Question: Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2021 (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, 2021 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:
| Projected Benefit Obligation | ($ in millions) | ||||
| Balance, January 1, 2021 | $ | 460 | |||
| Service cost | 48 | ||||
| Interest cost, discount rate, 5% | 23 | ||||
| Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2021 | (14 | ) | |||
| Pension benefits paid | (23 | ) | |||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 494 | |||
| Plan Assets | ($ in millions) | ||||
| Balance, January 1, 2021 | $ | 520 | |||
| Actual return on plan assets | 33 | ||||
| (Expected return on plan assets, $38) | |||||
| Cash contributions | 74 | ||||
| Pension benefits paid | (23 | ) | |||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | 604 | |||
| January 1, 2021, balances: | ($ in millions) | ||
| Pension asset | $ | 60 | |
| Prior service costAOCI (amortization $7 per year) | 49 | ||
| Net gainAOCI (any amortization over 10 years) | 92 | ||
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. (Enter credit amounts with a minus sign and debit amounts with a positive sign. Enter your answers in millions.)

Prior Plan Service Net Pension Net Pension (Liability) / Asset PBO Assets Cost-AOCI Gain-AOCI Expense Cash ($ in millions) Balance, Jan. 1, 2021 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, 2021
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