Chapter 6: Cost Allocation: Joint-Cost Situations
1. Estimated net realizable value method.
Milje-Sape AS produces two joint products, cooking oil and soap oil, from a
single vegetable oil refining process. In July 2008, the joint costs of this
process were NKr 24 000 000. Separable processing costs beyond the
split-off point were cooking oil, NKr 30 000 000; and soap oil NKr 7 500
000. Cooking oil sells for NKr 50 per drum. Soap oil sells for NKr 25 per
drum. Milje-Sape produced and sold 1 000 000 drums of cooking oil and
500 000 drums of soap oil. There are no beginning or ending stocks of
cooking oil or soap oil.
Task: Allocate the NKr 24 000 000 joint costs using the estimated NRV
method.
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Energietechnik
2. Joint costs and by-products.
Prof. Dr. Valerie Wulfhorst
Pohjanmaan Oy processes an ore in Department 1, out of which come
three products L, W and X. Product L is processed further through Betriebswirtschaftslehre,
Department 2. Product W is sold without further processing. Product X is insb. Controlling
considered a by-product and is processed further through Department 3.
Costs in Department 1 are €800 000 in total; Department 2 costs are €100 Telefon
000; and Department 3 costs are €50 000. Processing 600 000 kg in 02921 378-451
Department 1 results in 50 000 kg of product L, 300 000 kg of product W Telefax
and 100 000 kg product X. 02921 378-409
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Product L sells for €10 per kg. Product W sells for €2 per kg. Product X
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sells for €3 per kg. The company wants to make a gross margin of 10% of
sales on product X and also 25% for marketing costs on product X.
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Tasks: Lübecker Ring 2
1. Calculate unit costs per kilogram for products L, W and X, treating X as 59494 Soest
a by-product. Use the estimated NRV method for allocating joint costs.
Deduct the estimated NRV the by-product produced from the joint costs
of products L and W.
2. Calculate unit costs per kilogram for products L, W and X, treating all
three as joint products and allocating costs by the estimated NRV
method.
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Südwestfalen
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Meschede
Soest
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