COST OF UTILITIES

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....nment of cost of utilities, for determination of the cost of product or service, and the presentation and disclosure in cost statements. 2. Objective The objective of this standard is to bring uniformity and consistency in the principles and methods of determining the cost of utilities with reasonable accuracy. 3. Scope 3.1 This standard shall be applied to cost statements which require classification, measurement, assignment, presentation and disclosure of cost of utilities including those requiring attestation. 3.2 For determining the cost of production to arrive at an assessable value of excisable utilities used for captive consumption, Cost Accounting Standard 4 on Cost of Production for Captive Consumption (C....

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.... The terms Interest and financing charges, finance costs, and borrowing costs are used interchangeably. 4.6 Normal capacity: Normal Capacity is the production achieved or achievable on an average over a number of periods or seasons under normal circumstances taking into account the loss of capacity resulting from planned maintenance.^[3] In case of any standby utility the normal capacity will be the same as actual production of the utility. The normal capacity of a utility meant for captive consumption would be based on the normal capacity for the production facility of the end product of the consuming unit. 4.7 Standard Cost: A predetermined cost of a product or service based on technical specifications ....

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.... the inter company transfers shall comprise direct material cost, direct employee cost, direct expenses, factory overheads, distribution cost and share of administrative overheads. 5.3.4 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. 5.4 Finance costs incurred in connection with the utilities shall not form part of cost of utilities. 5.5 The cost of utilities shall include the cost of distribution of such utilities. The cost of distribution will consis....

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....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. 6. Assignment of costs 6.1 While assigning cost of utilities, traceability to a cost object in an economically feasible manner shall be the guiding principle. 6.2 Where the cost of utilities is not directly traceable to cost object, it shall be assigned on the most appropriate basis. 6.3 The most appropriate basis of distribution of cost of a utility to the departments consuming services is t....