On January 1, 2017, Magee Corporation started doing business by hiring R. Walker as an employee at
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1. Assuming that Magee Corporation does not fund its pension expense, calculate this expense for 2017-2020. Clearly identify the service and interest cost components. Based on your calculations, provide journal entries to record the effects of pensions during 2017-2021.
2. Assume that Magee fully funds its pension cost as soon as it vests and that the contributions to the pension fund earn exactly a 10% rate of return annually. Based on these revised assumptions, redo requirement 1.
3. Explain why the total pension expense in requirement 1 and in requirement 2 differ.
4. Assume that Magee does not fund its pension expense. Discuss how different assumptions regarding the discount rate affect the pension expense. Compare the pension expense with discount rates of 5%, 10%, and 15%.
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Financial Reporting and Analysis
ISBN: 978-1259722653
7th edition
Authors: Lawrence Revsine, Daniel Collins, Bruce Johnson, Fred Mittelstaedt, Leonard Soffer
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