On January 1, 2020, Carla Vista Incorporated amended its pension plan which caused an increase of $5,460,150 in its projected benefit obligation. The company has 445 employees who are expected to receive benefits under the company's defined-benefit pension plan. The personnel department provided the following information regarding expected employee retirements: Number of Employees   Expected Retirements On December 31 49     2020   129     2021   69     2022   169     2023   29     2024   445         The company plans to use the years-of-service method in calculating the amortization of prior service cost as a component of pension expense. Prepare a schedule which shows the amount of annual prior service cost amortization that the company will recognize as a component of pension expense fro

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On January 1, 2020, Carla Vista Incorporated amended its pension plan which caused an increase of $5,460,150 in its projected benefit obligation. The company has 445 employees who are expected to receive benefits under the company's defined-benefit pension plan. The personnel department provided the following information regarding expected employee retirements:

Number of
Employees
 
Expected Retirements
On December 31
49     2020  
129     2021  
69     2022  
169     2023  
29     2024  
445        


The company plans to use the years-of-service method in calculating the amortization of prior service cost as a component of pension expense.

Prepare a schedule which shows the amount of annual prior service cost amortization that the company will recognize as a component of pension expense from 2020 through 2024.

Carla Vista Incorporated
Computation of Annual Prior Service Cost Amortization
Total
Cost Per
Annual
Year
Service-Years
Service-Year
Amortization
2020
$
$
2021
2022
2023
2024
$
%24
%24
Transcribed Image Text:Carla Vista Incorporated Computation of Annual Prior Service Cost Amortization Total Cost Per Annual Year Service-Years Service-Year Amortization 2020 $ $ 2021 2022 2023 2024 $ %24 %24
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