INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING ACCESS 540 DAY
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.6E
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Projected benefit obligation (PBO): This is the estimated present value of future retirement benefits, accumulated based on the future compensation levels.
To compute: Service cost from the given values of changes in PBO
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The following information is available for the pension plan of Vaughn Company for the year 2020.
Actual and expected return on plan assets
$ 14,700
Benefits paid to retirees
40,800
Contributions (funding)
81,100
Interest/discount rate
10
%
Prior service cost amortization
7,600
Projected benefit obligation, January 1, 2020
458,000
Service cost
63,900
Prepare the journal entry to record pension expense and the employer’s contribution to the pension plan in 2020. (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
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Question 9#
Oriole Company provides the following information about its defined benefit pension plan for the year 2020.
Service cost
$91,700
Contribution to the plan
104,300
Prior service cost amortization
10,800
Actual and expected return on plan assets
65,300
Benefits paid
39,700
Plan assets at January 1, 2020
633,400
Projected benefit obligation at January 1, 2020
711,600
Accumulated OCI (PSC) at January 1, 2020
148,000
Interest/discount (settlement) rate
10
%
(b)
Prepare the journal entry recording pension expense. (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
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Credit
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Chapter 17 Solutions
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING ACCESS 540 DAY
Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.1QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.2QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.3QCh. 17 - What is the vested benefit obligation?Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.5QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.6QCh. 17 - Name three events that might change the balance of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.8QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.9QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.10Q
Ch. 17 - The return on plan assets is the increase in plan...Ch. 17 - Define prior service cost. How is it reported in...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.13QCh. 17 - Is a companys PBO reported in the balance sheet?...Ch. 17 - What two components of pension expense may be...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.16QCh. 17 - Evaluate this statement: The excess of the actual...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.18QCh. 17 - TFC Inc. revises its estimate of future salary...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.20QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.21QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.22QCh. 17 - The components of postretirement benefit expense...Ch. 17 - The EPBO for Branch Industries at the end of 2018...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.25QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.26QCh. 17 - Prob. 17.1BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.2BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.3BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.4BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.5BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.6BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.7BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.8BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.9BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.10BECh. 17 - Net gain LO176 The projected benefit obligation...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.12BECh. 17 - Prob. 17.13BECh. 17 - Postretirement benefits; determine the APBO and...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17.1ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.3ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.4ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.5ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.6ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.7ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.8ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.9ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.14ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.17ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.23ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.32ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.33ECh. 17 - Prob. 17.1DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 17.2DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 17.3DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 17.5DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 17.6DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 17.8DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 17.9DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 17.11DMPCh. 17 - Prob. 1CCTCCh. 17 - Prob. 2CCTC
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