
Concept explainers
(1)
Pension expense: Pension expense is an expense to the employer paid as compensation after the completion of services performed by the employees.
Pension expense includes the following components:
- Service cost
- Interest cost
- Expected return on plan assets
- Amortization of prior service cost
- Amortization of net loss or net gain
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): IFRS are a set of international accounting standards which are framed, approved, and published by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for the preparation and disclosure of international financial reports.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP): These are the guidelines necessary to create accounting principles approved Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) for the implementation of financial information reporting in the Country U.
To explain: Whether the change in discount rate from 7% to 6% would cause a loss under GAAP
(2)
To journalize: Loss on PBO, under GAAP
(3)
To journalize: Loss on PBO, under IFRS

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