Ivanhoe, Inc. received the following information from its pension plan trustee concerning the operation of the company's defined-benefit pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2021.     January 1, 2021   December 31, 2021 Fair value of pension plan assets     $5100000       $5500000   Projected benefit obligation     5900000       6380000   Accumulated benefit obligation     1070000       1310000   Accumulated OCI – (Gains / Losses)     0       -170000   The service cost component of pension expense for 2021 is $350000 and the amortization of prior service cost due to an increase in benefits is $70000. The settlement rate is 9% and the expected rate of return is 8%. What is the amount of pension expense for 2021?     $350000   $554200   $543000   $373000

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Ivanhoe, Inc. received the following information from its pension plan trustee concerning the operation of the company's defined-benefit pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2021.

    January 1, 2021   December 31, 2021
Fair value of pension plan assets     $5100000       $5500000  
Projected benefit obligation     5900000       6380000  
Accumulated benefit obligation     1070000       1310000  
Accumulated OCI – (Gains / Losses)     0       -170000  


The service cost component of pension expense for 2021 is $350000 and the amortization of prior service cost due to an increase in benefits is $70000. The settlement rate is 9% and the expected rate of return is 8%. What is the amount of pension expense for 2021?


 

 

$350000

 

$554200

 

$543000

 

$373000
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