Solomon, Inc. sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. On January 2020, the following balances and additional information related to this plan are: Plan assets, January 1, 2020 $170,000 Projected Benefit Obligation, January 1, 2020 260,000 Prior Service Cost, January 1, 2020 100,000 OCI-Loss, January 1, 2020 42,000 Service Cost for 2020 45,000 Actual return on plan assets 25,000 Amortization of PSC 15,000 Contributions in 2020 85,000 Benefits paid in 2020 51,000 Settlement rate 8% Expected return on assets 28,000 Average remaining service of life of active employees 10 years . Prepare the year journal entry to record the pension expense

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Solomon, Inc. sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. On January 2020, the following balances and additional information related to this plan are:

Plan assets, January 1, 2020 $170,000

Projected Benefit Obligation, January 1, 2020 260,000

Prior Service Cost, January 1, 2020 100,000

OCI-Loss, January 1, 2020 42,000

Service Cost for 2020 45,000

Actual return on plan assets 25,000

Amortization of PSC 15,000

Contributions in 2020 85,000

Benefits paid in 2020 51,000

Settlement rate 8%

Expected return on assets 28,000

Average remaining service of life of active employees 10 years

. Prepare the year journal entry to record the pension expense

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