Sage Company provides the following selected information related to its defined benefit pension plan for 2020. Pension asset/liability (January 1)   $25,600 Cr. Accumulated benefit obligation (December 31)   400,600   Actual and expected return on plan assets   10,400   Contributions (funding) in 2020   148,800   Fair value of plan assets (December 31)   796,000   Settlement rate   10 % Projected benefit obligation (January 1)   698,500   Service cost   79,600   (a)   Correct answer icon Your answer is correct. Compute pension expense. Pension expense for 2020   $  Prepare the journal entry to record pension expense and the employer’s contribution to the pension plan in 2020. Preparation of a pension worksheet is not required. Benefits paid in 2020 were $36,100. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit                     eTextbook and Media List of Accounts         Attempts: 1 of 3 used       (b)     Indicate the pension-related amounts that would be reported in the company’s income statement and balance sheet for 2020. Sage Company Income Statement (Partial)                                                                                                                                                                                                                               $                                                                                                                                                        $  Sage Company Balance Sheet (Partial)

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Sage Company provides the following selected information related to its defined benefit pension plan for 2020.

Pension asset/liability (January 1)   $25,600 Cr.
Accumulated benefit obligation (December 31)   400,600  
Actual and expected return on plan assets   10,400  
Contributions (funding) in 2020   148,800  
Fair value of plan assets (December 31)   796,000  
Settlement rate   10 %
Projected benefit obligation (January 1)   698,500  
Service cost   79,600  

(a)

 
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Compute pension expense.

Pension expense for 2020  

Prepare the journal entry to record pension expense and the employer’s contribution to the pension plan in 2020. Preparation of a pension worksheet is not required. Benefits paid in 2020 were $36,100. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

eTextbook and Media

List of Accounts

 
 
 
 
Attempts: 1 of 3 used
 
 
 

(b)

 
 
Indicate the pension-related amounts that would be reported in the company’s income statement and balance sheet for 2020.

Sage Company
Income Statement (Partial)
                                                                       
                                                                       
   
                                                                       
 
                                                                       
   
                                                                       
 

Sage Company
Balance Sheet (Partial)
                                                                       
                                                                       
           
                                                                       
   
   
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