Vice Oil received the following selected information from its pension plan trustee concerning the operation of the company’s defined-benefit pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2014.

The service cost component of pension expense for employee services rendered in the current year amounted to $225,000 and the amortization of prior service cost was $200,000. The company’s actual funding (contributions) of the plan in 2014 amounted to $156,000. The expected return on plan assets and the actual rate were both 8%; the interest/discount (settlement) rate was 8%. Accumulated OCI (PSC) had a balance of $3,200,000 on January 1, 2014. Assume no benefits paid in 2014.

Instructions
(a) Determine the amounts of the components of pension expense that should be recognized by the company in 2014.
(b) Prepare the journal entries to record pension expense and the employer’s contribution to the pension plan in 2014.
(c) Indicate the pension-related amounts that would be reported on the income statement and the balance sheet for Vice Oil for the year2014.

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January 1December 31, 2014 2014 Projected benefit obligation Market-related and fair value of plan assets Accumulated benefit obligation Accumulated OCI (G/L)-Net gain $5,000,000 1,800,000 4,000,000 $5,225,000 2,100,000 4,100,000 (400,000)