Joint Cost REV
Joint Cost REV
Joint Cost REV
Split-off point
Joint cost Separable cost
the costs of a single production process that all costs (manufacturing, marketing, distribution, etc.) incurred beyond
yields multiple products simultaneously the splitoff point that are assignable to one or more individual products.
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Beef Cut Corned Beef
Joint costs: Price = $100/kg Price = $200/units
Beg. inv = 0 Separable
$500,000 Production = 7,500 kg
Beg. inv = 0
Production = 10,000 units
Trf. out = 7,500 kg costs: Sales = 8,000 units
Sales = 5,000 kg $500,000 End. inv = 2,000 units
End. inv = 2,500 kg
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Why
Allocate
Joint
Cost?
For inventory costing for internal
Rate regulation
accounting purposes
Approaches to Allocate Joint Cost
Approach 1: Approach 2:
Physical measure Market based
Estimated Constant
Sales value at
Physical-units method Net-realizable-value Gross-margin
split-off method
method percentage
“Allocation based on the
Allocation based on a Allocation based on the
“Allocation based on final overall gross-margin
physical measure of the relative values of the
sales values less separable percentage that is identical
joint products at the split-off products at the split-off
processing costs.” for each of the individual
point. point.
products.”
Approach 1: Physical Measures
Split-off point
Joint cost Separable cost
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Beef Cut Corned Beef
Joint costs: 75% Production: Price = $200/units
$500,000 7,500 kg Separable Beg. inv = 0
Production = 10,000 units
costs: Sales = 8,000 units
Joint costs allocated:
$375,000 $500,000 End. inv = 2,000 units
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25% processing
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Beef Cut Corned Beef
Joint costs: 86% Sales Value: Price = $200/units
$500,000 7,500 kg x $100 Separable Beg. inv = 0
= $750,000 costs: Production = 10,000 units
Sales = 8,000 units
Joint costs allocated: $500,000 End. inv = 2,000 units
$428.571
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14% processing
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Beef Cut Corned Beef
Joint costs: 88% NRV: Sales Value:
$500,000 $2,000,000 - $500,000 Separable 10,000 units x $200
= $1.500.000 costs: =$2,000,000
Joint costs allocated: $500,000
$441.176
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12% processing
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Beef Cut Corned Beef
Joint costs: Production costs:
$500,000 Joint costs allocated: Separable $2,000,000 -
$956.522 - $500,000 costs: 52,17% x $2,000,000
= $456.522 $500,000 = $956.522
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Byproducts
Joint Input Joint Production
Price = $2/kg
(Chicken) Process
Beg. inv = 0
Production = 5,250 kg
Sales = 1,700 kg
Direct materials = $225,000
End. inv = 3,550 kg
Conversion costs = $125,000
Chicken Skin
1
5,250 kg x $2 per kg = $10,500
2
$350,000 - $10,500 = $339,500
3
225,000+$125,000 = $350,000
4
42,250 kg x $10 per kg = $422,500
5
(42,250 kg. ÷ 51,250 kg) x $339,500 = $279,880
6
(42,250 kg. ÷ 51,250 kg) x $350,000 = $288,537
7
1,700 kg x $2 per kg = $3,400
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