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Chapter 6: Cost Allocation: Joint Cost Situations

Case Study/Exercise: Galinha-Esquina SA


Galinha-Esquina SA grows and processes chickens. Each chicken is disas-
sembled into five main parts. Information pertaining to production in July
2019 is as follows:

Parts Kilograms of product Wholesale selling price per kg at


the end of production line
Breast 100 €1.10
Wings 20 0.40
Thighs 40 0.70
Bones 80 0.20 Fachbereich Elektrische
Feathers 10 0.10 Energietechnik

Dipl.-Kffr.
Joint costs of production in July 2019 were €100.
Sabine Katterbach

A special shipment of 20 kg of breasts and 10 kg of wings has been de- Center for Business Education
stroyed in a fire. Galinha-Esquina’s insurance policy provides for reimburse-
ment for the cost of the items destroyed. The insurance company permits
Galinha-Esquina to use a join-cost-allocation method. The split-off point is Telefon
assumed to be at the end of the production line. 02921 378-3368
E-Mail
katterbach.sabine@fh-swf.de
Tasks:
1. Calculate the cost of the special shipment destroyed using Standort Soest
a) the sales value at split-off point method, and Lübecker Ring 2
b) the physical measure method using kilograms of finished product. 59494 Soest

2. Which joint-cost-allocation method would you recommend that Galinha-


Esquina use?

3. Assume that Galinha-Esquina can further process the breasts, wings and
thighs beyond the split-off point into “ready for barbecue meat” by adding
spices and a marinade. Thus, they can increase the wholesale selling
price per kg for these products but also incur additional (separable) pro- Fachhochschule
cessing costs: Südwestfalen
Sitz: Iserlohn
Parts Separable processing Wholesale selling price per kg
costs BBQ-meat for BBQ-meat Hagen
BBQ-Breast €10 €1.25 Iserlohn
BBQ-Wings 1 0.45 Meschede
BBQ-Thighs 2 0.80 Soest

Calculate the cost of the special shipment destroyed assuming it con- www.fh-swf.de
tained barbecue meat using the estimated NRV method.

Hint: Use the provided tables.

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1a) Sales value at split-off point method:
Product Kg of Wholesale Sales Allocation rate Joint costs Allocation
product price/kg value at allocated costs per kg
Q P split-off
=Q*P
Breasts 100 110/163= 0,67*100 67/100=
1.1 110
0,67 =67 0,67
Wings 20 0.4 8 0,05 5 0,25

Thighs 40 0,7 28 0,17 17 0,425

Bones 80 0,2 16 0,1 10 0,125

Feathers 10 0,1 1 0,01 1 0,1

Total 250 2,5 163 1 100 1,57


Reimbursement by insurance: 15,9

1b) Physical measures method:


Product Kg of Allocation rate Joint costs Allocation costs
product allocated per kg
Breasts
100 100:250=0,4 40 0,4

Wings 20 0,08 8 0,4

Thighs 40 0,16 16 0,4

Bones 80 0,32 32 0,4

Feathers 10 0,04 4 0,4

Total 250 1 100 2


Reimbursement by insurance: 12

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3. Estimated NRV method:
Product Kg of Wholesale Final Separable Esti- Allocation Joint costs
prod- price/kg sales processing mated rate allocated
uct P value costs NRV
Q =Q*P
BBQ- 100 1,25 125 10 115 0,68 68
Breasts

BBQ-
Wings 20 0,45 9 1 8 0,05 5
BBQ-
Thighs 40 0,80 32 2 30 0,18 18
Bones 80 0,20 16 0 16 0,09 10

Feathers 10 0,10 1 0 1 0,01 1

Total 250 2,8 183 13 170 1 102


Reimbursement by insurance: (68+10)*20/100+ (5+1)*10/20=
18,6

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