred income in the financial statements shall also be reduced from the relevant
element of cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services.
 The cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services shall be determined based on
the normal capacity or actual capacity utilization whichever is higher and unabsorbed cost, if any, shall be
treated as abnormal cost.
 Fines, penalties, damages, demurrage and similar levies paid to statutory authorities or other third parties
shall not form part of the cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services.
 The forex component of imported material or other element of cost shall be converted at the rate on the date
of the transaction. Any subsequent change in the exchange rate till payment or otherwise shall not form part
of the cost of production or acquisition or supply of goods or provision of services.
 Credits or recoveries relating to any element of cost including the facilities provided to outside parties, which
are material and quantifiable, shall be deducted from the total cost of production or acquisition or supply of
goods or provision of services.
 Work in process/progress stock shall be measured at cost computed for different stages of completion.
 Stock of work-in-process/progress shall be valued at cost on the basis of stages of completion as per cost
accounting principles. Opening and closing stock of work-in-process/progress shall be adjusted for computation
of cost of production or acquisition of goods or provision of services.

4. Assignment of Cost (Allocation of Cost)
Cases & Effect Benefit received

Allocation in the
Cases means Effect means ratio of benefit
5. Presentation
 Cost Statements should be prepared as per the applicable format given in the Appendix to this Standard or as
near thereto as possible, as listed below:
 Appendix-1 : Statement of Cost of Production of the taxable goods
 Appendix-2 : Statement of Cost of Provision/Supply of the taxable Services
 Appendix-3 : Statement of Cost of Acquisition of taxable goods
 Appendix-4 : Statement of Open Market Value/Value as per Goods or Services of like kind and quality
 Companies covered under the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 issued under section 148 of
the Companies Act 2013 shall prepare and present the cost records and cost statements in compliance with
the said Rules, applicable Cost Accounting Standards, and Generally Accepted Cost Accounting Principles
issued by the Institute.
 Companies not covered under these Rules and all other entities shall prepare and present the cost records and
cost statements in compliance with the applicable Cost Accounting Standards and Generally Accepted Cost
Accounting Principles issued by the Institute.
 Cost Statements as certified by the Cost Accountant in practice should enable the business entity to determine
value of taxable goods or services at the time of supply and issue of tax invoice as required under section 31
of the CGST Act.
 In cases where it may not be possible to determine true and fair cost of goods or services at the time of supply
of such goods or services or both, the company should compute the cost on budgeted/ estimated/standard
cost basis and the Cost Accountant may issue provisional Cost certificate on such basis. In such cases, final
certificate shall be issued after costs are finalized. In case of any variations in the costs and hence the value
of goods or services, the supplier shall issue a Debit or Credit Note as per provisions of section 34 of the CGST
Act.
Examples of such cases are – Input costs or prices based on the LME prices; existence of cost escalation
clauses in the supply contract; or where future costs of inputs and input services are unpredictable, uncertain
and volatile, etc.
 Certified Cost Statements shall be presented with the following periodicity:
 In case of registered person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year did not exceed the
limits prescribed in Section 10 (1) of the CGST Act 2017, the Certified Cost Statement shall be issued for
a six month period. For example costs for April to September shall be certified in March of the same year.
 In case of registered person, whose aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year exceeds the limits
prescribed in Section 10 (1) of the CGST Act 2017, Certified Cost Statement shall be issued on quarterly
basis e.g. costs for July to September shall be certified in June of the same year.
 Certified Cost Statement shall also be issued for the completed financial year, annually based on audited
accounts on or before 31st December of the next financial year.
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 The cost statements shall be prepared by the Management and authenticated & signed by any Key Management
Personnel in case of company, partner in case of partnership firm and proprietor in case of proprietary firm.
 The statement shall be certified by a Cost Accountant in practice after the same is duly authenticated as
above. The certificate may contain any qualification or disclosures as required.
6. Disclosures
 Disclosure shall be made only where material, significant, and quantifiable.
 If there is any change in cost accounting principles and practices during the period under review which may
materially affect the cost of production or acquisition of goods or provision services in terms of comparability
with previous period(s), the same shall be disclosed.
 If opening stock and closing stock of work-in-progress are not readily available for certification purpose, the
same should be disclosed.
 Any fact which may have material impact on the costs as certified should be disclosed.
Q.8. (Illustration 6) The following particulars pertaining to production of yarn are extracted from the records of Balarampur
Textiles Ltd. for the year ended March 31, 2018:
Particulars 000
Direct Material Cost per unit 2,560
Direct Wages & Salaries 1,540
Direct Expenses 450
Indirect Materials 533
Factory Overheads 897
Administrative Overheads (40% relating to Production activities) 1,250
Quality Control Cost 565
Research and Development Cost 600
Interest on Working Capital 350
Sale of Scrap Realised 460
You are to determine the cost of production for the purpose of captive consumption in terms of the Rule 30 of the
Central Goods & Services Tax Rules 2017 and as per the CAS-4 (Revised) and the Assessable Value for the purpose
of paying GST on applicable transactions.
Ans. :- Cost of production as per CAS 4 - 7,185

Q.9. (Illustration 7) ABUNA ELECTRONICS LTD. is engaged in the manufacture of LED TV sets having its factories at
Patna and Gujarat. The company manufactures picture tube at Patna which is consumed to produce LED TV sets
at Gujarat factory. The following information pertaining to captively consumed picture tubes are extracted from the
records of the company for the half year ended March 31, 2018.
( in Thousand)
Direct material 950

Direct wages and salaries 357
Direct expenses 80
Indirect materials 70
Factory overheads 320
Administrative overheads (20% relating to production activities) 640
Quality control cost 100
Research and development cost 125
Selling and distribution expenses 225
Sale of scrap realized 130
Profit margin 15%
You are required to determine

(i) The cost of production for purpose of captive consumption in terms of Rule 30 of the Central Goods & Services
Tax Rules 2017 and as per CAS-4 (Revised), and
(ii) Also Assessable Value for the purpose of paying GST on applicable transactions.
Ans. :- Cost of Production - 2,000 and Assessable Value - 2,200.
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Unit 5 : CAS 5 - Determination of Average cost of Transportation
1. Definition
(i) Inward Transportation cost
Inward Transportation cost is the transportation expenses incurred in connection with materials /goods received at
factory or place of use or sale/removal.
(ii) Outward Transportation cost
Outward Transportation cost is the transportation expenses incurred in connection with the sale or delivery of
materials or goods from factory or depot or any other place from where goods are sold /removed.
(iii) Freight and Cartage

 Freight is the charges paid or payable for transporting materials/ goods from one location to another.
 Cartage is the expenses incurred for movement of goods covering short distance for further transportation for
delivery to customer or storage.
(iii) Transit Insurance

Transit insurance cost is the amount of premium to be paid to cover the risk of loss /damage to the goods in transit.
(iv) Depot
 Depot is the bounded premises /place managed internally or by an agent, including consignment agent and C
& F agent, franchisee for storing of materials/goods for further dispatch including the premises of Consignment
Agent and C&F Agent for the purpose.
 Depot includes warehouses, go-downs, storage yards, stock yards etc.
(v) Equalized Transportation Cost

 Equalized transportation cost means average transportation cost incurred during a specified period.
 Equalized freight means average freight.
2. Treatment of Cost
Treatment Basis of Allocation
 Weight

Inward Outward  Volume of goods
Transportation Transportation  Tonne-Km
Cost cost
 Unit / Equivalent unit
 Value of goods
Included in Cost Included in Cost
of Material of Sales  Percentage of usage
of space
Explanation :
 For determining the transportation cost per unit, distance shall be factored to arrive at weighted average cost.
 Abnormal and non recurringcost shall not be a part of transportation cost.
 Penalty, detention charges, demurrage and cost related to abnormal break down will not be included in transportation
cost.

Unit 6 : CAS 6 - Material Cost
1. Definition
(a) Direct Materials

Materials the costs of which can be attributed to a cost object in an economically feasible way.
(b) Indirect Materials
Materials, the costs of which cannot be directly attributed to particular cost object.
(c) Material Cost

The cost of material used for the purpose of production of a product or rendering a service.
(d) Production overheads

Indirect costs involved in the production of a product or in rendering service.
(e) Scrap
Discarded material having no or insignificant value and which is usually either disposed off without further treatment
(other than reclamation and handling) or reintroduced into the process in place of raw material.
(f) Standard Cost

A predetermined cost of a product or service based on technical specifications and efficient operating conditions
(g) Abnormal cost

An unusual or typical cost whose occurrence is usually irregular and unexpected and/ or due to some abnormal
situation of the production or operation
(h) Administrative overheads
Cost of all activities relating to general management and administration of an entity.
(i) Cost Object

An activity, contract, cost centre, customer, process, product, project, service or any other object for which costs
are ascertained.
(j) Defectives
Materials, products or intermediate products that do not meet quality standards. This may include reworks or
rejects.
 Reworks
 Defectives which can be brought up to the standards by putting in additional resources.
 Rework includes repairs, reconditioning and refurbishing.
 Rejects
 Defectives which cannot meet the quality standards even after putting in additional resources.
 Rejects may be disposed off as waste or sold for salvage value or recycled in the production process.
(k) Imputed Costs
Notional cost, not involving cash outlay, computed for any purpose.
(l) Intermediate Product

An intermediate product is a product that requires further processing before it is saleable.
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2. Measurement Principles
Bought Out Self Manufactured

Rs. Rs.
Purchase Price xxx Direct material Cost xxx
Less : Trade Disc. (xxx) xxx Direct Employee Cost xxx
Duty & Taxes xxx Direct Expenses xxx
Less : Refundable (xxx) xxx Factory Overhead xxx
Clearing Agent charge xxx Share in Admin expense xxx
Freight and carriage xxx Other directly attributable cost xxx
Transit Insurane xxx Grant & Subsidy (xxx)
Government Grant / Subsidy (xxx)
xxx xxx
Following items are not included :

 Cash discount
 General admin cost
 Abnormal loss
 Selling and Distribution cost
 Finance and Marketing cost
 Penalty Paid
 Forex Gain / Loss
4. Principle of Inventory Valuation

 Inventory can be valued by FIFO or weighted Average Method or LIFO.
 Measurement technique shall be consistently applied from one period to another.
 Statement showing Valuation of Inventory
Units Amounts
Cost of Material (Purchase Price) xxx xxx
Direct expenses (carriage & freight) ----- xxx
Total xxx xxx
Normal loss in Transit (xxx) ----
Abnormal Loss (xxx) (xxx)
Cost of material in godown xxx xxx
Other allocable cost ---- xxx
Normal Unit loss (xxx) ----
Abnormal Loss (xxx) (xxx)
Total Cost xxx xxx
Material Consumed (xxx) (xxx)
Value of Closing stock xxx xxx

5. Allocation of Costs
Materials Indirect Expenses Indirect Materials
 
 Added in Cost Actual Consumption
object. Design & basis / Technical
Other
 If Cost object is not Speicification estimate basis.
Case
provided
 
identifiable then on
appropriate basis.
Directly added Allocated to
in material Cost Object
Note : If any indirect material has life of more than 1 year then capitalised using systematic amortisaton.
6. Presentation
 Direct Materials shall be classified in the cost statement under suitable heads.
 Direct Materials shall be classified as Purchased - indigenous, imported and self manufactured.
 Indirect Materials shall be classified in the cost statement under suitable heads.
7. Disclosures
 Quantity and rates of major items of materials shall be disclosed. Major items are defined as those who form 5% of
cost of materials.
 The basis of valuation of materials shall be disclosed.
 Any change in the cost accounting principles and methods applied for the determination of the material cost during
the period covered by the cost statement which has a material effect on the cost of the material shall be disclosed.
Where the effect of such change is not ascertainable wholly or partly, the fact shall be indicated.
 Any abnormal cost excluded from the material cost shall be disclosed.
 Any demurrage or detention charges, penalty levied by transport or other authorities excluded from the material
cost shall be disclosed.
 Any Subsidy/Grant/Incentive or any such payment reduced from material cost shall be disclosed.
 Cost of Materials procured from related parties (Related party as per the applicable legal requirements relating to
the cost statement as on the date of statements)shall be disclosed.
 Any cost imputed in arriving at the material cost shall be disclosed.
 Disclosures shall be made only where significant, material and quantifiable.
 Disclosures may be made in the body of the Cost statement or as a footnote or as a separate schedule.
Q.10. (Illustration 8) Purchase of Materials 3,00,000 (inclusive of Trade Discount 3,000), Fee on Board 12,000,
Import Duty paid 15,000; Freight inward 20,000; Insurance paid for import by sea 10,000; Rebates allowed
4,000; Cash discount 3,000; GST refundable 7,000; Subsidy received from the Government for importation of
thse materials 20,000. Compute the landed cost of material (i.e. value of receipt of material).
Ans. :- Value of Inventory - 3,23,000.
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Q.11. (Illustration 9) Purchase of Materials $50,000 [Forward contract rate $ = 54.40 but $ = 54.60 on the date of
importation] : Import Duty paid 5,65,000; Freight inward 1,62,000; Insurance paid for import by road 48,000;
Cash discount 33,000; GST refundable 37,000. Payment made to the foreign vendor after a month, on that date
the rate of exchange was $ = 55.20. Compute the landed cost of material.
Ans. :- Value of Inventory - 34,68,000.
Q.12. (Illustration 10) Opening Stock of raw material (5,000 units) 1,80,000; Purchase of Raw Materials (17,500 units)
7,00,000; Closing Stock of Raw Materials 3,500 units; Freight Inward 85,000; Self-manufactured packing material
for purchased raw materials only 60,000 (including share of adminstrative overheads related to marketing sales
8,000); Demurrage charges levieed by transporter for delay in collection 11,000; Normal loss due to shrinkage 1%
of materials; Abnormal loss due to absorption of moisture before receipt of materials 100 units. Calculate the value
of Closing Stock and Value of stock consume.
Ans. :- Closing stock - 1,60,451 and Consumed - 8,63,000.
Q.13. A nationalised bank which has extended cash credit to a manufacturing company on the security of the inventory
holding, is periodically receiving stock statements from the company indicating the value of stocks held. The
company is sick and the Bank wants to reassure itself thatn its loans are fully covered by stocks. You have been
appointed by the Bank to certify the value of the inventory. How would you proceed to conduct the ‘inventory audit?’
Ans. :-
(i) Physical verification of stocks
Physical verification of stocks will normally be 100%. However, depending upon the nature of items and
material flows, it may be done by sampling. This will require proper sampling procedures to ensure the
samples verified represent the characteristics of entire stock. An ABC categorization may be done so that
right emphasis is given to each item of stock.
(ii) Method of Valuation adopted

The main thrust of inventory audit is to check the accuracy of the costs, to verify the market rates and to see
that the values adopted for stock valuation are cost price or net realisable value whichever is lower. Basis of
valuation adopted for Raw Materials, Work-in-progress, Finished Goods and Spares and Consumables must
be examined and reasonableness verified to ensure the realizable values. For imported items foreign exchange
translation rate for conversion will be :
 as per bank debits under LC, or
 rate prevalent as evidenced by Bill of Entry (or Forward Rate if Forward Contract has been taken (for
imports on D.A. terms or on account).
(iii) Currency of Stocks
 Currency of stocks will be ensured by analysing all items by fast, slow and non-moving characteristics.
In respect of slow and non-moving items, fall in value, if any, due to obsolescence, deterioration etc. will
also have to be examined and reported.
 In respect of spare parts, care must be taken to segregate items of spares relating to scrapped or
replaced plant / machinery, as these may not have any value.
 In finished goods also, returns from customers for defects in quality must be given special consideration
in valuation.
(iv) The basis of the unit rates adopted must be consistent and include :
 Freight, Insurance, Octroi, packing, loading and unloading and other incidental charges incurred.
 Manufacturing costs upto stages of completion in case of finished product.
(v) Observations and Reporting

 The report may be designed by the bank or designed by the Cost Auditor.
 In any case some items which need to be highlighted should be shown separately.
 The report should contain lacuna, if any, improvements required, and suggestions for improvements.
 Needless to say the report should not only be useful to client, i.e. bank but also to the unit whose audit
is carried out ot enable them to improve their performance.

Unit 7 : CAS 7 - Employee Cost
1. Definition
(a) Abnormal cost
An unusual or typical cost whose occurrence is usually irregular and unexpected and/ or due to some abnormal
situation of the production or operation
(b) Administrative overheads

(c) Cost Object
An activity, contract, cost centre, customer, process, product, project, service or any other object for which costs
are ascertained.
(d) Abnormal Idle time

An unusual or atypical idle time occurrence of which is irregular and unexpected or due to some abnormal
situations.
E.g.: Idle time due to a strike, lockout or an accident.
(e) Direct Employee Cost

Employee cost, which can be attributed to a Cost object in an economically feasible way.
(f) Distribution Overheads
 Distribution overheads, also known as distribution costs, are the costs incurred in handling a product or
service from the time it is ready for despatch or delivery until it reaches the ultimate consumer including the
units receiving the product or service in an inter-unit transfer.
 The cost of any non manufacturing operations such as packing, repacking, labelling, etc. at an intermediate
storage location will be part of distribution cost.
(g) Idle time

 The difference between the time for which employees are paid /payable to employees and the employees’
time booked against cost objects.
 The time for which the employees are paid includes holidays, paid leave and other allowable time offs such as
lunch, tea breaks.
(h) Imputed Costs

Notional cost, not involving cash outlay, computed for any purpose.
(i) Indirect Employee Cost

Employee cost, which can not be directly attributed to a particular cost object.
(j) Marketing overheads
Marketing overheads comprise of selling overheads and distribution overheads.
(k) Overtime Premium

The extra amount payable beyond the normal wages and salaries for beyond the normal working hours.
(l) Production Overheads

 Indirect costs involved in the production of a product or in rendering service.
 The terms Production Overheads, Factory Overheads, Works Overheads and Manufacturing Overheads denote
the same meaning and are used interchangeably.
(m) Selling Overheads
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(n) Standard Cost

 A predetermined cost of a product or service based on technical specifications and efficient operating conditions.
 Standard costs are used as scale of reference to compare the actual costs with the standard cost with a view
to determine the variances, if any, and analyse the causes of variances and take proper measure to control
them. Standard costs are also used for estimation.
2. Employee Cost
(a) Meaning
Benefits paid or payable for the services rendered by employees (including temporary, part time and contract
employees)of an entity.
(b) Analysis
 Contract employees include employees directly engaged by the employer on contract basis but does not
include employees of any contractor engaged in the organisation.
 Compensation paid to employees for the past period on account of any dispute / court orders shall not form
part of Employee Cost.
 Short provisions of prior period made up in current period shall not form part of the employee cost in the current
period.
 Employee cost includes payment made in cash or kind.
(c) Examples of Types

 Salaries, wages, allowances and bonus / incentives.
 Contribution to provident and other funds.
 Employee welfare
 Other benefits
 Gratuity.
 Leave encashment.
 Other retirement/separation benefits.
 VRS/ other deferred Employee cost.
 Other future benefits.
(d) Example of Mode
 Paid holidays.
 Leave with pay.
 Statutory provisions for insurance against accident or health scheme.
 Statutory provisions for workman’s compensation.
 Medical benefits to the Employees and dependents.
 Free or subsidised food.
 Free or subsidised housing.
 Free or subsidised education to children.
 Free or subsidised canteen, crèches and recreational facilities.
 Free or subsidised conveyance.
 Leave travel concession.
 Any other free or subsidised facility.
 Cost of Employees’ stock option.

 Employee Cost shall be ascertained taking into account the gross pay including all allowances payable along
with the cost to the employer of all the benefits.
 Bonus whether payable as a Statutory Minimum or on a sharing of surplus shall be treated as part of employee
cost. Ex gratia payable in lieu of or in addition to Bonus shall also be treated as part of the employee cost.
 Remuneration payable to Managerial Personnel including Executive Directors on the Board and other officers
of a corporate body under a statute will be considered as part of the Employee Cost of the year under
reference whether the whole or part of the remuneration is computed as a percentage of profits.
Explanation : Remuneration paid to non executive directors shall not form part of Employee Cost but shall form
part of Administrative Overheads.
 Separation costs related to voluntary retirement, retrenchment, termination etc. shall be amortised over the
period benefitting from such costs.
 Employee cost shall not include imputed costs.
 Cost of Idle time is ascertained by the idle hours multiplied by the hourly rate applicable to the idle employee
or a group of employees.
 Where Employee cost is accounted at standard cost, variances due to normal reasons related to Employee
cost shall be treated as part of Employee cost. Variances due to abnormal reasons shall be treated as part of
abnormal cost.
 Any Subsidy, Grant, Incentive or any such payment received or receivable with respect to any Employee cost
shall be reduced for ascertainment of cost of the cost object to which such amounts are related.
 Any abnormal cost where it is material and quantifiable shall not form part of the Employee cost.
 Penalties, damages paid to statutory authorities or other third parties shall not form part of the Employee cost.
 The cost of free housing, free conveyance and any other similar benefits provided to an employee shall be
determined at the total cost of all resources consumed in providing such benefits.
 Any recovery from the employee towards any benefit provided e.g. housing shall be reduced from the employee cost.
 Any change in the cost accounting principles applied for the determination of the Employee cost should be
made only if it is required by law or for compliance with the requirements of a cost accounting standard or a
change would result in a more appropriate preparation or presentation of cost statements of an enterprise.
4. Presentation
 Direct Employee costs shall be presented as a separate cost head in the cost statement.
 Indirect Employee costs shall be presented in cost statements as a part of overheads relating to respective
functions e.g. manufacturing, administration, marketing etc.
 The cost statement shall furnish the resources consumed on account of Employee cost, category wise such
as wages salaries to permanent, temporary, part time and contract employees piece rate payments, overtime
payments, Employee benefits (category wise)etc. wherever such items form a material part of the total Employee
cost.
Q.14. (Illustration 11) A Steel Company which produces Iron Casting Pipes and rod iron is covered under the Cost Audit
according to the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules 2014. From the expenditure data relating to 2017-18,
determine the employees cost according to CAS -7.
in Lakh
(i) Salary, wages and other allowances 750
(ii) Bonus 100
(iii) Contribution to Providend Fund 90
(iv) Wages to contractors employees 100
(v) Employees welfare 40
(vi) Abnormal cost due to strike 80
(vii) VRS payment for closure of Rod Iron section of the plant 62
(viii) Arear Salary (2016-17) 210
(ix) Compensation paid against the past periods against Court order 67
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Unit 8 : CAS 8 - Cost of Utilities
1. Definition
(a) Committed Cost
The cost of maintaining stand-by utilities shall be the committed cost.
(b) Standard Cost
A predetermined cost of a product or service based on technical specifications and efficient operating conditions.
(c) Stand-by utilities
Any utility created as backup against any failure of the main source of utilities.
(d) Utilities
Significant inputs such as power, steam, water, compressed air and the like which are used for manufacturing
process but do not form part of the final product.
 Each type of utility shall be treated as a distinct cost object.
 Cost of utilities purchased shall be measured at cost of purchase including duties and taxes, transportation cost,
insurance and other expenditure directly attributable to procurement (net of trade discounts, rebates, taxes and
duties refundable or to be credited) that can be quantified with reasonable accuracy at the time of acquisition.
 Cost of self generated utilities for own consumption shall comprise direct material cost, direct employee cost,
direct expenses and factory overheads.
 In case of utilities generated for the purpose of inter unit transfers, the distribution cost incurred for such
transfers shall be added to the cost of utilities determined
 Cost of Utilities generated for the inter company transfers shall comprise direct material cost, direct employee
cost, direct expenses, factory overheads, distribution cost and share of administrative overheads.
 Cost of Utilities generated for the sale to outside parties shall comprise direct material cost, direct employee
cost, direct expenses, factory overheads, distribution cost, share of administrative overheads and marketing
overheads.
 The sale value of such utilities will also include the margin.
 Finance costs incurred in connection with the utilities shall not form part of cost of utilities.
 The cost of utilities shall include the cost of distribution of such utilities.
 The cost of distribution will consist of the cost of delivery of utilities up to the point of consumption
 Cost of utilities shall not include imputed costs.
 Where cost of utilities is accounted at standard cost, the price variances related to utilities shall be treated as part
of cost of utilities and the portion of usage variances due to normal reasons shall be treated as part of cost of
utilities. Usage variances due to abnormal reasons shall be treated as part of abnormal cost.
 Any Subsidy/Grant/Incentive or any such payment received/receivable with respect to any cost of utilities shall be
reduced for ascertainment of the cost to which such amounts are related.
 The cost of production and distribution of utilities shall be determined based on the normal capacity or actual
capacity utilization whichever is higher and unabsorbed cost, if any, shall be treated as abnormal cost ). Cost of a
Stand-by Utility shall include the committed costs of maintaining such a utility.
 Any abnormal cost where it is material and quantifiable shall not form part of the cost of utilities.
 Penalties, damages paid to statutory authorities or other third parties shall not form part of the cost of utilities.
 Credits/recoveries relating to the utilities including cost of utilities provided to outside parties, material and quantifiable,
shall be deducted from the total cost of utility to arrive at the net cost of utility.
 Any change in the cost accounting principles applied for the measurement of the cost of utilities should be made
only if, it is required by law or for compliance with the requirements of a cost accounting standard, or a change would
result in a more appropriate preparation or presentation of cost statements of an organisation.

3. Presentation
 Utilities costs shall be presented as a separate cost head for each type of utility in the cost statement, if
material.
 Where separate cost statements are prepared for utilities, cost of utilities shall be classified as purchased or
generated. Such statement shall also include cost of utilities consumed along with quantitative information by
individual consuming units, inter unit transfers, inter company transfers and sale to outside parties wherever
applicable.
4. Disclosures
 The basis of distribution of Cost of Utility to the consuming centres.
 The cost of purchase, production, distribution, marketing and price with reference to sales to outside parties.
 Where cost of utilities is disclosed at standard cost, the price and usage variances.
 The cost and price of Utility received from/supplied to related parties (Related party as per the applicable legal
requirements relating to the cost statement as on the date of the statement).
 The cost and price of Utility received from/supplied as inter unit transfers and intercompany transfers.
 Cost of utilities incurred in foreign exchange.
 Any Subsidy/Grant/Incentive and any such payment reduced from Cost of utilities.
 Credits/recoveries relating to the Cost of utilities.
 Any abnormal cost excluded from Cost of utilities.
 Penalties and damages paid etc. excluded from cost of utilities.
5. Practical Problems
Q.15. X Ltd. is having a business of generating Thermal Electicity. The company raises water from a take nearby. The
water Collection Cost consists of water collected from lake and primary treatment. Thereafter the Water is transferred
to Water Treatment Cost Centre for secondary treatment. The treatment water is further transferred to Water
Demineralization Cost Centre for power generation and to the Townships for domestic use. Following information is
provided for the respective cost centres.
Particulars Cost Centres
UOM Water Water De- Township
Collection treatment mineralisation
Quantity of water raised / received KL 4,00,000 3,80,000 2,60,000 1,00,000
Quantity Transferred KL 3,80,000 3,60,000 2,55,000 ----
Cost of water raised 4,00,000 ---- --- ---
Chemicals 80,000 2,50,000 3,00,000 ---
Salary 3,00,000 2,50,000 3,00,000 ---
Insurance 50,000 40,000 50,000
Depreciation 24,000 30,000 40,000 ---
Repairs & Maintenance 30,000 40,000 50,000 ---
Total 8,84,000 6,10,000 7,40,000 ---
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Information about water quantity raised and lost in transfer.

Cost Centres Quantity (KL)
Actual Normal
From water collection to Water Treatment 20,000 15,000
From Water Treatment fo De-mineralisation 20,000 17,000
From Water treatment to Township --- ---
From De-mineralisation to Power Generation 5,000 5,000
Total Loss 45,000 37,000
Quantity of water utilised 3,55,000 ---
Total water Raised 4,00,000 ---
(1) Calculate the cost of water transferred from water De-mineralisation plant to power generation.
(2) Calculate the total value of abnormal loss of water.
(3) Present the informaton in Annexure to Cost Audit Report part B. 2-B.
Q.16. SRIZONI LTD. of Gandhi Nagar producing industrial alcohol generates Bio-gas plant. The said Bio-gas is used as a
fuel in generating steam along with conventional fuel oil. The high pressure steam is first sent to the STEAM
TURBINE and he exhaust steam is used in the process of manufacturing Alcohol.
The following details are extracted from te financial acconts and cost accounting records SRIZONI LTD. for the year
ended March 31, 2016 :
Boiler Steam Turbine
Cost of water 10,48,000 ---

Fuel Oil 918,85,000 ---
Bio-gas Plant Expenses 258,02,000 ---
Stores and Chemicals 2,57,000 68,000
Salaries and Wages 29,58,000 7,33,000
Repairs and Maintenance 65,64,000 2,58,000
Depreciation 17,25,000 6,50,000
Other expenses 39,95,000 1,21,000
High Pressure, Steam generated 34,950 MT
Power generated 25,50,200KWH
Note : The fall in the Enthalpy value of the steam is 10%.
Required :
Prepare two separate cost sheets for steam and power as per the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014
for the year ended March 31, 2016.
Q.17. The following figures relate to usage of power for a product :

2015-16 2014-15 2013-14
Total power consumed in KWH 24,02,474 24,94,872 21,75,677
Rate / KWH ( ) 2.29 2.12 1.90
Total production in million (kgs) 337.730 333.084 300.865
Compute necessary productivity measures and compare the efficiency of power usage during the three years.

Q.18. (Illustration 12)

A manufacturing firm has up its own power plant to cater its need in manufacturing process.
Its one month data is given below :
Number of units produced = 100 lakh units of which 5% is used by generating unit.
Material and utility used :
(i) Coal 300 MT @ 30,000 per MT
(ii) Oil 5 MT @ 1,60,000 MT
(iii) Cost of Water extraction and treatment : 6 lakh litres @ 3 per litre
(iv) Steam boiler cost 55 lakh with residual value5 lakhs after life of 10 years.
(v) Cost of Generating Plant is 90 lakhs with no residual value. Depreciation is charged on straight line
method @ 10%
(vi) Generating Plant : 100 skilled workers@ 30,000 & 150 helpers @ 20,000 pm.
(vii) Boiler plant : 60 semi-skilled workers @ 25,000 & 100 helpers @ 20,000pm
(viii) Repair & Maintenance of generating plant & Boiler is 5.0 lakhs
(ix) Share of Administrative charges 20 lakh
(x) Realization from Sale of ash disposed is 1.5 lakh
Prepare a cost sheet for Electricity Generating Cost and calculate cost per unit.
Q.19. (Illustration 13) During the Energy Audit of Reliable Engineering Ltd., the following figures relating to usage of
power were placed before the Auditor :
2017-18 2016-17 2015-16
Total Power consumed (kWh) 2642720 2744360 2393250
Rate per kWh ( ) 6.29 5.42 4.90
Total Production (in million kg.) 422.16 416.36 376.08
Compute the necessary productivity measures and (i) Price Variance and (ii) Volume Variance of power usage
during these years.
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Unit 9 : CAS 9 - Packing Material Cost
1. Definition
(a) Packing Material Cost
The cost of material of any nature used for the purpose of packing of a product.
(b) Primary Packing Material

Packing material which is essential to hold and preserve the product for its use by the customer.
 Pharmaceutical industry
Insertions related to product, Foils for strips of tablets/capsules, vials.
 Industrial gases
Cylinders / bottles used for filling the gaseous products.
 Confectionary Industry
Butter, paper and wrappers.
(c) Reusable Packing Material

Packing materials that are used more than once to pack the product.
(d) Scrap
Discarded material having no or insignificant value and which is usually either disposed off without further treatment
(other than reclamation and handling) or reintroduced into the process in place of raw material.
(e) Secondary Packing Material
Packing material that enables to store, transport, inform the customer, promote and otherwise make the product
marketable.
 Pharmaceutical industry
Cartons used for holding strips of tablets and card board boxes used for holding cartons.
 Textile industry
Card board boxes used for holding cones on which yarn is woven.
 Confectionary Industry
Jars for holding wrapped chocolates, Cartons containing packs of biscuits.
(f) Packing Material Development Cost
Cost of evaluation of packing material such as pilot test, field test, consumer research, feed back, and final evaluation
cost.
Purchased Self Manufactured

Rs. Rs.
Purchase Price xxx Direct material Cost xxx
Less : Trade Disc. (xxx) xxx Direct Employee Cost xxx
Duty & Taxes xxx Direct Expenses xxx
Less : Refundable (xxx) xxx Production Overhead xxx
Credit Recoveries (xxx) Direct administration Cost xxx
xxx xxx

3. Allocation / Assignment
Direct Indirect

Use Technical
Quantity Consumed Identifiable Estimates
Manner
4. Presentation
 Packing material cost shall be classified as primary and secondary packing material.
 Further classification:
 Purchase Indigenous
 Purchase Imported
 Self Manufactured
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Unit 10 : CAS 10 - Direct Expenses
1. Treatment of Direct Expenses

(a) Meaning
Expenses relating to manufacture of a product or rendering a service, which can be identified or linked with the cost
object other than direct material cost and direct employee cost.
(b) Examples
Royalties charged on production, job charges, hire charges for use of specific equipment for a specific job, cost of
special designs or drawings for a job, software services specifically required for a job, travelling Expenses for a
specific job.
(c) Measurement Technique
Purchased Self Manufactured

Rs. Rs.
Invoice Price Agreed xxx Direct Material Cost xxx
Duty & Taxes xxx Direct Employee Cost xxx
Less : Credit Recoveries (xxx) Direct Expenses xxx
xxx Production Overhead xxx
Direct administration Cost xxx
xxx
(d) Allocation of Cost

Direct expenses are direct in nature & shall be assigned directly to that Cost Object.
(e) Presentation
Direct expenses shall be presented as a separate cost head in Cost Statement with suitable classification, if
material.
2. Practical Question
Q.20. (Illustration 14) TROMA LTD., a manufacturing unit, produces two products PB and PS. The following information
is extracted from the Books of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2018 :
Particulars Product PB Product PS
Units Produced (Qty.) 2,10,000 1,68,000
Units sold (Qty.) 1,68,000 1,36,500
Machine hours utilized 1,26,000 84,000
Design charges ( ) 1,57,500 1,89,000
Software development charges ( ) 2,62,500 3,78,000
Royalty paid on sales 6,09,000 [ @ 2 per unit sold for both the products].
(i) Royalty paid on units produced 3,78,000 [ @ 1 per unit produced for both the products].
(ii) Hire charges of equipment used in the manufacturing process of product PB only 53,000.
Note : No adjustments are to be made related to units held i.e. Closing Stock.
You are required to compute the Direct Expenses - keeping in view of Cost Accounting Standard (CAS)-10.

Unit 11 : CAS 11 - Administrative Overheads
1. Treatment of Administrative Overheads

(a) Meaning
(b) Principle of Measurement
(i) In House Administration
Rs.
Employee Cost xxx
Utilities Cost xxx
Office supplies xxx
Legal Expenses xxx
Outside Services cost xxx
xxx
Cost of employee and utilities are measured as per respective CAS.
(ii) Leased Administration
Finance Lease Operating Lease

Entire Rent
Interest Period Principal Portion Admin Exp.
(Finance Exp.) (Admin Exp.)
(iii) Administration through Intangible Asset :
Amortisation Cost is treated as administration expense.

(iv) Bought from Outside
Rs.
Invoice price agreed xxx
Duty & Taxes non-refundable xxx
Trade Discount (xxx)
Subsidy / Grant & Incentive (xxx)
xxx
Note : Following are not admin expenses
 Abnormal amount
 Fine, Penalties and damage
(c) Allocation of Admin Overhead
Cause & Effect Benefit received ration
2. Presenation
• Administrative overheads shall be presented as a separate cost head in the cost statement.
• Element wise details of the administrative overheads based on materiality shall be presented.
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Unit 12 : CAS 12 - Repairs and Maintenance Cost
1. Objective & Meaning

(a) Objective
 The objective of this standard is to bring uniformity and consistency in the principles and methods of determining
the repairs and maintenance cost with reasonable accuracy.
 This standard should be applied to cost statements which require classification, measurement, assignment,
presentation and disclosure of repairs and maintenance cost including those requiring attestation.
(b) Meaning
 Cost of all activities which have the objective of maintaining or restoring an asset in or to a state in which it can
perform its required function at intended capacity and efficiency.
 Repairs and Maintenance activities for the purpose of this standard include routine or preventive maintenance,
planned (predictive or corrective) maintenance and breakdown maintenance.
 The repair or overhaul of an asset which results in restoration of the asset to intended condition would also be
a part of Repairs and Maintenance activity.
 Major overhaul is a periodic (generally more than one year) repair work carried out to substantially restore the
asset to intended working condition.
2. Measurement Principle
(a) Basics of Measurement
 Repairs and maintenance cost shall be the aggregate of direct and indirect cost relating to repairs and
maintenance activity.
(b) In-house repairs and maintenance
Cost of Material xxx

Consumables stores xxx
Spares xxx
Manpower xxx
Equipment uses xxx
Utilities xxx
Other resources use xxx
xxx
(c) Repair maintenance carried out by outside contractor inside the premises
Charges payable to contractor xxx

Spares xxx
Manpower xxx
Equipment uses xxx
Utilities xxx
xxx

(d) Repair maintenance carried by contractor at its premises
Invoice Price agreed xxx

Less : Trade Discount (xxx)
Duty and Taxes non-refundable xxx
Other Direct Expenses xxx
Resource provide by Contractor xxx
xxx
(e) Repair and maintenance carried by outside contractor
Charges payable to contractor xxx

Spares xxx
Manpower xxx
Equipment uses xxx
Utilities xxx
xxx
(f) Other Analysis

 Cost of spares replaced which do not enhance the future economic benefits from the existing asset beyond its
previously assessed standard of performance shall be included under repairs and maintenance cost.
 High value spare, when replaced by a new spare and is reconditioned, which is expected to result in future
economic benefits, the same shall be taken into stock.
Such a spare shall be valued at an amount that measures its service potential in relation to a new spare which
amount shall not exceed the cost of reconditioning the spare. The difference between the total of the cost of the
new spare and the reconditioning cost and the value of the reconditioned spare should be treated as repairs
and maintenance cost.
Example: The cost of new spare is ‘ 1 crore and the value of the existing spare after reconditioning is estimated
at ‘ 20 lacs, the difference of ‘ 80 lacs should be treated as repairs and maintenance cost.
 The cost of major overhaul shall be amortized on a rational basis.
(g) Exclusion from Cost

 Finance costs incurred in connection with the repairs and maintenance activities shall not form part of Repairs
and maintenance costs.
 Repairs and maintenance costs shall not include imputed costs.
 Price variances related to repairs and maintenance, where standard costs are in use, shall be treated as part
of repairs and maintenance cost. The portion of usage variances attributable to normal reasons shall be treated
as part of repairs and maintenance cost. Usage variances attributable to abnormal reasons shall be excluded
from repairs and maintenance cost.
 Subsidy/Grant/Incentive or amount of similar nature received/receivable with respect to repairs and maintenance
activity, if any, shall be reduced for ascertainment of the cost of the cost object to which such amounts are
related.
 Any repairs and maintenance cost resulting from some abnormal circumstances, if material and quantifiable,
shall not form part of the repairs and maintenance cost. For Example, Major fire, explosions, flood and similar
events are abnormal circumstances referred above.
 Fines, penalties, damages and similar levies paid to statutory authorities or other third parties shall not form
part of the repairs and maintenance cost. For Example A penalty imposed by a regulatory authority for wrongful
construction or damages paid to third party for the loss caused due to improper working of property, plant &
equipment, should not be included in repairs and maintenance cost.
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 Credits/ recoveries relating to the repairs and maintenance activity, material and quantifiable, shall be deducted
to arrive at the net repairs and maintenance cost.
 Any change in the cost accounting principles applied for the measurement of the repairs and maintenance
cost should be made only if, it is required by law or for compliance with the requirements of a cost accounting
standard, or a change would result in a more appropriate preparation or presentation of cost statements of an
organisation.
3. Allocation
Causes & Effect Benefit received

Allocation in the
Causes means Effect means ratio of benefit
Note : Repairs and maintenance costs shall be traced to a cost object to the extent economically feasible.
4. Presentation
 Repairs and maintenance cost, if material, shall be presented in the cost statement as a separate item of cost.
 Asset category wise details of repairs and maintenance cost, if material, shall be presented separately.
 Activity wise details of repairs and maintenance cost, if material, shall be presented separately.
Q.21. (Illustration 15) As per the CAS-12, how should high value spare, when replaced by a new spare and reconditioned,
be treated?
Ans. :-
 As per CAS-12 on Repairs and Maintenance Cost, high value Spare, when replaced by a new spare and reconditioned,
should be recognised as property, plant and equipment when they meet the definition of property, plant and equipment
and depreciated accordingly.
 Otherwise, such items are to be classified as inventory and recognised in cost as and when they are consumed.

Unit 13 : CAS 13 - Cost of Service Cost Centre
1. Definitions
(a) Distribution Overhead
 Distribution overheads, also known as distribution costs, are the costs incurred in handling a product or service
from the time it is ready for despatch or delivery until it reaches the ultimate consumer including the units
receiving the product or service in an inter-unit transfer.
(b) Stand by services

 Any facility created as backup against any failure of the main source of service.
(c) Support service cost centre

 The cost centre which primarily provides auxiliary services across the entity.
2. Allocation of Cost
Traceable Not Traceable
Most
Directly to Cost
appropriate
Object
basis
3. Presentation
Cost of service cost centre shall be presented as a separate cost head for each type of service in the cost state-
ment, if material.
4. Disclosures
 The basis of distribution of cost of each service cost centre to the consuming centres.
 The cost of purchase, production, distribution, marketing and price of services with reference to sales to
outside parties.
 Where the cost of service cost centre is disclosed at standard cost, the price and usage variances
 The cost of services received from / rendered to related parties (Related party as per the applicable legal
 Cost of service cost centre incurred in foreign exchange.
 Any Subsidy/Grant/Incentive and any such payment reduced from cost of Service Cost Centre.
 Credits/ recoveries relating to the cost of Service Cost Centre
 Any abnormal cost excluded from cost of Service Cost Centre
 Penalties and damages paid excluded from cost of Service Cost Centre.
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Unit 14 : CAS 14 - Pollution Control Cost
1. Analysis of Pollution
Environmnt Air Water Soil
Pollutant Pollution Pollutant Pollution Pollutant Pollution
Meaning Pollutant Pollution
Water, Air, Land Solit / Liquid / Gases present Presence of Pollutant

and it’s inter- in environment that result into
relationship environment injury
2. Principles of Measurements
 Pollution Control Cost shall be valued at total of direct and indirect cost relating to that activity.
 Future remediation or disposal which is sure to be incurred as part of a legal contract shall be accounted and
estimated based on the quantum of pollution generated during that period plus any associated cost of disposal
in future.
 Contingent failure remediation or recycling cost shall not be treated as part unless if it is sure to be incurred
and can be measured.
 Pollution in House
In house Pollution Control activity shall be valued at cost of all resources including cost of material , consumable
stores, spares, manpower, equipment usage, utilities and other resources consumed in the activity.
3. Presentation
 Direct & Indirect Cost
 Current & future Cost
 Internal & External Cost
 Based on domain are reports air, water, soil, etc.

Unit 15 : CAS 15 - Selling and Distribution Overheads
1. Meaning
(a) Meaning
(b) Example
 Salaries of sales personnel
 Travelling expenses of sales personnel
 Commission to sales agents
 Sales and brand promotion expenses including advertisement, publicity, sponsorships, endorsements and
similar other expenses.
 Receivable Collection costs
 After sales service costs
 Warranty costs
2. Measurement of Cost
(a) Measurement
Particulars Rs.
Invoice amount agreed less discount xxx
Duty and taxs non-refundable xxx
Directly attributable expenses xxx
xxx
Notes :
 Subsidy / Grant / Incentive received shall be deducted from Cost of Sales.
 Abnormal cost if any shall be ignored.
 Penalty / Damage shall not be considered
 Penalty paid to statutory authority shall not considered.
 Credits / recoveries shall be deducted from cost.
(b) Allocation
Selling and Distribution cost is directly allocated to an traceable cost object.
3. Presentation
 Selling and Distribution overheads shall be presented as a separate cost head in the cost statement.
 A reporting entity may use the term marketing Oveheads in place of Selling and Distribution overheads.
 Element wise details of the Selling and Distribution overheads shall be presented, if material.
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Unit 16 : CAS 16 - Deprciation and Amortisation
1. Definition
(a) Amortisation
Amortisation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an intangible asset over its useful life.
(b) Asset
An Asset is a resource
 controlled by an entity as a result of past events, and
 from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.
(c) Current asset

An entity shall classify an asset as current when
 it expects to realise the asset, or intends to sell or consume it, in its normal operating cycle,
 it holds the asset primarily for the purpose of trading,
 it expects to realise the asset within twelve months after the reporting period; or
 the asset is cash or a cash equivalent unless the asset is restricted from being exchanged or used to settle
a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.
(d) Depreciation
Depreciation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life.
(e) Depreciable amount

 The cost of an asset, or other amount substituted for cost in the financial statement, less its residual value.
 Depreciable fixed and Intangible assets are assets which:
 are expected to be used during more than one accounting period,
 have a limited useful life; and
 are held by an enterprise for use in the production or supply of goods and services, for rental to others,
or for administrative purposes and not for the purpose of sale in the ordinary course of business.
(f) Residual (salvage) value

The estimated amount that an entity would currently obtain from disposal of an asset, after deducting the estimated
costs of disposal, if the assets were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life.
(g) Useful life of asset

Useful life of asset is either
 the period over which an asset is expected to be available for use by an entity, or
 the number of production or similar units expected to be obtained from use of the asset by the entity.
2. Depreciation
(i) Depreciation is systematic allocation of depreciation amount of tangible asset during it’s useful life.
(ii) Depreciable amount = Cost - Residual Value.
(iii) Residual value means realisable value of asset at end of useful life.
(iv) Useful life means expected life during which asset can be used.
(v) Depreciation is measured by using any of the following methods
 Straight line method
 WDV method
 Production unit method

(vi) Depreciation on Addition
Integral Non-integral
with main asset Separately
Depreciation on Addition
Cost object is Cost object is not

traceable traceable
Directly added in
cost object Causes & Effect Benefit received
4. Amortisation
 Amortisation means systematic allocation of depreciable amount of IA over useful life.
 Depreciable Amount = Cost - Residual Value.
 Assume Residual Value zero unless agreed.
 Amortisation method may be :
 Straight line method
 WDV method
 Production unit method
 Allocation is same as depreciation
5. Presentation
Depreciation and Amortisation, if material, shall be presented in the cost statement as a separate item of cost.
6. Discclosures
 The cost statement shall disclose the following
 The basis of distribution of Depreciation and Amortisation to the cost objects.
 Any credits / recoveries relating to Depreciation and Amortisation.
 Additional Depreciation on account of revaluation of asset, which is not included in cost.
 Amount of depreciation that is not included in cost because of temporary retirement of assets from
production of goods and services.
 Disclosure shall be made only where material, significant and quantifiable.
 Disclosures shall be made in the body of the cost statement or as a foot note or in a separate schedule.
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Unit 17 : CAS 17 - Interest and Financing Charges
1. Definition
(a) Interest and Finance Charge
 Interest, including any payment in the nature of interest for use of non equity funds and incidental cost that an
entity incurs in arranging those funds.
 Examples are :
 interest and commitment charges on bank borrowings, other short term and long term borrowings:
 amortisation of discounts or premium related to borrowings:
 amortisation of ancillary cost incurred in connection with the arrangements of borrowings:
 Financing Charges in respect of finance leases and other similar arrangements: and
 exchange differences arising from foreign currency borrowings to the extent they are regarded as an
adjustment to the interest costs .
 Cash discount allowed to customers.
(b) Net Current Asset
 Net current asset is the excess of current assets over current liabilities
 Current Liabilities shall include short term borrowings and that part of long term borrowings which are classified
as current liabilities
 Short term borrowing is the borrowing which is repayable within one year from the date of disbursal as per Loan
Agreement.
 Long term borrowing is the borrowing which is repayable after one year from the date of disbursal as per Loan
Agreement.
2. Treatment of Interest and Finance Charge
Acquisition / Production / Other Asset /

Construction of Qualifying Asset Situations
Directly added in cost object Transferred to P&L
Notes :
(i) Grant and subsidy shall be reduced from Cost.
(ii) Interest paid or received on investment shall not form part of cost.
(iii) Late fee and penalty shall be ignored.
3. Allocation of Interest and Finance Charge when Cost object are more than one
Cases & Effect Benefit Receiveds
4. Presentation
Interest and Financing Charges shall be presented in the cost statement as a separate item of cost of sales.

5. Disclosures
 The cost statements shall disclose the following:
 The basis of distribution of Interest and Financing Charges to the cost objects/ cost units.
 Where predetermined cost is applied in Interest and Financing Charges, the rate and usage variances.
 Interest and Financing Charges paid/ payable to related parties.
 Interest and Financing Charges incurred in foreign exchange.
 Any Subsidy / Grant / Incentive or any amount of similar nature received / receivable reduced Interest and
Financing Charges.
 Disclosures shall be made only where material, significant and quantifiable.
 Interest and Financing Charges incurred relating to prior periods and taken to reconciliation directly shall be disclosed
separately.
 Disclosures shall be made in the body of the Cost Statement or as a foot note or as a separate schedule.
 Any change in the cost accounting principles and methods applied for the measurement and assignment of the
Interest and Financing Charges during the period covered by the cost statement which has a material effect on the
Interest and Financing Charges shall be disclosed. Where the effect of such change is not ascertainable wholly or
partly the fact shall be indicated.
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Unit 18 : CAS 18 - Research and Development Costs
1. Definition
(a) Research
Research is original and planned investigation undertaken with the prospect of gaining new scientific or technical
knowledge and understanding
(b) Development cost

Development cost is the cost for application of research finding or other knowledge to a plan or design for the
production of new or substantially improved materials, devices, products, processes, systems, or services before
the start of commercial production or use.
(c) Research Cost

Research cost is the cost of original and planned investigation undertaken with the prospect of gaining new scientific
or technical knowledge and understanding.
Research, and Development Costs shall include all the costs that are directly traceable to research and/or development
activities or that can be assigned to research and development activities strictly on the basis of
 cause and effect or
 benefits received.
Development cost result inot

Specific to Product creation of Intangible Asset
Directly added in Product Such costs are allocated during

life of Intangible Assets
Note : Re-search and development cost not allocate shall be transferred to P&L.
4. Presentation
 Research and Development costs relating to improvement of the process or products or services shall be
presented as a separate item of cost in the cost statement under cost of production.
 Research, and Development costs which are not related to improvement of the process, materials, devices,
processes, systems, product or services shall be presented as a part of the reconciliation statement.
5. Disclosures
 The basis of accumulation and assignment of Research and Development costs.
 The Research, and Development costs paid to related parties(Related party as per the applicable legal
 Credit/recoveries from related parties
 Research, and Development cost incurred in foreign exchange.
 Any Subsidy/Grant/Incentive and any such payment reduced from Research, and Development cost.
 Credits/recoveries deducted from the Research, and Development cost.

Unit 19 : CAS 19 - Joint Costs
1. Definition
(a) By-Product
Product with relatively low value produced incidentally in the manufacturing of the product or service.
(b) Joint Costs
Joint costs are the cost of common resources used to produce two or more products or services simultaneously.
(c) Joint product
Products or services that are produced simultaneously, by the same process, identifiable at the end of the process
and recognised as main products or services having sufficient value.
(d) Split off point
 The point in the production process at which joint products become separately identifiable.
 The terms split off point and separation point are used interchangeably.
(e) Waste
Material lost during production or storage and discarded material which may or may not have any value.
2. Concept of Joint Production Process
Scrap
Output MP 1
Input Process
MP 2
By-Product Low Value item

Split off Point
Cost of Common
resource (JC)
3. Measurement
 Cost incurred on Joint Production shall be calculated as follows :
Rs.
Direct material cost xxx
Direct Labour Cost xxx
Production overhead cost xxx
Other Costs xxx
Realisation from Scrap (xxx)
Realisation from By-Product (xxx)
Subsidy / Grant if any received (xxx)
xxx
Penalty and damage shall be ignored.
 Net Actual cost is allocated with reference to allocation principle.
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4. Allocation Principle
Net Realisable value at

Physical Unit Method Technical Estimates
Split OFF Point
Ratio of production unit of Net Selling price per unit x Quantity Applied when by-product is
Joint Product sold - Further cost to sale not seperable
Note : Under Ind AS 2 sales value at Split Off point is permitted.
5. Presentation
The Cost Statement shall present the element wise cost of individual products produced jointly and the value
assigned to By-Products.
6. Disclosures
 The Cost statement shall disclose the basis of allocation of Joint costs to individual products and the value
assigned to the By-Products
 The disclosure should be made only where material, significant & quantifiable.
 Disclosures shall be made in the body of Cost Statements or as a foot note or as a separate schedule.
 Any change in the cost accounting principles and methods applied for the measurement and assignment of
the Joint costs and the value assigned to by-product during the period covered by the cost statement which
has a material effect on the Joint/ By-Products shall be disclosed. Where the effect of such change is not
ascertainable wholly or partly the fact shall be indicated.

Unit 20 : CAS 20 - Royalty and Technical know-how Fee
1. Definition
(a) Royalty
 Royalty is any consideration for the use of asset (tangible and/or intangible) to the owner.
 Royalty is often expressed as a percentage of the revenues obtained by use of the owners asset (tangible
and/or intangible); per unit of production or sales value. It may relate to use of: Non-renewable resource
(petroleum and mineral resources) ; Patents; Trade marks; Franchise rights; Copy rights; art-work, software
and the like.
 The terms Assets, tangible assets and intangible assets will have the same meaning as in the Accounting
Standards notified by the Central Government under the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules,2006.
(b) Technical service fee
Technical service fee is any consideration payable to provider of technical or managerial services
 Royalty and Technical Know-how Fee paid or incurred in lump-sum or which are in the nature of ‘one – time’
payment, shall be amortised on the basis of the estimated output or benefit to be derived from the related
asset.
 Examples : Amortisation of the amount of Royalty or Technical Know-how fee paid for which the benefit is
ensued in the current or future periods shall be determined based on the production / service volumes estimated
for the period over which the asset is expected to benefit the entity.
Directly Traceable Non-Traceable Cost
Directly allocated on the

cost object Unit Produced Unit Sold Sales Value
4. Presentation
The amount Royalty and Technical Know-how fee shall be presented as a separate cost head with suitable
classification.
5. Disclosures
 The basis of distribution of the amount Royalty and Technical Know-how fee to the cost objects/ cost units.
 Quantity and the related rate of items of the amount of Royalty and Technical Know-how fee, as applicable.
 Royalty and Technical Know-how fee paid/ payable to related parties (Related party as per the applicable legal
requirements relating to the cost statement as on the date of the statement) .
 Royalty and Technical Know-how fee incurred in foreign exchange.
 Any Subsidy/Grant/Incentive and any such payment reduced from the amount of Royalty and Technical Know-
how fee.
 Credits/recoveries relating to the amount of Royalty and Technical Know-how fee.
 Penalties and damages excluded from the amount of Royalty and Technical Know-how fee.
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Unit 21 : CAS 21 - Quality Control
1. Definition
(a) Quality
 Quality is the conformance to requirements or specifications.
 The quality of a product or service is fitness of that product or service for meeting its intended use as required
by customer.
(b) Quality control

A procedure or a set of procedures exclusively designed to ensure that the manufactured products or performed
service adhere to a defined set of quality criterion or meets requirement of the client or the customer.
(c) Quality Control Cost

Cost of resources consumed towards quality control procedures.
 Quality Control cost incurred in-house shall be the aggregate of the cost of resources consumed in the Quality
Control activities of the entity.
 The cost of resources procured from outside shall be determined at invoice or agreed price including duties and
taxes, and other expenditure directly attributable thereto net of discounts (other than cash discounts), taxes
and duties refundable or to be credited by the Tax Authorities.
 Such cost shall include :
 Cost of conformance to quality: (a) prevention cost; and (b) appraisal cost.
 Identification of Quality Control costs shall be based on traceability in an economically feasible manner.
3. Presentation
Quality Control cost, if material, shall be presented as a separate cost head with suitable classification.
Q.22. (Illustration 16) Standard Material requirement to produce 1000 units of product X is 1200 units of material at a
standard price of 60 per unit. The Standard allows for reject of 25% of input. It is estimated that one third of rejects
can be reworked at an additional cost of 20 per unit. Scrap units can be sold at 5 per unit.
During a particular period, units produced were 19500 with 24000 units of materials at standard cost of 60 per unit,
7000 units were rejected out of which 2500 units were reworked at a cost of 51000. The balance units were sold as
scrap for 5 per unit.
Calculate Material Quality variance and Scrap Variance.
Ans. :- Material Quality variance 45000A, Material usage variance - 36000A and Scrap Value - 3000F.

Unit 22 : CAS 22 - Manufacturing Cost
1. Definition
(a) Manufacturing Cost
Manufacturing cost of an excisable good is the aggregate of costs of all resources used in the process of its
manufacturing.
(b) Manufacturing Overheads

Indirect costs involved in the manufacturing process
2. Allocation of Manufacturing Cost
Traceable Non-Traceable
Directly added in Cost of

Goods Cases and Effect Benefit Received
Incurrance of Cost Apportioned in ratio of

benefit received
Note :
(i) Variable manufacturing overhead is allocated on the basis of Actual Production.
(ii) Fixed overhead is allocated on the basis of normal production / Actual Production whichever is higher.
3. Joint Cost
Scrap
Joint MP 1
Input Production Output
Process
MP 2
By-Product
Note :
(i) Scrap realisation is deducted from Cost.
(ii) Net realisation from by-product is reduced from manufacturing cost.
(iii) Balance Cost is allocated on main product.
4. Presenation
Actual capacity utilization in absolute terms and as a percentage of normal capacity.
5. Disclosures
 Disclosure shall be made only where material, significant and quantifiable.
 If there is any change in cost accounting principles and practices during the period under review which may
materially affect the manufacturing cost of excisable good in terms of comparability with previous period(s),
the same shall be disclosed
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Q.22A.The below details are extracted from the Trial balance of M/s Infinity steel Ltd as on 31/3/2022 :
( in Lakhs)
Particulars Dr. Cr.
Sales - Steel Material - 11,656.00
Income from investments - 12.00
Sale of Scrap - 57.00
Sundry Creditors Written off - 4.00
Purchases of raw materials 8,400.00 -
Closing stock of raw materials - 420.00
Power & Fuel Consumed 360.00 -
Water Charges 30.00
Employees Cost 420.00 -
Legal Consultancy Fee 6.50
Audit Fee 3.20
Annual Fire Safety Inspection Fee of Corporate office 2.50
Polution Control Fee 4.00
Repair & Maitenance - Cooling Plant 12.00
Repairs & Maintanance of factory building 11.00 -
Lease Rent (Finance) 22.50
Rent Paid 22.00
Depreciation 40.00 -
Interest & Financial charges 62.00
Marketing & Publicity 15.50 -
Paking Material Expenses 26.50
Bad bebt written off 3.00 -
Donation 5.50 -
During the course of audit, the following issues were found :
1. The production during the year is 48,500 MT.
2. Opening stock of raw materials is 6,80,00,000.00.
3. Sale of Scrap includes Sale of Iron ore fines (waste RM) 40,00,000.00, Sale of discarded steel structure
recovered from building demolition 5,00,000.00 and balance 12,00,000.00 are damaged hording scrap due
to cyclone.
4. Water charges paid to govt. for raising water from river. 20% water raised is used in residential colony and rest
is used in cooling plant.
5. The Repairs & maintainance of factory building expenses consists a bill or 1,20,000 that belongs to previous
year. Against this insurance claim lodged last year received during the year 1,00,000.
6. The employee cost comprise of different departments i.e. at Plant, administrative & selling department in the
ratio of 70:20:10 respectively.
7. A sum of 2,20,000 incurred for special Covid-19 vaccination drive for employees which is included in employee
cost.
8. 20% of employees at plant are contractual basis who are engaged by the company.
9. Rent paid includes 20% for building at Factory site, 30% for Guest House at marketing location and Balance
paid as Godown rent.
10. 70% of Fixed Asset of the company is engaged in production process.
11. 40% of Packing Material expenses incurred for safeguard the product while the remaining packing cost incurred
for transport convience.
Calculate the Cost of Manufacturing of Steel Material as per CAS-22.

Unit 23 : CAS 23 - Overburden Removal Cost
1. Definition
(a) Mines overheads
 Indirect costs involved in the mining process for rendering services.
 This relates to the activities of both Mineral extraction and Overburden Removal.
(b) Mining Plan
It is the plan expected to provide information required to measure the stripping activity with reasonable consistency.
(c) Overburden
It is the overlying materials generally having no commercial value.
(d) Overburden Removal cost
Is the cost incurred to remove the overlying material from the mine site.
(e) Ratio Variance

It is the variance between current ratio and standard /average stripping ratio in terms of quantity of mineral produced
during the period.
(f) Stripping Activity

It is the activity of overburden removal that benefits the identified component of an ore to be mined by the entity.
(g) Stripping Ratio
 Stripping ratio is ratio of excavation of overburden to ore.
 Generally overburden is measured in cubic metres and ore in tonnes. Therefore, the Stripping ratio is equal to
Volume of overburden (m3)/ Weight of ore (in tonnes).
(h) Standard stripping ratio

 This is the ratio between the total quantity of overburden to be removed (in cubic meters) and the total mineral
to be extracted (in tonnes) during the Projected life of the project.
 The term Standard stripping ratio and Average stripping ratio denote the same meaning and are used
interchangeably.
 The Ratio shall be reviewed periodically, at least every five years, to take into account changes in geological
factors such as actual behavior of the soil and the ore body. The ratio shall be reviewed immediately if the
geological factors alter radically, for example due to earthquake.
 The reported quantity of overburden is considered in cost statement where the variance between the reported
quantity and the measured quantity is within the permissible limits. Reported quantity is the quantity of
overburden that is necessary corresponding to actual quantity of mineral raised.
 For example, 3:1 stripping ratio means that mining one Ton of ore will require mining three cubic meters of
waste rock (overburden).
(i) Advance Stripping

Advance Stripping is the excess overburden removed in between the overburden bench and assumed angle of
repose drawn from the starting of Mineral bench from the surface of Mineral than what is needed for extraction of
Mineral.
2. Measurement
 Overburden Removal Cost shall be the aggregate of direct and indirect cost relating to overburden removal
activity.
 Direct cost includes the cost of consumable stores, spares like machinery spares, explosives and detonators,
manpower, equipment usage, utilities, payment made directly to contractors and other identifiable resources
consumed in such activity.
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 Indirect cost includes the cost of resources common to various mining operation including overburden removal
activity such as manpower,administrative overheads, loading and unloading equipment usage and other costs
allocable to such activities.
 The overburden removal cost attributable to a development phase of a mine area shall be capitalised as non-
current asset when it is probable that future economic benefits to the area will flow to the entity and such cost
can be identified and measured separately.
 The overburden removal cost attributable to developed area of mine shall be charged to production of ore at the
Standard stripping ratio.
 The cost of advance stripping activity whose economic benefit is likely to flow to the entity during the subsequent
period, shall be capitalised and amortised.
 If the removal of ore is more than the Standard stripping ratio, then the cost of short removal overburden shall
be charged to the cost of production either by creating the reserve or by adjusting the earlier capitalized
overburden removal cost.
 Overburden shall be measured by multiplying the number of trips undertaken by equipment for Overburden
removal or by any electronic mode. Measurement at regular intervals may be carried out by volume/ physical
verification to arrive at fair quantity of overburden removed. Final assessment will be made based on scientific
methodology.
 Current ratio is determined by dividing the actual overburden removed (net quantity after due adjustment for
opening & closing advance stripping quantity) with the actual production of mineral including adjustment for
mineable quantity of mineral lying exposed during the period.
 Cost of overburden removal activity carried out by outsourcing shall be determined at agreed price as per
contract price including duties and taxes and other expenditure directly attributable thereto. The cost shall
also include the cost of resources provided to the contractor by the company.
 Cost of overburden removal activity of each mine shall be computed and considered separately.
 Subsidy/ grant/ incentive or amount of similar nature received/ receivable with respect to overburden removal
activity if any shall be reduced for ascertainment of the cost of the overburden removal for a patch/ plot to
which the amounts are related.
 Any overburden removal cost resulting from some abnormal circumstances if material and quantifiable shall
not form part of the overburden removal cost.
 Examples are fire, cave-in, flooding and other similar events of abnormal circumstances.
3. Assignment of Costs
 Direct cost of overburden removal shall be assigned to the overburden removal activity.
• The cost for equipment shall be assigned in the ratio of machine hours actually engaged for mineral and
overburden removal or any other appropriate method that apportions the cost in an equitable manner.
• Administrative overheads and other indirect expenses shall be apportioned to mineral and overburden on the
basis of ratio of actual mineral produced and overburden removed during the period or on the basis of actual
machine hours engaged for mineral extraction, and overburden removal or any other appropriate basis.
4. Presentation
Overburden removal, absorption and cost details shall be presented separately for each mine.
5. Disclosures
 The basis of determining the overburden removal cost.
 Where cost of removal is considered on the basis of standard ratio, any variation positive or negative from the
current ratio.
 Any subsidy grant/ incentive and any such payment reduced from the cost of overburden removal.
 Credit/ recoveries relating to overburden removal.
 Any abnormal cost excluded from overburden removal cost.
 Penalties and damages excluded from the overburden removal cost.

Unit 24 : CAS 24 - Treatment of Revenue of Cost Statements
1. Definition
(a) Net Sales Realization
 Is the revenue from operations net of discounts and indirect taxes.
(b) Other Income
Is the income that cannot be classified as revenue from operations.
Examples :
 Profit on sale of fixed assets and investments;
 Interest from investments or deposits outside the business;
 Insurance claims received, not adjusted against an item of cost;
 Penalties or liquidated damages received, not adjusted against an item of cost;
 Fees received, not adjusted against an item of cost;
 Rent or lease from properties leased (unless the primary activity itself is leasing);
 Grants received;
 Royalties received (unless it is a part of major activity of the entity);
 Credits for previous years’ adjustments;
 Dividend income on investments (other than in a financial enterprise );
 Gain on foreign currency transaction and translation (other than considered as finance cost);
 Excess provisions written back;
 Credits on account of revaluation of capital assets;
 All items of abnormal revenue such as recoveries from book debts written off in the previous period; and
 Prior period income.
(c) Reporting Period
 Is the period for which the cost statements are prepared.
(d) Revenue
 The term Revenue will have the same meaning as assigned in the Accounting Standards notified by the
Central Government under the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules 2006 or in the Indian Accounting
Standards notified under the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules 2015, as applicable.
 The terms Revenue and Sales Realisation denote the same meaning and are used interchangeably.
(e) Revenue from operations

Is the income arising in the course of the ordinary activities of an entity from the sale of goods or rendering of
services.
2. Principle of Measurement
(a) Measurement of Sales Revenue
Revenue from sale of goods / rendering of services provided during a reporting period shall be measured on the basis
of net sales realisation.
(b) Joint Product

Revenue is measured seperately for each product.
(c) Classification of Revenue

 Revenue from expert
 Domestic sales
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 Manufactured goods
 Trading Activities
(d) By-Product
Revenue from each product shall be measured separately
 Defectives
 Second Grade Products
 Rejects
 Scrap
 Spoilage
 Waste
(e) Other income is not treated as revenue.
3. Presentation
 Net sales realization for each product or service shall be indicated separately for exports, domestic sales,
manufactured goods, operations, and trading activities and matched against the cost of sales (net of duties)
and margin of respective product or service.
 The quantity of goods sold or services provided, where applicable, and selling price per unit shall be presented
under each product or service.
4. Disclosures
 Revenue from sale of goods or services made to each related party with basis of determining the selling price,
 Revenue from by-products and costs of further processing after split-off point, reduced from cost of relevant
product,
 Amount and nature of any subsidy, grant or incentive received or receivable and included in the revenue.

Unit 25 : Past Examination Questions
June 2017
Q.23. Cost Accounting Standard 8 is a Cost Accounting Standard on ___________ .

(a) Employee Cost
(b) Utilities Cost
(c) Pollution Control Cost
(d) Selling and Distribution Cost
Q.24. Under the Generally Accepted Cost Accounting Principles, the cost of cane supplied from own farm to the
sugar mill is treated as ___________.
(a) Direct Materials Cost
(b) Indirect Materials Cost
(c) Production Overhead
(d) Administrative Overhead
Q.25. Cost Auditing Standard 102 deals with ______________.

(a) planning an Audit of Cost Statements
(b) Cost Audit Documentation
(c) knowledge of process and business
(d) overall objectives of the Independent Cost Auditor
Q.26. As per the Central Excise Valuation Rules 2000, the assessable value of goods used for captive consumption
is __________.
(a) at actual cost of production of such goods
(b) at marginal cost of production of such goods
(c) at 110% of cost of production of such goods
(d) at market price of such goods
Q.27. A shoe manufacturing company has a plant capacity of producing 700 shoes per shift. During the year of 300
working days, 3 shifts of 8 hours with half-hour recess per shift, it produces 35.91 lakh shoes. The Normal Capacity
Utilization percentage is ____.
(a) 82%
(b) 76%
(c) 74%
(d) 78%
Q.28. What is meant by ‘Normal Price’ with reference to ‘Related Party Transaction’ in CRA 1? State the basis adopted to
determine ‘Normal Price’. (8 Marks)
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Q.29. Saharanpur Sugar Mill Ltd. has a boiler that uses the unit’s own by-product, cane waste (Bagasse), as fuel which
has a market price of 750 per ton. The steam generated is first used for the generation of power and the exhaust
steam is used in the process of sugar manufacture. The exhaust steam (after generation of power) transferred to the
sugar manufacturing process is 84% of the cost of production of steam. The mill buys restricted amount of power
from the grid. The following details are extracted from the Financial Accounts and Cost Accounting Records of the
Sugar Mill :
Sugar produced 28,70,000 quintals
Steam generated and consumed 17,58,000 ton
Fuel (Bagasse) consumed for production of steam 8,22,000 ton
Conversion Cost of generation of steam 10,97,00,000
Steam used for generation of power 7,44,000 ton
Power purchased from the Electricity Board @ 5.84/kWh 67,92,000 kWh
Power generated from the Steam Turbine 5,82,30,000 kWh
Conversion Cost of generation of power (excluding cost of steam) 5,06,61,500
Find out
(i) Gross Cost of Steam per ton of Steam,
(ii) Average Cost of Power per kWh and
(iii) Average Cost of Power per ton of Sugar.
(8 Marks)
Q.30. Goodyear Automotives Ltd., located in a coastal state, had faced interruption in production during the year 2016-17
due to cyclone and flood. Out of total 303 available working days during the year, the interruptions were: (a) Flood:
4 days, (b) Cyclone: 3 days, and (c) Damage Restoration: 2 days (these exclude weekly off days falling in between).
The unit declared lay-off during such period on payment of average 50% wages for direct workers. The damage to the
plant and the cost of its repairs amounted to 87 million. Find out the abnormal expenses deductible from the
product cost on the basis of the following expenses incurred in the FY 2016-17:
Amount in millions
Direct Wages & Salaries 1230 Indirect Wages & Salaries 740
Power 820 Depreciation 210
Other Fixed Expenses 490 Finance Charges 115
(8 Marks)
Q.31. How do you define ‘Packing Material’ as per the Generally Accepted Cost Accounting Principle? What is the
treatment of such cost? (4 Marks)
Q.32. ABC Stores is a departmental store, selling goods on retail basis. It makes a gross profit of 20% on net sales. The
following figures for the year-end are available: Opening Stock 62,000, Purchases 4,46,000, Purchase Returns
12,500, Freight Inwards 15,000, Gross Sales 5,60,000, Sales Returns 14,000 and Carriage Outwards 8,000.
Calculate the estimated cost of the Inventory on the closing date. (4 Marks)
Q.33. During the Energy Audit of Reliable Engineering Ltd., the following figures relating to usage of power were placed
before the Auditor :
2016-17 2015-16 2014-15
Total Power consumed (kWh) 2642720 2744360 2393250
Rate per kWh ( ) 6.29 5.42 4.90
Total Production (in million kg.) 422.16 416.36 376.08
Compute the necessary productivity measures and (i) Price Variance and (ii) Volume Variance of power usage
during these years. (4 Marks)

Dec. 2017
Q.34. The Cost Accounting Standard 15 is a Cost Accounting Standard on _______.

(a) Employee Cost
(b) Utilities Cost
(c) Pollution Control Cost
(d) Selling and Distribution Overheads Cost
Q.35. Royalty paid on production 35,000, Job Charges 20,000, Special Design Charges 20,000, Software Development
Charges related to Production 27,000, and Travelling abroad for Training 25,000 The Direct Expenses as per
CAS 10 is _____________.
(a) 92,000
(b) 1,00,000
(c) 1,02,000
(d) 1,27,000
Q.36. Penalty paid to PF authorities is _____________ in Employee Cost.

(a) included
(b) excluded
(c) based on individual case
(d) partly included
Q.37.
(i) How would you treat the following as per the CAS 7 related to Employee Cost? I. Separation Cost due to voluntary
retirement, retrenchment termination, etc. II. Idle Time Cost.
(ii) Find the Employee Cost of a company for the year 2016-17 as per the CAS 7 from the following figures :
Particulars ( lakh)
Salaries, wages, allowances and bonus 950
Wage award arrears for the previous year 85
Contribution to provident and other funds 188
Employee welfare 56
Abnormal Idle Labour cost due to strike 95
Wages of contractual labour 125
VRS payment for the year 66
(4+4 = 8 Marks)
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Q.38. The following particulars pertaining to production of yarn are extracted from the records of Balarampur Textiles Ltd.
for the year ended March 31, 2017:
Particulars 000
Direct Material Cost per unit inclusive of Excise Duty 280 thousand 2,560
Direct Wages & Salaries 1,540
Direct Expenses 450
Indirect Materials 533
Factory Overheads 897
Administrative Overheads (40% relating to Production activities) 1,250
Quality Control Cost 565
Research and Development Cost 600
Interest on Working Capital 350
Sale of Scrap Realised 460
You are to determine the cost of production for the purpose of captive consumption in terms of the Rule 8 of the
Central Excise Valuation (DPE) Rules 2000 and as per the CAS-4 and the Assessable Value for the purpose of
paying Excise Duty on captive consumption. (8 Marks)
Q.39. A unit generates bio-gas out of the waste of industrial alcohol. The unit generates power from diesel oil and, in
addition, the said bio-gas so generated is used as a fuel in generating steam for power. The high pressure steam is
first sent to the STEAM TURBINE and the exhaust steam is used in the process of manufacturing alcohol. The
following details are extracted from the financial accounts and the cost accounting records of the unit for the year
ending 31.03.2017:
Boiler ( ) Steam Turbine ( )
Cost of Water 13,10,000
Fuel Oil 11,50,05,800
Bio-gas Plant expenses 3,20,60,500
Stores and Chemicals 3,10,000 79,200
Depreciation 21,56,250 7,80,000
Other expenses 48,95,500 1,45,200
High Pressure Steam generated (mt.) 43,690
Power generated (kWh.) 30,60,500
Note : The fall in the Enthalpy value of the steam is 8%. Prepare two separate cost sheets for steam and power as
per the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 for the year ended March 31, 2017.
(8 Marks)
Q.40. The following is a summary of the Profit and Loss Account of M/s. Straw Berry Company Limited for the year ended
31.03.2017
( in lakh)
Sales 13,540
Cost of Sales: Raw Materials, Stores, Spares 5,600
Excise Duty 830
Salaries, Wages 1,400
Power and Fuel 470
Repairs: Major Breakdown 35
Regular Maintenance 94
Selling and Distribution Cost 1,040
Insurance 56

Rent, Rates and Taxes 97

Printing, Stationery, etc. 437
Travelling 776
Other Administrative expenses 426
Depreciation 391
Interest 1,494
Total expenses 13,146
Profit 394
There was a major breakdown of machinery, resulting in loss of production for 42 days in June and July, 2016 and
there was a labour strike of 97 days from 14.02.2017 to 21.05.2017. The company produced a single product (Steel-
Billet) and the production during the year was 9,42,000 kgs. You are required to compute the amount of abnormal
cost on account of the breakdown and strike and the impact on cost per unit of output. Where, do these figures find
a place in the Cost Audit Report? (8 Marks)
Q.41. How to treat Inward Transportation Cost as per the Cost Accounting Standard 5? How Transportation Cost is to
be determined in case the manufacturer is having its own transport fleet? (4 Marks)
June 2018
Q.42. CAS 23 deals with .........................................

(a) Quality Control
(b) Manufacturing Cost
(c) Overburden Removal Cost
(d) Treatment of Revenue in Cost Statements
Q.43. Remuneration of the Non-Executive Directors is treated as ....................

(a) Employee Costs
(b) Administrative Overheads
(c) Salaries and Wages
(d) Management Expenses
Q.44. As per the CAS 23, the activity of Overburden Removal that benefits the identified component of an ore to be mined
by the entity is called as ......
(a) Mining Activity
(b) Overburden Removal
(c) Stripping Activity
(d) Advance Stripping
Q.45. As the per CAS - 21, explain

(i) Quality Control.
(ii) Treatment of Quality Control Costs. (2+6=8 Marks)
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Q.46. ABC company is manufacturing Building Bricks and Fire Bricks. Both the products required two processes : Brick
Forming and Heat Treating.
Time requirements for the two bricks Building Bricks Fire Bricks
Forming per 100 bricks 4Hrs. 3Hrs.
Heat Treatment per 100 bricks 3Hrs. 6Hrs.
Total Cost of the two departments in one month
Forming 40,000
Heat Treatment 90,000
Production during the month
Building Bricks 1,40,000 Nos.
Fire Bricks 80,000 Nos.
Prepare a Statement of Manufacturing Cost for the two varieties of Brick. (8 Marks)
Q.47. The following data are available for Limelight Limited :

Particulars 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Installed Capacity (tonnes) 320 320 320
Production (tonnes) 310 300 160
Cost Per tonne ( ) 1,000 1,070 1,641
The poor capacity utilisation in 2017-18 was due to abnormal power cut. The escalation in costs were 5% in 2016-
17 and 7% in 2017-18 (based on 2015-16).
Required :
(i) Calculate the abnormal costs due to power cut.
(ii) How would you treat the Abnormal Cost? (6 Marks)
Q.48. As per the CAS-12, how should high value spare, when replaced by a new spare and reconditioned, be treated?
(4 Marks)
Dec. 2018
Q.49. Before submission to the Auditor for Report, the Form CRA 3 should be signed by __________.
(A) The Secretary and the Chief Finance Officer of the company.
(B) The Secretary and the Cost Accounts Officer of the company.
(C) The Secretary and one Director of the company.
(D) The Chief Finance Officer and the Managing Director of the company.
Q.50. Cost of self-generation utilities for own consumption shall comprise ___________.
(A) Administrative overheads.
(B) Distribution cost
(C) Factory overheads
(D) None of the above.
Q.51. The useful life of an intangible asset, like amount paid on technical knowhow, shall not exceed ________
from the date it is available for use.
(A) 5 years
(B) 8 years
(C) 10 years
(D) 12 years

Q.51. CAS 24 deals with ____________.

(A) Overburden Removal Cost
(B) Interest and Financing Charges.
(C) Royalty and Technical Knowhow Fee.
(D) Treatment of Revenue in Cost Statements
Q.51.
(i) What items of expenses are to be included as Employee Cost as per the revised CAS 7 guidelines ?
(ii) What is the basis adopted to determine normal price with respect to related party transactions ?
(4+4= 8 Marks)
Q.51. Fortune Textiles is using water for production and consumption purposes and raises water from a water body nearby
and through recycling process. The water is treated through two processes and is transferred to the reservoir of the
plant to supply for Boiler. Washroom, Humidification, Weaving, etc. A part of such water is transferred for human
consumption in office, canteen and quarters through a branded Purifier. The initial water collection cost, inclusive of
fees to local authorities, is. 1/kl and the other costs, including process waste, are shown below:
Particulars Process 1 Process 2 Domestic
Water Raised (kl) 26,000 24,700 6,500
Water Transferred (kl) 24,700 23,400 6,500
Cost of Water Raised ( ) 1/kl
Processing Cost ( ) 57,460 39,700 15,000
(4 Marks)
June 2019
Q.52. The wages of employees of contractor engaged in the organization for the past periodis ___________ Employee
Cost.
(A) included in
(B) excluded from
(C) included to the extent of statutory contribution of employer
(D) partly included
Q.53. The Cost Accounting Standard 24 is a Cost Accounting Standard on ___________ .

(A) Overburden Removal Cost
(B) Royalty and Technical Know-how Fee
(C) Treatment of Revenue in Cost Statements
(D) Selling and Distributions Overhead Cost
Q.54.
(i) ‘The Cost Auditor should have adequate knowledge of client’s business, its process and the business environment’
— Making a reference to relevant Cost Audit Standard, discuss the areas which the new Auditor is required to
understand.
(ii) LMN Textiles Ltd. purchased a ring frame at ` 5 crore and high value spares at ` 1 crore, the whole amount being
capitalized. How should high value spares be treated as per CAS 12 when actual replacement takes place (I) with or
(II) without reconditioning? (4+4=8 Marks)
Q.55. The bio-gas produced from wash of alcohol in KLM Industrial Alcohol Ltd. is used as a supplement with fuel oil in
generating steam. The steam is used in steam turbine for production of power and the exhaust of steam turbine is
recycled for manufacture of alcohol. In process, the fall in enthalpy (heat content) value of the steam is 10%. The
following details are extracted from the Cost Accounting records of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2019
:
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Boiler ( ) Turbine ( )
Cost of Water 6,80,000
Fuel Oil 6,00,00,000
Bio-gas plant expenses 1,68,00,000
Stores and Chemicals 1,80,000
Depreciation 12,00,000 4,40,000
Other expenses 26,00,000 80,000
High pressure steam Generated (MT) 24,000
Power Generated (KWH) 18,00,000
Required :
Prepare two Cost Sheets for steam and power as per CAS-8 on cost of utilities for the yearended March 31, 2019.
(8 Marks)
Q.56. A company bought a new technology for its auto component unit for two products A and B. The condition was to pay
a lump of 10,00,000 (equally distributable for both products having a service life of 5 years) and Royalty of 3 per
unit produced. The vendor’s technicians were to be paid travelling expenses for maintenance. The company incurs
cost for software services and interest for borrowing of 1,20,000.
The following information is extracted from the Books of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2019 :
Particulars Product A Product B
Unit produced (Qty.) 30000 25000
Royalty paid on production ( ) 3/unit 3/unit
Travelling charges ( ) 10,000 10,000
Software services charges ( ) 24,000 20,000
Hire charges for special equipment ( ) 8,000 —
Interest on Bank borrowing ( ) 60,000 60,000
You are required to compute the Direct Expenses — keeping in view of CAS - 10. (4 Marks)
Q.56. NAVITA LTD., a Manufacturing company provides the following extracts of raw materials from its records for the year
ended March 31, 2019:
Opening stock of raw materials (6000 units) 2,16,000
Purchase of raw materials (21000 units) 8,40,000
Closing stock of raw materials (4000 units) —
Freight Inwards 1,02,000
Self-manufactured Packing material for purchased raw materials 70,000
Demurrage charges levied by transporter for delay collection 14,000
Normal loss due to shrinkage 2% of materials —
Abnormal loss due to absorption of moisture before receipt of materials — (150 units) —
You are required to calculate the value of Closing Stock of raw materials using Average Cost Method.
(4 Marks)

Dec. 2019
Q.57. SHYAN LTD. has a machine of productive capacity of 1500 unit per hour. It runs 3 shifts with 1 weekly off and 12
holidays per year, each shift has one hour stoppage due to lunch, change shift etc. Maintenance is done in running
time. The Normal Capacity of the plant as per CAS-2 will be
(A) 131.40 lakh units
(B) 94.815 lakh units
(C) 108.36 lakh units
(D) None of the above
Q.57. Related Party” with relation to a party means

(A) a Director or his relative.
(B) a Key Managerial Person or his relative.
(C) a firm, in which a Director, Manager or his relative is a partner.
(D) Either or all of the above
Q.58. The following details relating to MENG LTD are given:

Royalty paid on Units produced 25,000
Hire charges on Equipment 20,000
Design Charges 18,000
Software Development Charges for Production 22,000
What will be the Direct Expenses of the Company (as per CAS-10)?
(A) 60,000
(B) 63,000
(C) 65,000
(D) 85,000
Q.59. How the cost of production of goods and provision of services as per CAS-4 read with CGST Rules are
determined :
(i) where the supply of goods or services is for a consideration not wholly in money.
(iiss) where goods are intended for further supply as such by the recipient? (4 Marks)
Q.60.
(i) What are the advantages of Cost Accounting Standards? (4 Marks)
(ii) Answer the following with reference to Transportation Cost as per Cost Accounting Standard-5 (CAS-5) :
(a) What items of cost shall not be included in Transportation Cost?
(b) For apportionment of outward Transportation Cost, what basis should be adopted?
(2+2=4 Marks)
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Q.61. GREENTECH LTD, a cement manufacturing company located at Ajmer (Rajasthan), has set up its own Power Plant
to cater its need in manufacturing process for production of cement.
The following details are extracted from the Financial and Cost Accounting records of GREENTECH LTD for the year
ended March 31, 2019.
Power Generated : 59885900 KWH of which 4% is used by Power Generating Plant.
Material and Utility used :
(i) Coal consumptions : 1800 MT@ 30,000 per MT
(ii) Oil: 30 MT @ 1,50,000 per MT
(iii) Water (extraction and treatment): 40 lakh litres @ 3 per litre
(iv) Stores and other consumptions : 1,60,000
(v) Cost of Boiler Plant is 60 lakh with no residual values.
(vi) Cost of Power Generating Plant is 100 lakh with no residual values.
(vii) Depreciation is charged on Straight Line Method @ 10% [for (v) and (vi)].
(viii) Wages and Salaries for Power Generating Plant: 80 skilled workers @ 20,000 and 120 helpers @ 12,000
per month.
(ix) Wages and Salaries for Boiler Plant: 50 semi-skilled workers @ 15,000 and 80 helpers @ 10,000 per
month.
(x) Repairs & Maintenance of Generating Power Plant and Boiler Plant is 20 lakh.
(xi) Share of Administrative Overhead Expenses — 125 lakh.
(xii) Realization from Sale of Ash disposed is 9 lakh.
You are required to prepare a Cost Sheet for Electricity Generating Cost and calculate the Cost of Power per KWH
for the year ended March 31, 2019, as per the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014.
(8 Marks)

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Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)

1. CAS - Meaning & Features

Unit 1 : CAS 1 - Classification of Cost

2. Types of Cost Centre

(a) Personal Cost Centre : Refers to Human Resources

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3. Basis of Classification of Cost

2. By traceability to a cost object

3. By Function - Marketing Overheads

5. By production or operation process

Unit 2 : CAS 2 - Capacity Determination

(d) Normal Idle Capacity

(e) Abnormal Idle Capacity

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You are required to Calculate following as per CAS 2 :

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Unit 3 : CAS 3 - Production and Operation Overheads

2. Meaning and Principle

(b) Calculation of Purchased Production & Overhead

3. Assignment of Cost (Allocation of Cost

Causes & Effect Benefit received

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4. Absorbtion of production and operation overhead

Fixed Overhead Variable Overhead

Actual Production Actual basis

Unit 4 : CAS 4 - Cost of Production / Acquisition / Supply of Goods / Production of Services

1. Scope & Objective

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(9) Cost of Purchase/ Acquisition

(10) Cost of Production of goods

(11) Cost of Provision of Service

 Useful life of asset: Useful life of asset is either

(16) Employee Cost

(17) Excess Capacity Utilization

(20) Interest and Finance Costs

(21) Joint Costs

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(23) Material Consumed

(24) Materials Cost

(25) Normal Capacity

(27) Packing Materials

(28) Packing Material Cost

(30) Quality Control Cost

(31) Repairs & Maintenance Cost

(32) Research cost

(35) Selling Overheads

(36) Standard Cost

(38) Technical Know-how Fee

(39) Waste and Spoilage

(b) Material Cost

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(f) Direct Expenses

(g) PPE, Spares and Depreciation

(i) Joint Product & Scrap

(l) Production or Operation Overheads

(n) Exclusion from Cost

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4. Assignment of Cost (Allocation of Cost)