SDC Accounting 202 - Assignment 2

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® Study.com Accounting 202 - Assignment 2: Calculating Funded Status If you have a Study.com College Saver membership and are seeking college credit for this course, you must submit this assignment and pass the proctored final exam. Below you will find prompts and instructions for submitting your assignment. About this Assignment In this course, you learned how to account for and adjust for different financial transactions and business activities. Recording and adjusting for different transactions helps financial analysts like yourself assess the actual financial condition of the company and assess its profitability. In this assignment, you will put yourself into the shoes of a company's financial analyst tasked with assessing how the different assets and liabilities of a pension plan affect the funded status of the plan. Prompt The following table depicts details about expenses and liabilities, and income and assets for a defined benefit pension plan for a mid-size company. Components of periodic benefit cost Value Service cost $230,000.00 Net interest (income) expense $367,000.00 Remeasurements $-20,000.00 Periodic pension cost $577,000.00 Benefit obligations at the beginning of the year $28,416,000.00 Service cost $230,000.00 Interest cost $1,600,000.00 Benefits paid $1,320,000.00 What-eant+help you with today? X Actuarial gain or loss $-40,000.00 Read more Fair value of plan assets at the beginning of the year | $23,500,000.00 Actual return on plan assets $1,400,000.00 Employer contributions $700,000.00
Benefits paid $1,320,000.00 Fair value of plan assets at end of year $24,280,000.00 Making adjustments where necessary, address the following requirements: 1. Calculate the change in benefit obligation and plan assets. 2. Calculate the funded status at the beginning and at the end of the year. 3. The pension plan also holds securities worth $2,350,000 of which $1,350,000 are held for trading and the rest are available for sale securities. Discuss in approximately 200-300 words, how changes in pension plan assets are similar to changes for these two securities types. Your explanation should include how the changes in the value of plan assets and these securities affect the income statement, equity, or cash flows. Related Lessons The following lessons from the course may help you with this assignment: * Long-Term Investments: Definition, Types & Examples ¢ Financial Statement Presentation of Securities & Investments e How to Calculate the Funded Status of a Pension Plan e How to Account for Defined Contribution Pension Plans ¢ Estimating & Accounting for Post-Retirement Healthcare Benefits Formatting & Sources You may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must cite the lessons using APA format, including both the title of the lesson and the instructor's name. If you're unsure about how to use APA format to cite your sources, please see the following lessons: * What is APA Format? Style & Definition e How to Format APA Citations Grading Rubric Your essay will be graded based on the following rubric: Unacceptable Needs Total Category 0-1 P Improvement (2- | Good (4) Excellent (5) Possible 0-1) 3) What can | help you with today? Poidxts rme@iate Change in , , Obligations and flmfl— Intermediate , No intermediate |. , calculations are . , benefit _ intermediate caicuiations and . calculations . mostly correct. s 10 obligations , calculations are o obligations are provided , Obligation is (x2) incorrect. _ calculated correctly approximately correct
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