On January 1, 2020, Xiamen Company made amendments to its defined benefit pension plan that resulted in 60,000 yuan of past service cost. The plan has 5,000 active employees with an average expected remaining working life of 15 years. There currently are no retirees under the plan. Assume that Xiamen Company is a foreign company using IFRS and is owned by a company using U.S. GAAP. Thus, IFRS balances must be converted to U.S. GAAP to prepare consolidated financial statements. Ignore income taxes. Required: a. Prepare journal entries for the past service cost for the years ending December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021, under (1) IFRS and (2) U.S. GAAP. b. Prepare the entry(ies) that the U.S. parent would make on the December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021, conversion worksheets to convert IFRS balances to U.S. GAAP.

On January 1, 2020, Xiamen Company made amendments to its defined benefit pension plan that resulted in 60,000 yuan of past service cost. The plan has 5,000 active employees with an average expected remaining working life of 15 years. There currently are no retirees under the plan. Assume that Xiamen Company is a foreign company using IFRS and is owned by a company using U.S. GAAP. Thus, IFRS balances must be converted to U.S. GAAP to prepare consolidated financial statements. Ignore income taxes. Required: a. Prepare journal entries for the past service cost for the years ending December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021, under (1) IFRS and (2) U.S. GAAP. b. Prepare the entry(ies) that the U.S. parent would make on the December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021, conversion worksheets to convert IFRS balances to U.S. GAAP.

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On January 1, 2020, Xiamen Company made amendments to its defined benefit pension plan that resulted in 60,000 yuan of past
service cost. The plan has 5,000 active employees with an average expected remaining working life of 15 years. There currently are
no retirees under the plan.
Assume that Xiamen Company is a foreign company using IFRS and is owned by a company using U.S. GAAP. Thus, IFRS balances
must be converted to U.S. GAAP to prepare consolidated financial statements. Ignore income taxes.
Required:
a. Prepare journal entries for the past service cost for the years ending December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021, under (1) IFRS
and (2) U.S. GAAP.
b. Prepare the entry(ies) that the U.S. parent would make on the December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021, conversion worksheets
to convert IFRS balances to U.S. GAAP.
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