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Net realizable value Constant gross margin percentage NRV Compute the gross marg

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Net realizable value Constant gross margin percentage NRV Compute the gross margin percentages for Extreme Chocolate 8nd Very Strawberry under each of the methods in requirement 1. Collaborative Learning Problem Joint Cost Allocation, processing further and ethics. Unified Chemical Company has a joint production process that converts Zeta into two chemicals: Alpha and Beta. The company purchases Zeta for SI2 per pound and incurs a cost of $30 per pound to process it into Alpha and Beta. For every 10 pounds of Zeta, the company can produce 8 pounds of Alpha and 2 pounds of Beta. The selling price for Alpha and Beta are $76.50 and $144.00, respectively. Unified Chemical generally processes Alpha and Beta further in separable processes to produce more refined products. Alpha is processed separately into Alphalite at a cost of $25.05 per pound. Beta is processed separately into Betalite at a cost of $112.80 per pound. Alphalite and Betalite sell for $105 and $285 per pound, respectively. In the most recent month. Unified Chemical purchased 15,000 pounds of Zeta. The company had no beginning or ending inventory of Zeta. Allocate the joint costs to Alphalite and Betalite under the following methods: Sales value at splitoff Physical measure (pounds) Net realizable value Constant gross margin percentage NRV Unified Chemical is considering an opportunity to process Betalite further into a new product called Ultra-Betalite. The separable processing will cost $85 per pound and expects an additional $15 per pound packaging cost for Ultra-Betalite. The expected selling price would be $360 per pound. Should Unified Chemical sell Betalite or Ultra-Betalite? What selling price for Ultra-Betalite would make XOnified Chemical indifferent between selling Betalite and Ultra-Betalite? Independent of your answer to requirement (2). suppose Danny Dugard, the assistant controller, has completed an analysis that shows Ultra-Betalite should not be produced. Before presenting his results to top management, he received a visit from Sally Kemper. Sally had been personally responsible for developing Ultra-Betalite and was upset to learn that it would not be manufactured. Sally: The company is making a big mistake by passing up this opportunity. Ultra-Betalite will be a big seller and will get us into new markets. Danny: But the analysis shows that we would be losing money on every pound of Ultra-Betalite we manufacture. Sally: But that is a temporary problem. Eventually the cost of processing will be reduced

Explanation / Answer

Joint Cost of Zeta $ Material cost(15000 pound @$12) 180,000 Further processing cost (15000@$30) 450,000 Total Joint Cost 630,000                 (1)               (2) Pounds Sales price at split of point $ Sales value at split of point $ Allocation of Joint cost - sales value at splitt off point(in the ratio918:432) Of $630,000 Physical measures (In the ratio of 12000:3000) Alpha Production of Alpha (15000 pound/10*8) 12000     76.5       918,000         428,400      504,000 Beta Production of Beta (15000 pound/10*2) 3000    144.0       432,000         201,600      126,000 Total 15000    1,350,000         630,000      630,000                                                    (3) Net realisable value method Alphalite$ Betalite $ Total Final sales value       105.00       285.00 Less: Seperable Cost         25.05       112.80 NRV 79.95 172.2 Production pound 12,000 3,000 Total NRV     959,400      516,600    1,476,000 Allocation of joint cost $630,000 in the ratio of NRV (9594:5166)     409,500      220,500       630,000                                                              (4) Alphalite$ Betalite $ Total $ Final sales value                   1,260,000                    855,000    2,115,000 ($105*12000 pounds) ($285*3000 pounds) Less: Seperable Cost                      300,600                    338,400       639,000 ($25.05*12000 pounds) ($112.8*3000 pounds) Less :Joint Cost                      409,500                    220,500       630,000 Gross Margin       846,000 Gross Margin % (Gross margin / Total sales) 40 Allocation of joint cost using Gross margin % Alphalite$ Betalite $ Total $ Final sales value     1,260,000        855,000    2,115,000 Less: Gross margin 40% of sale       504,000        342,000       846,000 Production Cost       756,000        513,000    1,269,000 Less:Seperable Cost       300,600        338,400       639,000 Allocation of joint cost       455,400        174,600       630,000