Question: A company has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31 of the current year (the end of the company's fiscal year), the following

A company has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31 of the current year (the end of the company's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:

Projected Benefit Obligation ($ in millions)
Balance, January 1, current year $ 640
Service cost 66
Interest cost, discount rate, 5% 32
Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in current year (16)
Pension benefits paid (32)
Balance, December 31, current year $ 690
Plan Assets ($ in millions)
Balance, January 1, current year $ 680
Actual return on plan assets 42
(Expected return on plan assets, $47)
Cash contributions 83
Pension benefits paid (32)
Balance, December 31, current year $ 773
January 1, current year, balances: ($ in millions)
Pension asset $ 40
Prior service costAOCI (amortization $4 per year) 20
Net gainAOCI (any amortization over 10 years) 118

Required:

Prepare a pension spreadsheet to show the relationship among the PBO, plan assets, prior service cost, the net gain, pension expense, and the net pension asset.

Note: Enter credit amounts with a minus sign and debit amounts with a positive sign. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).

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