Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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ISBN: 9781337788281
Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 19, Problem 12E

1.

To determine

Calculate the amount of gain or loss of pension plan for Company H at the beginning of 2019.

2.

To determine

Calculate the amount of net gain or loss included in the pension expense of Company H for 2019.

3.

To determine

Explain the manner in which the recognized gain or loss of Company H would be treated under IFRS.

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When Turner Company adopted its defined benefit pension plan on January 1, 2019, it awarded retroactive benefits to its employees. These retroactive benefits resulted in a prior service cost of $980,000 that created a projected benefit obligation of the same amount on that date (which it did not fund). Turner decided to amortize the prior service cost using the years-of-future-service method. Turner’s actuary and funding agency have provided the following additional information for 2019 and 2020: (1) service cost: 2019, $187,000; 2020, $189,000; (2) plan assets: 1/1/2019, $0; 1/1/2020, $342,000; (3) expected long-term (and actual) rate of return on plan assets: 2020, 9%; (4) discount rate for both 2019 and 2020: 8%; and (5) amortization fraction for prior service cost: 2019, 80/980; 2020, 79/980. Turner contributed $342,000 and $336,000 to the pension fund at the end of 2019 and 2020, respectively. No retirement benefits were paid in either year. There are no other components of…

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