The following data are available pertaining to Household Appliance Company's retiree health care plan for 2021:       Number of employees covered   2   Years employed as of January 1, 2021   3 [each] Attribution period   20 years Expected postretirement benefit obligation, Jan. 1 $ 60,000   Expected postretirement benefit obligation, Dec. 31 $ 63,000   Interest rate   5 % Funding   none       Required: 1. What is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the beginning of 2021? 2. What is interest cost to be included in 2021 postretirement benefit expense? 3. What is service cost to be included in 2021 postretirement benefit expense?

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Data pertaining to the postretirement health care benefit plan of Sterling Properties include the following for 2021: Service cost Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, January 1 Plan assets (fair value), January 1 Prior service cost-AOCI Net gain-AOCI (2021 amortization, $2) Retiree benefits paid (end of year) Contribution to health care benefit fund (end of year) Discount rate, 8% Return on plan assets (actual and expected), 10% Required: 1. Determine the postretirement benefit expense for 2021. 2. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the (a) postretirement benefit expense, (b) funding, and (c) retiree benefits for 2021. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Determine the postretirement benefit expense for 2021. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. Enter your answers in thousands.) Postretirement benefit expense ($ in thousands) $ ($ in thousands) $ 136 700 30 none 100 88 200

Electronic Distribution has a defined benefit pension plan. Characteristics of the plan during 2024 are as follows: ($ millions) $470 300 PBO balance, January 1 Plan assets balance, January 1 Service cost Interest cost Gain from change in actuarial assumption Benefits paid Actual return on plan assets Contributions 2024 The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 6%. There were no AOCI balances related to pensions on January 1, 2024, but at the end of 2024, the company amended the pension formula, creating a prior service cost of $12 million. Required: 1. Calculate the pension expense for 2024. 2. Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains or losses, (c) prior service cost, (d) funding, and (e) payment of benefits for 2024. 3. What amount will Electronic Distribution report in its 2024 balance sheet as a net pension asset or net pension liability? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3…

Exercise 17-25 (Algo) Postretirement benefits; determine APBO, service cost, interest cost; prepare journal entry [LO17-10, 17-11] The following data are available pertaining to Household Appliance Company's retiree health care plan for 2024: Number of employees covered Years employed as of January 1, 2024 Attribution period 2 2 [each] 25 years Expected postretirement benefit obligation, January 1 Expected postretirement benefit obligation, December 31 Interest rate Funding Required: 1. What is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the beginning of 2024? $ 56,000 $ 58,800 5% none

What is the net periodic pension cost for the year?

Oberon Company provides postretirement health care benefits to employees who provide at least 10 years of service and reach the age of 65 while in service. On January 1 of the current year, the following plan-related data were available.          Net loss–postretirement benefit plan $ 10,760,000   APBO balance $ 104,800,000   Fair value of plan assets   none   Average remaining service period to retirement   20 years Average remaining service period to full eligibility   15 years    On January 1 of the current year, Oberon amended the plan to provide dental benefits. The actuary determines that the cost of making the amendment increases the APBO by $11,250,000. Management chooses to amortize this amount on a straight-line basis. The service cost is $68,000,000. The appropriate interest rate is 10%. Required:Calculate the postretirement benefit expense for the current year.

Carla Company adopts acceptable accounting for its defined benefit pension plan on January 1, 2019, with the following beginning balances: plan assets $ 197,800; projected benefit obligation $ 252,000. Other data relating to 3 years’ operation of the plan are as follows.     2019   2020   2021 Annual service cost   $ 15,800     $ 19,300     $ 26,000   Settlement rate and expected rate of return   10 %   10 %   10 % Actual return on plan assets   17,700     21,740     24,100   Annual funding (contributions)   15,800     39,700     47,300   Benefits paid   13,900     16,100     21,200   Prior service cost (plan amended, 1/1/20)         161,100         Amortization of prior service cost         54,200     41,000   Change in actuarial assumptions establishes   a December 31, 2021, projected benefit obligation of:               522,400     Prepare the journal entries (from the worksheet) to reflect all pension plan transactions and events at December 31 of each…