Blossom Company provides the following information about its defined benefit pension planService cost$ 91,800Contribution to the plan103,500Prior service cost amortization9,400Actual and expected return on plan assetsBenefits paidPlan assets at anuary 1, 2017Projected benefit obligation at January 1, 2017Accumulated OCI (PSC) at January 1, 2017Interest/discount (settlement) rate63,20039,700647,900712,300147,40010 %Compute the pension expense for the year 2017.

Formula used for calculating Pension expense: Pension expense = Service cost + Interest cost + Prior…

Blossom Company provides the following information about its defined benefit pension plan Service cost $91,800 Contribution to the plan 103,500 Prior service cost amortization 9,400 Actual and expected return on plan assets Benefits paid 63,200 39,700 Plan assets at January 1, 2017 Projected benefit obligation at January 1, 2017 Accumulated OCI (PSC) at January 1, 2017 647,900 712,300 147,400 Interest/discount (settlement) rate 10 %

Blossom Company provides the following information about its defined benefit pension plan Service cost $91,800 Contribution to the plan 103,500 Prior service cost amortization 9,400 Actual and expected return on plan assets Benefits paid 63,200 39,700 Plan assets at January 1, 2017 Projected benefit obligation at January 1, 2017 Accumulated OCI (PSC) at January 1, 2017 647,900 712,300 147,400 Interest/discount (settlement) rate 10 %

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