INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING (ACCT 3200A)
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Author: SPICELAND
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.3E
To determine
Pension expense: Pension expense is an expense to the employer paid as compensation after the completion of services performed by the employees.
Pension expense includes the following components:
- Service cost
- Interest cost
- Expected return on plan assets
- Amortization of prior service cost
- Amortization of net loss or net gain
To indicate: Whether each of the following events listed below increases, decreases, or has no effect on an employer’s periodic expense in the year the event occurs.
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Question 17
S1: Employee-sponsored retirement plans
can be categorized into two: current service
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which resulted in an outflow of resources
embodying economic benefits.
S3: PAS 19, provides that only the unvested
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expense immediately.
one statement is true
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Question text
The computation of pension expense includes all the
following except
Select one:
13
a.
interest on plan assets
b.
all of these are included
C.
service cost component measured using current salary
levels.
d.
interest on defined benefit obligation.
Question 13
Pension expense is decreased by:
A- Amortization of prior service cost.
B- Amortization of net gain.
C- Benefits paid to retired employees.
D- Prior service cost.
O A
O B
O D
Chapter 17 Solutions
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING (ACCT 3200A)
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