The following facts apply to the pension plan of Wildhorse Inc. for the year 2020. Plan assets, January 1, 2020   $470,900   Projected benefit obligation, January 1, 2020   470,900   Settlement rate   8 % Service cost   38,500   Contributions (funding)   24,300   Actual and expected return on plan assets   46,800   Benefits paid to retirees   34,700   Using the preceding data, compute pension expense for the year 2020. As part of your solution, prepare a pension worksheet that shows the journal entry for pension expense for 2020 and the year-end balances in the related pension accounts. (Enter all amounts as positive.) WILDHORSE INC. Pension Worksheet—2020     General Journal Entries   Memo Record Items   Annual Pension Expense   Cash   Pension Asset/ Liability   Projected Benefit Obligation   Plan Assets Balance, January 1, 2020   $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit     $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit     $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit     $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit     $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit   Service cost   enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit   Interest cost   enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit   Actual return   enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit   Contributions   enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit   Benefits   enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit     enter a dollar amount select between debit and credit   Journal entry, December 31   $enter a net debit or credit amount select between debit and credit     $enter a net debit or credit amount select between debit and credit     enter a net debit or credit amount select between debit and credit     enter a net debit or credit amount select between debit and credit     enter a net debit or credit amount select between debit and credit   Balance, December 31, 2020               $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit     $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit     $enter a net debit or credit balance select between debit and credit

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The following facts apply to the pension plan of Wildhorse Inc. for the year 2020.

Plan assets, January 1, 2020   $470,900  
Projected benefit obligation, January 1, 2020   470,900  
Settlement rate   8 %
Service cost   38,500  
Contributions (funding)   24,300  
Actual and expected return on plan assets   46,800  
Benefits paid to retirees   34,700  


Using the preceding data, compute pension expense for the year 2020. As part of your solution, prepare a pension worksheet that shows the journal entry for pension expense for 2020 and the year-end balances in the related pension accounts. (Enter all amounts as positive.)

WILDHORSE INC.
Pension Worksheet—2020
   
General Journal Entries
 
Memo Record
Items
 
Annual Pension
Expense
 
Cash
 
Pension Asset/
Liability
 
Projected Benefit
Obligation
 
Plan
Assets
Balance, January 1, 2020
 
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
 
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
 
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
 
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
 
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
Service cost
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
Interest cost
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
Actual return
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
Contributions
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
Benefits
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a dollar amount
select between debit and credit
 
Journal entry, December 31
 
$enter a net debit or credit amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
$enter a net debit or credit amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a net debit or credit amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a net debit or credit amount
select between debit and credit
 
 
enter a net debit or credit amount
select between debit and credit
 
Balance, December 31, 2020
             
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
 
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
 
$enter a net debit or credit balance
select between debit and credit
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
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