Chapter 16, Problem 16.28E

Joint-cost allocation: Sell immediately or process further. Nervana Soy Products (NSP) buys soybeans and processes them into other soy products. Each ton of soybeans that NSP purchases for $350 can be converted for an additional $210 into 650 pounds of soy meal and 100 gallons of soy oil. A pound of soy meal can be sold at splitoff for $1.32 and soy oil can be sold in bulk for $4.50 per gallon.

NSP can process the 650 pounds of soy meal into 750 pounds of soy cookies at an additional cost of $300. Each pound of soy cookies can be sold for $2.32 per pound. The 100 gallons of soy oil can be packaged at a cost of $230 and made into 400 quarts of Soyola. Each quart of Soyola can be sold for $1.15.

1. 1. Allocate the joint cost to the soy cookies and the Soyola using the following:

Required

1. a. Sales value at splitoff method
2. b. NRV method
3. 2. Should NSP have processed each of the products further? What effect does the allocation method have on this decision?