Sachs Brands defined benefit pension plan specifies annual retirement benefits equal to: 1.6% service years

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Sachs Brands defined benefit pension plan specifies annual retirement benefits equal to: 1.6% × service years × final year's salary, payable at the end of each year. Angela Davenport was hired by Sachs at the beginning of 2004 and is expected to retire at the end of 2038 after 35 years' service. Her retirement is expected to span 18 years. Davenport's salary is $90,000 at the end of 2018 and the company's actuary projects her salary to be $240,000 at retirement. The actuary's discount rate is 7%.
At the beginning of 2019, changing economic conditions caused the actuary to reassess the applicable discount rate. It was decided that 8% is the appropriate rate.
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Calculate the effect of the change in the assumed discount rate on the PBO at the beginning of 2019 with respect to Davenport.
Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 9781259722660

9th Edition

Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson, Wayne Thomas

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