The Armstrong Company uses a joint process to produce products A, B, C, and D. Each product may be sold at its split-off point or processed further. Joint processing costs for a single batch of joint products are $120,000. Other relevant data are: Additional Sales Sales Value at Product Processing Value After Split-Off Costs Processing A $25,000 $12,000 $48,000 B 24,000 16,000 36,000 C 44,000 28,000 70,000 D 17,000 10,000 32,000 Determine when each product should be sold. Show calculations to support your answers.

The Armstrong Company uses a joint process to produce products A, B, C, and D. Each product may be sold at its split-off point or processed further. Joint processing costs for a single batch of joint products are $120,000. Other relevant data are: Additional Sales Sales Value at Product Processing Value After Split-Off Costs Processing A $25,000 $12,000 $48,000 B 24,000 16,000 36,000 C 44,000 28,000 70,000 D 17,000 10,000 32,000 Determine when each product should be sold. Show calculations to support your answers.

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Chapter6: Process Cost Accounting—additional Procedures; Accounting For Joint Products And By-products

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The Armstrong Company uses a joint process to produce products A, B, C, and D. Each product may be sold at its split-off point or processed further. Joint processing costs for a single batch of joint products are $120,000. Other relevant data are: Additional Sales Value Sales Value at Product Processing After Split-Off Costs Processing A $25,000 $12,000 $48,000 B 24,000 16,000 36,000 C 44,000 28,000 70,000 D 17,000 10,000 32,000 Determine when each product should be sold. Show calculations to support your answers.
Benjamin Signal Company produces products R, J, C from a joint process. Each product may be sold at the split off point or be processed further. Joint production costs of $92,000 are allocated to the products based on the relative number of units produced. Data for the current year operations follow: Product Units Allocated Joint Sales Value at Produced Production Spit off Cost $ 32,000 $ 40,000 $ 20,000 $ 76,000 $ 71,000 $ 48,000 R 8,000 10,000 5,000 Product R can be processed beyond the split off point for an additional cost of $26,000 and can then be sold for $105,000. Product J can be processed beyond the split off point for an additional $38,000 and then sold for $117,000. Product C can be processed beyond the split off point for an additional $12,000 and then sold for $57,000. Required: Which products should be processed beyond the split off point? Show your calculations.
HASF Corporation manufactures products A, B, and C from a joint process. Joint costs are allocated on the basis of relative sales value at the end of the joint process. Additional information for HASF are as follows: A B C Total Units produced 12000 8000 4,000 24,000 Joint costs 144000 60,000 36,000 240,000 Sales value before additional processing 240000 100,000 60,000 400,000 Additional costs for further processing 28000 20,000 12,000 60,000 Sales value if processed further 280000 120,000 70,000 470,000 Required: Which, if any, of products A, B, and C should be processed further and then sold? Keeping in view the answer of "part a", write down your critical feedback to support your answer
QUIK Manufacturing Company Ltd produces two products from a joint process. Informationabout the two joint products is as follows:Information Product A Product BBudgeted production (in kg) 2 000 4 000Selling price per kg at split-off $ 10 $ 20Additional processing costs per kgafter split-off (all variable)$ 15 $ 30Selling price per kg after furtherprocessing$40 $50The cost of the joint process is $ 90 000.Required:a) Which of QUIK company’s joint products should be sold at split-off point? Please supportyour answer with the necessary calculations. b) Which of QUIK company’s joint products should be processed further? please answer the same with working allocations
Presley produces three products from a joint process. The joint process has total costs of $500,000 per month. All three products, A, B, C, are immediately saleable as they come out of the joint process. Alternatively, any of the products could continue on with additional processing and be sold as a more complete product. The following information is available: Units Immediate Sales Price Later Sales Prices Unit cost of Further Processing 1 5,000 $15 $20 $6 2 17,500 $20 $25 $4 3 10,000 $25 $32 $3 What is the total benefit the company would experience by following your recommendations vs. not processing any further? Hint: Give the sum of the benefits from each product you have chosen to process further.
Corporation manufactures three products from a joint process. The three products are in industrial grade form at the split off point. They can either be sold at that point or processed further into premium grade. Costs related to each batch of this process is as follows: Product 1 Product 2 Product 3 Sales Price at split-off point $16 $12 $5 Allocated joint costs $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 Sales Price after further processing $20 $18 $14 Cost of further processing $6,360 $1,420 $2,650 Product Quantity 1,000 lb. 1,000 lb. 1,000 Ib. Q. What would be the additional amount of profit that Corp. would gain from further processing the product(s) that is/are more profitable to process further rather than be sold at the split-off point?
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A company currently produces three products from a joint process. The joint process has total costs of $515,000 per month. All three products, A, B, and C, are immediately saleable as they come out of the joint process. Alternatively, any of the products could continue on with additional processing and be sold as a more complete product. The following information is available: Product A B Units 4,500 18,000 10,500 Immediate Sales Price $18 20 27 Later Sales Unit Cost of Further Processing $ 2.00 4.00 4.00 Price $ 19 25 33 Required: a-1. Should Product A be sold immediately or sold after processing further? a-2. How much will the decision affect profit? b-1. Should Product B be sold immediately or sold after processing further? b-2. How much will the decision affect profit? c-1. Should Product C be sold immediately or sold after processing further? c-2. How much will the decision affect profit?
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SAMCIS Company produces three products (X, Y, and Z) in a joint process costing P100,000. The products can be sold as they leave the process, or they can be processed further and sold. The cost accountant has provided you with the following information: IIT Separable Further Processing Costs Sales Price Sales Price After Product Unit Volume at Split-Off Further Processing 3,000 4,000 8,000 P10 15 P60,000 50,000 90,000 P25 Y 30 20 35 Assume that all processing costs are variable costs. Required:/ Which products should SAMCIS sell at split-off, and which products should be processed further?