The accountant for Marlin Corporation has developed the following information for the company's defined-benefit pension plan for 2021:               Service cost                                        $2,000,000               Actual return on plan assets               1,100,000               Annual contribution to the plan            820,000               Prior service cost from pension plan amendment in 2019:                            2,500,000               Benefits paid to retirees                       550,000               Average remaining service life of               employees                                             10 years               Interest rate                                           10%               Expected rate of return on plan assets      12%               Plan Asset, beginning balance              $10,000,000               PBO, beginning balance                        $9,000,000       The accumulated benefit obligation at December 31, 2021, amounted to $8,500,000.   Required:   b. Calculate the ending balance of Projected Benefit Obligation in 2021. c. Calculate the pension expense in 2021. d. What’s the ending balance of net gain (loss) - AOCI in 2021? e. What’s the ending balance of prior service cost – AOCI in 2021?

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The accountant for Marlin Corporation has developed the following information for the company's defined-benefit pension plan for 2021:

 

            Service cost                                        $2,000,000

 

            Actual return on plan assets               1,100,000

 

            Annual contribution to the plan            820,000

 

            Prior service cost from pension plan amendment in 2019:                            2,500,000

 

            Benefits paid to retirees                       550,000

 

            Average remaining service life of

 

            employees                                             10 years

 

            Interest rate                                           10%

 

            Expected rate of return on plan assets      12%

 

            Plan Asset, beginning balance              $10,000,000

 

            PBO, beginning balance                        $9,000,000

 

 

 

The accumulated benefit obligation at December 31, 2021, amounted to $8,500,000.

 

Required:

 

b. Calculate the ending balance of Projected Benefit Obligation in 2021.

c. Calculate the pension expense in 2021.

d. What’s the ending balance of net gain (loss) - AOCI in 2021?

e. What’s the ending balance of prior service cost – AOCI in 2021?

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