Question: Can someone please do a step-by-step calculation on how to answer these questions?? Thank you so very much!!!!! Gordon Company sponsors a defined benefit pension

Can someone please do a step-by-step calculation on how to answer these questions?? Thank you so very much!!!!!

Gordon Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan. The following information related to the pension plan is available for 2014 and 2015.

2014 2015

Plan Assets (fair value), December 31 $699,000 $849,000

Projected benefit obligation, January 1 700,000 800,000

Pension asset/liability, January 1 140,000CR ?

Prior service cost, January 1 250,000 240,000

Service cost 60,000 90,000

Actual and expected return on plan assets 24,000 30,000

Amortization of prior service cost 10,000 12,000

Contributions (funding) 115,000 120,000

Accumulated benefit obligation, December 31 500,000 550,000

Interest/settlement rate 9% 9%

1. Compute Pension Expense for 2014 and 2015.

Pension Expense for 2014: $ ____________

Pension Expense for 2015: $_____________

2. Prepare the journal entries to record the pension expense and the companys funding of the pension plan for both years (December 31, 2014 & December 31,2015).

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