Headland Company adopts acceptable accounting for its defined benefit pension plan on January 1, 2019, with the following beginning balances: plan assets $201,400; projected benefit obligation $245,000. Other data relating to 3 years’ operation of the plan are as follows. 2019 2020 2021 Annual service cost $15,800 $19,400 $26,100 Settlement rate and expected rate of return 10 % 10 % 10 % Actual return on plan assets 18,000 22,150 24,000 Annual funding (contributions) 15,800 40,000 47,500 Benefits paid 13,700 16,500 20,800 Prior service cost (plan amended, 1/1/20) 160,000 Amortization of prior service cost 53,800 41,700 Change in actuarial assumptions establishes a December 31, 2021, projected benefit obligation of: 522,200 (a) Prepare a pension worksheet presenting all 3 years’ pension balances and activities. (Enter all amounts as positive.) HEADLAND COMPANY Pension Worksheet—2019, 2020, 2021 General Journal Entries Memo Record Annual Pension Expense Cash OCI—Prior

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Headland Company adopts acceptable accounting for its defined benefit pension plan on January 1, 2019, with the following beginning balances: plan assets $201,400; projected benefit obligation $245,000. Other data relating to 3 years’ operation of the plan are as follows.

   
2019
 
2020
 
2021
Annual service cost   $15,800     $19,400     $26,100  
Settlement rate and expected rate of return   10 %   10 %   10 %
Actual return on plan assets   18,000     22,150     24,000  
Annual funding (contributions)   15,800     40,000     47,500  
Benefits paid   13,700     16,500     20,800  
Prior service cost (plan amended, 1/1/20)         160,000        
Amortization of prior service cost         53,800     41,700  
Change in actuarial assumptions establishes
   a December 31, 2021, projected benefit obligation of:
              522,200  

(a)

 
 
Prepare a pension worksheet presenting all 3 years’ pension balances and activities. (Enter all amounts as positive.)

HEADLAND COMPANY
Pension Worksheet—2019, 2020, 2021
   
General Journal Entries
 
Memo Record
   
Annual Pension
Expense
 
Cash
 
OCI—Prior
 
 
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Pension Obligation: There are three alternative methods to estimate the future spending or obligations connected with a pension plan, and the word "pension obligation" may apply to any of them. In general, pension liabilities may be expressed in terms of accrued, vested, and anticipated benefits, with cumulative benefits being the most common.

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