1. List and define each of the five pension expense components and discuss how each component is calculated.

• 2. Explain the impact of contributions to the pension plan and distributions to retirees on the PBO, Pension Asset balance, and pension expense.  
• 3. Based on a sample of nonprofit organizations with defined benefit plans, Calabrese and Searing (2018) find the following:

Nonprofit organizations increase pension contributions to decrease excessive/unexpected profits and decrease pension contributions to enhance profitability in years they fail to meet profit expectations.

• Evaluate the finding and explain why the finding is or is not reasonable.

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