Question: Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2016 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:
| Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2016 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available: |
| Projected Benefit Obligation | ($ in millions) | ||
| Balance, January 1, 2016 | $ | 680 | |
| Service cost | 70 | ||
| Interest cost, discount rate, 5% | 34 | ||
| Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2016 | (18 | ) | |
| Pension benefits paid | (34 | ) | |
| Balance, December 31, 2016 | $ | 732 | |
| Plan Assets | ($ in millions) | ||
| Balance, January 1, 2016 | $ | 740 | |
| Actual return on plan assets | 44 | ||
| (Expected return on plan assets, $49) | |||
| Cash contributions | 85 | ||
| Pension benefits paid | (34 | ) | |
| Balance, December 31, 2016 | $ | 835 | |
| January 1, 2016, balances: | ($ in millions) | ||
| Pension asset | $ | 60 | |
| Prior service costAOCI (amortization $6 per year) | 30 | ||
| Net gainAOCI (any amortization over 10 years) | 124 | ||
| 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. |
Net Pension (Liability) / Asset Prior Plan Service Net Pension (S in millions) PBO Assets Cost-AOCI Gain-AOCI Expense Cash Balance, Jan. 1, 2016 Service cost Interest cost, 5% Expected return on assets Adjust for Loss on assets Amortization of: Prior service cost Net gain Gain on PBO Cash funding Retiree benefits Balance.. Dec. 31, 2016 | $ 0| $ 01
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