The accountant for Marlin Corporation has developed the following information for the company's defined-benefit pension plan for 2021:               Service cost                                        $2,000,000               Actual return on plan assets               1,100,000               Annual contribution to the plan            820,000               Prior service cost from pension plan amendment in 2019:                            2,500,000               Benefits paid to retirees                       550,000               Average remaining service life of               employees                                             10 years               Interest rate                                           10%               Expected rate of return on plan assets      12%               Plan Asset, beginning balance              $10,000,000               PBO, beginning balance                        $9,000,000       The accumulated benefit obligation at December 31, 2021, amounted to $8,500,000.   Required:   b. Calculate the ending balance of Projected Benefit Obligation in 2021. c. Calculate the pension expense in 2021. d. What’s the ending balance of net gain (loss) - AOCI in 2021? e. What’s the ending balance of prior service cost – AOCI in 2021?

Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
3rd Edition
ISBN:9781337788281
Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Chapter19: Accounting For Post Retirement Benefits
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 6E
icon
Related questions
Question

The accountant for Marlin Corporation has developed the following information for the company's defined-benefit pension plan for 2021:

 

            Service cost                                        $2,000,000

 

            Actual return on plan assets               1,100,000

 

            Annual contribution to the plan            820,000

 

            Prior service cost from pension plan amendment in 2019:                            2,500,000

 

            Benefits paid to retirees                       550,000

 

            Average remaining service life of

 

            employees                                             10 years

 

            Interest rate                                           10%

 

            Expected rate of return on plan assets      12%

 

            Plan Asset, beginning balance              $10,000,000

 

            PBO, beginning balance                        $9,000,000

 

 

 

The accumulated benefit obligation at December 31, 2021, amounted to $8,500,000.

 

Required:

 

b. Calculate the ending balance of Projected Benefit Obligation in 2021.

c. Calculate the pension expense in 2021.

d. What’s the ending balance of net gain (loss) - AOCI in 2021?

e. What’s the ending balance of prior service cost – AOCI in 2021?

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 4 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Employee benefits
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337788281
Author:
James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
SWFT Individual Income Taxes
SWFT Individual Income Taxes
Accounting
ISBN:
9780357391365
Author:
YOUNG
Publisher:
Cengage
Individual Income Taxes
Individual Income Taxes
Accounting
ISBN:
9780357109731
Author:
Hoffman
Publisher:
CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT