FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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vanhoe Company provides the following information about its defined benefit pension plan for the year 2020.
Service cost | $ 90,500 | ||
Contribution to the plan | 103,300 | ||
Prior service cost amortization | 10,300 | ||
Actual and expected return on plan assets | 62,800 | ||
Benefits paid | 39,700 | ||
Plan assets at January 1, 2020 | 642,100 | ||
Projected benefit obligation at January 1, 2020 | 712,900 | ||
Accumulated OCI (PSC) at January 1, 2020 | 148,800 | ||
Interest/discount (settlement) rate | 9 | % |
Compute the pension expense for the year 2020.
Pension expense for 2020 |
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