Joint Cost Allocation

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Cost Allocation:

Joint Products and Byproducts

Joint Cost Terminology


Joint Costs costs of a single production process

that yields multiple products simultaneously


Splitoff Point the place in a joint production process
where two or more products become separately
identifiable
Separable Costs all costs incurred beyond the
splitoff point that are assignable to each of the nowidentifiable specific products

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Joint Cost Terminology

Categories of Joint Process Outputs:


1.
2.

Outputs with a positive sales value


Outputs with a zero sales value

Product any output with a positive sales


value, or an output that enables a firm to
avoid incurring costs

Value can be high or low

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Joint Cost Terminology


Main Product output of a joint production

process that yields one product with a high


sales value compared to the sales values of
the other outputs
Joint Products outputs of a joint production
process that yields two or more products with
a high sales value compared to the sales
values of any other outputs

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Joint Cost Terminology


Byproducts outputs of a joint production

process that have low sales values compare


to the sales values of the other outputs

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Joint Process Flowchart

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Reasons for Allocating Joint Costs


Required for GAAP and taxation purposes
Cost values may be used for evaluation

purposes
Cost-based contracting
Insurance settlements
Required by regulators
Litigation

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Joint Cost Allocation Methods


Physical Measures allocate using tangible
attributes of the products, such as pounds,
gallons, barrels, etc.
Market-Based allocate using marketderived data (dollars):

1.
2.
3.

Sales value at splitoff


Net Realizable Value (NRV)
Constant Gross-Margin percentage NRV

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Physical-Measure Method
Allocates joint costs to joint products on the

basis of the relative weight, volume, or other


physical measure at the splitoff point of total
production of the products

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Physical-Measure Example
Consider the following example of two products

arising out of one joint process costing $500


Assumes 1 gallon of Cream is equal to 1 gallon of
Skim-milk

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Sales Value at Splitoff Method


Uses the sales value of the entire production

of the accounting period to calculate


allocation percentage
Ignores inventories

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Sales Value at Splitoff Example

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Net Realizable Value Method


Allocates joint costs to joint products on the

basis of relative NRV of total production of the


joint products
NRV = Final Sales Value Separable Costs

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NRV Example

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Constant Gross Margin NRV Method


Allocates joint costs to joint products in a way

that the overall gross-margin percentage is


identical for the individual products
Joint Costs are calculated as a residual
amount

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Constant Gross Margin NRV Method


Example

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Method Selection
If selling price at splitoff is available, use the Sales

Value at Splitoff Method


If selling price at splitoff is not available, use the NRV
Method
If simplicity is the primary consideration, PhysicalMeasures Method or the Constant Gross-Margin
Method could be used
Despite this, some firms choose not to allocate joint
costs at all

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Sell-or-Process Further Decisions


In Sell-or-Process Further decisions, joint

costs are irrelevant. Joint products have


been produced, and a prospective decision
must be made: to sell immediately or process
further and sell later
Joint Costs are sunk
Separable Costs need to be evaluated for
relevance individually

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Sell-or-Process Further Flowchart

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Byproducts
Two methods for accounting for byproducts
Production Method recognizes byproduct

inventory as it is created, and sales and costs


at the time of sale
Sales Method recognizes no byproduct
inventory, and recognizes only sales at the
time of sales: byproduct costs are not tracked
separately

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