Engineer
234 Points
Joined August 2010
Both ICAI & ICWAI are bodies incorporated by law. CAs & CWAs both hv statutory powers. and both Can Practice. (Personal Business). BUT where do we draw the line??
The statutory powers enjoyed by CAs are much wider in scope than CWAs. HOW? CAs can do all types of Audit like Statutory audit, tax audit, internal audit etc. However, CWAs can do only Cost Audit u/s 233B of the Companies Act 1956. So, there scope is lesser.
In India as chartered accountants have much wider scope of practice but in this global arena CMA's are playing vital role as we can see many persons who are double qualified i.e. CA as well as CWA some of them practice as CWA not as CA coz of the opportunity and money they earn.
Don't waste time on comparision.