ACC512

Tim Richardson.

 If you are interested, this is my solution to Horngren15-30

1a.
Output
 

Item

Output (lbs)

apple slices

89100

applesauce

81000

apple juice

67500
(after loss, divide by 1.08)

animal feed

27000

NRV

 

 

sales value

separable cost

NRV at splitoff

weighting

apple slices

$71280

11280

60000

50%

applesauce

44550

8550

36000

30%

applejuice

27000

3000

24000

20%

animal feed

2700

700

2000

 

Cost to allocate

cost of cutting dept    60000
less animal feed NRV     2000
                        58000
 
 

   

cost allocation

apple slices

50%

29000

apple sauce

30

17400

apple juice

20

11600

animal feed

 

2000

TOTAL

 

60000

d) gross margin in dollars
 

  apple slices apple sauce apple juice
gross margin

31000

18600

12400

2.
The gross margin includes a sunk and relevant cost component, so it is not useful for management decision making. Only relevant costs are useful.
This is similar to the difference in management use between gross margin reporting and contribution margin reporting.

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Tim Richardson
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