Red Sauce Canning Company processes tomatoes into catsup, tomato juice, and canned tomatoes.
Problem 1 – Red Sauce Canning Company processes tomatoes into catsup, tomato juice, and canned
tomatoes. During the summer of 20X2, the joint costs of processing the tomatoes were $420,000. There was no beginning or ending inventories for the summer. Production and sales value information for the summer is as follows:
Product Cases Sales Value at Splitoff Point Separable Costs Selling Price Catsup 100,000 $6 per case $3.00 per case $28 per case Juice 150,000 8 per case 5.00 per case 25 per case Canned 200,000 5 per case 2.50 per case 10 per case
Question: Determine the amount allocated to each product if the estimated net realizable value method is used, and compute the cost per case for each product.