Question: Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 3 1 , 2 0 2 4 ( the end of Beale's fiscal year

Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31,2024(the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were avallable:
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Projected Benefit Obligation & (\$ in millions)\\
Balance, January 1,2024 & \(\$ 620\)\\
Service cost & 64\\
Interest cost, discount rate, 5\% & 31\\
Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2024 & (15)\\
Pension benefits paid & \((31)\)\\
Balance, December 31,2024 & \(\$ 669\)\\
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Plan Assets & (\$ in millions)\\
\hline Balance, January 1,2024 & \(\$ 650\)\\
Actual return on plan assets & 41\\
(Expected return on plan assets, \$46) & 82\\
Cash contributions & \((31)\)\\
Pension benefits paid & \(\$ 742\)\\
Balance, December 31,2024 &
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January 1,2024, balances: & (\(\$ \) in millions)\\
\hline Pension asset & \(\$ 30\)\\
Prior service cost-AOCI (amortization \(\$ 8\) per year) & 40\\
Net gain-AOCI (any amortization over 10 years) & 115
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Required:
Prepare a pension spreadsheet to show the relationship among the PBO, plan assets, prlor service cost, the net gain, pension expense, and the net pension asset.
Note: Enter credit amounts with a minus sign and deblt amounts with a positive sign. Enter your answers in millions (l.e.,\(10,000,000\) should be entered as 10).
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\hline (\$ in millions) & PBO & & Plan Assets & Prior Service Cost-AOCl & Net GainAOCl & Pension Expense & Cash & Net Pension (Liability)/ Asset \\
\hline Balance, January 1,2024 & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Service cost & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Interest cost, 5\% & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Expected return on assets & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Adjust for: & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Loss on assets & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Amortization of: & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Prior service cost & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Net gain & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Gain on PBO & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Cash funding & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Retiree benefits & & & & & & & & \\
\hline Balance, December 31,2024 & \$ & 0 & \$ 0 & \$ 0 & \$ 0 & \$ & & \$ 0\\
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Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined

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