Intermediate Accounting: Reporting and Analysis (Looseleaf)
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting and Analysis (Looseleaf)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781285453859
Author: WAHLEN
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 19, Problem 7MC

Which of the following is not a component of pension expense?

  1. a. amount funded
  2. b. service cost
  3. c. expected return on plan assets
  4. d. interest cost
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