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Brevall Industries makes corn oil and corn meal from harvested corn in a joint process. The corn oil can be further processed into margarine, and the corn meal can be further processed into corn muffin mix. The joint cost incurred to process the corn to the split-off point is $140,000. Information on the quantities, value, and further processing costs for the joint products appear below:
Quantity | Sales Value At Split Off | Estimated Further Processing Cost | Sales Value After Processing | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Corn Oil | 800,000 lbs | $0.30/lb. | $0.15/lb | $0.60/ib |
Corn Meal | 1,600,000 lbs | $0.10/lb | $0.46/lb | 0.55/lb |
Brevall allocates the joint cost to the products based on the relative sales value at split-off point. How much joint cost should be assigned to the corn oil?
Quantity (a) | Sale value at split off (b) | Total Sales Value at split off (a*b) | |
Corn Oil | 800000 | 0.3 | $ 240,000.00 |
Corn Meal | 1600000 | 0.1 | $ 160,000.00 |
Total Sales Value at split off (a*b) | Allocation of Joint cost | ||
Corn Oil | $240,000 | $84,000 | |
Corn Meal | $160,000 | $56,000 | |
Total | $400,000 | $140,000 | |
Joint cost = | $140,000 | ||
Corn Oil | 240000*140000/400000 | $84,000 | |
Corn Meal | 160000*140000/400000 | $56,000 | |
The joint cost to be assigned to corn oil is $ 84,000 |