Louie Company has a defined benefit pension plan. On December 31 (the end of the fiscal year), the company received the PBO report from the actuary. The following information was included in the report: ending PBO, $110,000; benefits paid to retirees, $10,000; interest cost, $8,000. The discount rate applied by the actuary was 8%. What was the service cost for the year? O 2,000 12,000 O 18,000 92,000

Harrison Forklift's pension expense includes a service cost of $12 million. Harrison began the year with a pension liability of $32 million (underfunded pension plan). 1. Interest cost, $8; expected return on assets, $6; amortization of net loss, $2. 2. Interest cost, $8; expected return on assets, $6; amortization of net gain, $2. 3. Interest cost, $8; expected return on assets, $6; amortization of net loss, $2; amortization of prior service cost, $3 million. Required: Prepare the appropriate general journal entries to record Harrison's pension expense in each of the above independent situations regarding the other (non-service cost) components of pension expense ($ in millions): (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions. (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).) Journal entry worksheet 1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record pension expense in situation 1 above. 2.…

Jones Manufacturing Inc. sponsored a defined benefit pension plan effective 1 January 20X7. The company uses the projected unit credit actuarial cost method for funding and accounting. Long-term corporate bonds have a yield of 4%. Employees were granted partial credit for past service. The past service obligation has been measured at $1,695,000 as of 1 January 20X7. The company will pay $222,000 (for past service) plus all current service cost to the pension plan trustee each 31 December beginning 31 December 20X7. This funding arrangement will continue for five years and then be re-evaluated. Data for 20X7 and 20X8 Current service cost Actual return on fund assets Decrease in defined benefit obligation at year-end due to change in assumptions Payments to pensioners at end of year Required: 20X7 $128,000 $179,000 20X8 7,900 48,000 46,900 Prepare a spreadsheet containing all relevant pension Information for 20X7 and 20X8. Answer is not complete. Net Pension Obligation Plan Assets…

How do I go about calculating pension payouts to determine a company's financial obligation? Additional info is below: Postretirement BenefitsPeyton Approved has revised its postretirement plan. It will now provide health insurance to retired employees. Management has requested that you report the short- and long-term financial implications of this. The company is currently employing 60, and actuaries estimate that the company has a pension liability of $107,041.70. The estimated cost of retired employees’ health insurance is $43,718.91. Prepare adjusting entries for the pension liability and the health insurance liability

Dell Company adopted a defined benefit pension plan on January 1, 20X1. Dell amortizes the initial prior service cost of $1,334,400 over 16 years. It assumes a 7% discount rate and an 8% expected rate of return. The following additional data are available for 20X1: Service cost for 20x1 Prior service cost amortization Employer contribution made at 12/31/20X1 Required: Compute the pension asset (liability) to be reported on Dell's December 31, 20X1, balance sheet. (A net pension liability should be indicated by a minus sign.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. $ Pension asset (liability) to be reported $320,000 83,400 335,000 1,412,808

Frazier Refrigeration amended its defined benefit pension plan on December 31, 2018, to increase retirement benefits earned with each service year. The consulting actuary estimated the prior service cost incurred by making theamendment retroactive to prior years to be $110,000. Frazier’s 100 present employees are expected to retire at therate of approximately 10 each year at the end of each of the next 10 years.Required:1. Using the service method, calculate the amount of prior service cost to be amortized to pension expense ineach of the next 10 years.2. Using the straight-line method, calculate the amount of prior service cost to be amortized to pension expensein each of the next 10 years.

On January 1, 20X1, East Corporation adopted a defined benefit pension plan. At plan inception, the prior service cost was $60,000. In 20X1, East incurred service cost of $150,000 and amortized $12,000 of prior service cost. On December 31, 20X1, East contributed $160,000 to the pension plan. East assumes a 6% discount rate and 5% expected rate of return.   Required: At December 31, 20X1, what amounts should East report as a pension asset (liability) and AOCI on its balance sheet? (A net pension liability should be indicated with by minus sign.)

A company has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31 of the current year (the end of the company's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available: Projected Benefit Obligation Balance, January 1, current year Service cost Interest cost, discount rate, 5% Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in current year Pension benefits paid Balance, December 31, current year Plan Assets Balance, January 1, current year Actual return on plan assets (Expected return on plan assets, $46) Cash contributions Pension benefits paid Balance, December 31, current year January 1, current year, balances: Pension asset Prior service cost-AOCI (amortization $8 per year) Net gain-AOCI (any amortization over 10 years) (5 in millions) Balance, January 1, current year Service cost Interest cost, 5% Expected return on assets Adjust for Loss on assets Amortization of Prior service cost Net gain Gain on PBO Cash funding Retiree benefits Balance, December 31, curent…

On January 1 of the current reporting year, Coda Company's projected benefit obligation was $29.3 million. During the year, pension benefits paid by the trustee were $3.3 million. Service cost was $9.3 million. Pension plan assets earned $4.3 million as expected. At the end of the year, there was no net gain or loss and no prior service cost. The actuary's discount rate was 10%. Required:Determine the amount of the projected benefit obligation at December 31. (Enter your answers in millions rounded to 2 decimal places. Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)

Putnam Company provides its employees vacation benefits and a defined contribution pension plan. Employees earned vacation pay of $19,500 for the period. The pension formula calculated a pension cost of $264,000. Only $15,840 was contributed to the pension plan administrator. (a)  Provide the journal entry for the vacation pay. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. (b)  Provide the journal entry for the pension benefit. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.