Welsa Manufacturing. Inc. offers a noncontributory, defined-benefit pension plan to its employees. The average remaining service life

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Welsa Manufacturing. Inc. offers a noncontributory, defined-benefit pension plan to its employees. The average remaining service life of employees is 10 years. The company provides you with the following information for the year ended December 31, 2019:

Employer's contribution at end of year ............................................................  $1,600,000

Service cost ...........................................................................................................       600,000

Projected benefit obligation - beginning of the year .......................................    6,043,200

Plan assets (at fair value market-related value) beginning of the year .........    4,000,000

Expected return on plan assets ..........................................................................               9%

Settlement rate .....................................................................................................               8%

Actual return on plan assets ..............................................................................     $360,000

Cost of plan amendment retroactive to January 1 ..........................................       400,000


There were no benefits were paid during the year.


Required:

a. Compute the total pension expense recognized in 2019. Assume the prior service cost is amortized over the average remaining service life of the employees.

b. Prepare the journal entry to record pension expense for the year ended December 31, 2019.

c. Indicate the amounts that are reported on the income statement and the balance sheet for 2019.

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0134730370

2nd edition

Authors: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella

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