Question: I Need a journal entry for this. Thanks! 15 ABC Corporation provides a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. A combination adjusting entry should
I Need a journal entry for this. Thanks!
| 15 | ABC Corporation provides a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. A combination adjusting entry should be made to correctly account for this type of pension | ||||||||||||
| plan given the following items of information for the 2014 plan year, including the recording of pension expense and the employer's contribution to the pension plan in 2014. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Use the summary entry method as demonstrated and discussed in the chapter lectures on pension accounting to prepare the adjusting entry. | |||||||||||||
| Pension asset/liability (January 1) | $0 | ||||||||||||
| Actual return on plan assets | $40,000 | ||||||||||||
| Expected return on plan assets | $20,000 | ||||||||||||
| Contributions (funding) in 2014 | $37,000 | ||||||||||||
| Fair value of plan assets (December 31) | $75,000 | ||||||||||||
| Settlement rate | 10% | ||||||||||||
| Projected benefit obligation (January 1) | $0 | ||||||||||||
| Service cost | $60,000 | ||||||||||||
| Benefits paid in 2014 | $0 | ||||||||||||
| *For purposes of financial statement presentation, consider Pension Expense as an operating item and any resulting Pension Asset/Liability as long-term in nature. | |||||||||||||
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