Kingbird Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its 600 employees. The companys actuary provided the
Question:
Kingbird Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its 600 employees. The company’s actuary provided the following information about the plan.
January 1, | December 31, | ||||||
2020 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
Projected benefit obligation | $2,780,000 | $3,626,200 | $4,166,296 | ||||
Accumulated benefit obligation | 1,900,000 | 2,426,000 | 2,925,000 | ||||
Plan assets (fair value and market-related asset value) | 1,690,000 | 2,892,000 | 3,790,000 | ||||
Accumulated net (gain) or loss (for purposes of the corridor calculation) | 0 | 198,000 | (24,000 | ) | |||
Discount rate (current settlement rate) | 9 | % | 8 | % | |||
The actual and expected asset return rate | 10 | % | 10 | % | |||
Contributions | 1,033,000 | 608,800 |
The average remaining service life per employee is 10.5 years. The service cost component of net periodic pension expense for employee services rendered amounted to $398,000 in 2020 and $472,000 in 2021. The accumulated OCI (PSC) on January 1, 2020, was $1,522,500. No benefits have been paid.
Compute the amount of accumulated OCI (PSC) to be amortized as a component of net periodic pension expense for each of the years 2020 and 2021.
Amount of accumulated OCI (PSC) to be amortized for the year 2020 | $ | |
Amount of accumulated OCI (PSC) to be amortized for the year 2021 | $ |
Prepare a schedule that reflects the amount of accumulated OCI (G/L) to be amortized as a component of pension expense for 2020 and 2021.
Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0470616314
IFRS edition volume 2
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield