Joint Product Cost AllocationMarket Value Method; By-Product Cost AllocationMarket Value (Reversal Cost) Method. Alba Company manufactures joint

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Joint Product Cost Allocation—Market Value Method; By-Product Cost Allocation—Market Value (Reversal Cost) Method. Alba Company manufactures joint products X and Y as well as by-product Z. Cumulative joint cost data’ for the period show $204,000, representing 20,000 completed units processed through the Refining Department at an average cost of $10.20. Costs are assigned to X and Y by the market value method, which considers further processing costs in subsequent operations. To determine the cost allocation to Z, the market value (reversal cost) method is used. Additional data: LO5 Z X Y Quantityprocessed.

Sales price perunit.

Further processing cost perunit.

Marketing and administrative expenses per unit Operating profit perunit.

2,000 units 8,000 units $6 $20 2 5 1 —

1 —

Required: Compute the joint cost allocated to Z, then the amount to X and Y.

10,000 units $257

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Cost Accounting

ISBN: 9780538828079

11th Edition

Authors: Lawrence H. Hammer, William K. Carter, Milton F. Usry

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