Question: Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2018 (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, 2018 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:

Projected Benefit Obligation ($ in millions)
Balance, January 1, 2018 $ 440
Service cost 46
Interest cost, discount rate, 5% 22
Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2018 (13 )
Pension benefits paid (22 )
Balance, December 31, 2018 $ 473

Plan Assets ($ in millions)
Balance, January 1, 2018 $ 490
Actual return on plan assets 32
(Expected return on plan assets, $37)
Cash contributions 73
Pension benefits paid (22 )
Balance, December 31, 2018 $ 573

January 1, 2018, balances: ($ in millions)
Pension asset $ 50
Prior service costAOCI (amortization $6 per year) 42
Net gainAOCI (any amortization over 10 years) 89

Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31,

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.) Plan Assets Prior Service Net Pension Cost-AOCI Gain-AOCI Expense Cash Net Pension (Liability) Asset PBO ($ in millions) Balance, Jan. 1, 2018 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, 2018

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