Linguine Corporation has a defined benefit pension plan. Linguine received the following information for the current calendar
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Linguine Corporation has a defined benefit pension plan. Linguine received the following information for the current calendar year:
The expected long-term return on plan assets is 15%. Other relevant data for the year:
(1) As of January 1, the balance in AOCI-Net pension losses is $45,000,000, and the average remaining service life of active employees is 10 years.
(2) As of January 1, the balance in AOCI-Prior service cost is $16,000,000 due to a pension plan amendment made two years before, and the average remaining service life of affected employees is 4 years.
Required:
- Calculate the pension expense for 2021
- Prepare the JE(s) to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains or losses, (c) prior service cost, (d) funding, and (e) payment of benefits for 2021.
- Any other JE(s)
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324300987
10th Edition
Authors: Loren A Nikolai, D. Bazley and Jefferson P. Jones
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