What is a joint cost? What is a separable cost? A - Joint Cost is cost of a production process that yields multiple products simultaneously. Separable Cost is all costs (manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and so on) incurred beyond the splitoff point that are assignable to each of the specific products identified at the split point. Instructors Q Can you provide an example of each? Criteria If answer is outside of our textbook, please provide your source or reference, if within, provide the page or pages. Reference - Horngren, C. T., Datar, S.M., Foster, G., Rajan, M., & Ittner, C. (2009). Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, p. 573