On January 1, 2019, Flash and Dash Company adopted a healthcare plan for its retired employees. To

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On January 1, 2019, Flash and Dash Company adopted a healthcare plan for its retired employees. To determine eligibility for benefits, the company retroactively gives credit to the date of hire for each employee. The following information is available about the plan:
Service cost ....................................................................................................$ 30,000
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (1/1/19) .........................120,000
Expected return on plan assets ...............................................................................0
Amortization of Prior service cost .................................................................10,000
Payments to retired employees during 2019 .................................................5,000
Interest rate .........................................................................................................10%
Average remaining service period of active plan participants (1/1/19) ....12 years


Required:
1. Compute the OPRB expense for 2019 if the company uses the average remaining service life to amortize the prior service cost.
2. Prepare all the required journal entries for 2019 if the plan is not funded.

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Intermediate Accounting Reporting and Analysis

ISBN: 978-1337788281

3rd edition

Authors: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

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