Question: Pension data for Barry Financial Services Inc. include the following: ($ in thousands) Discount rate, 7% Expected return on plan assets, 10% Actual return on
Pension data for Barry Financial Services Inc. include the following:
| ($ in thousands) | |||
| Discount rate, 7% | |||
| Expected return on plan assets, 10% | |||
| Actual return on plan assets, 9% | |||
| Service cost, 2021 | $ | 310 | |
| January 1, 2021: | |||
| Projected benefit obligation | 2,300 | ||
| Accumulated benefit obligation | 2,000 | ||
| Plan assets (fair value) | 2,400 | ||
| Prior service costAOCI (2021 amortization, $25) | 325 | ||
| Net gainAOCI (2021 amortization, $6) | 330 | ||
| There were no changes in actuarial assumptions. | |||
| December 31, 2021: | |||
| Cash contributions to pension fund, December 31, 2021 | 245 | ||
| Benefit payments to retirees, December 31, 2021 | 270 | ||
Required: 1. Determine pension expense for 2021. 2. Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains and losses (if any), (c) funding, and (d) retiree benefits for 2021.
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Determine pension expense for 2021. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. Enter your answers in thousands (i.e. 200,000 should be entered as 200).)
2.Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains and losses (if any), (c) funding, and (d) retiree benefits for 2021. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in thousands (i.e. 200,000 should be entered as 200).))
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