
Pension expense: Pension expense is an expense to the employer paid as compensation after the completion of services performed by the employees.
Projected benefit obligation (PBO): This is the estimated present value of future retirement benefits, accumulated based on the future compensation levels.
Plan assets: The assets which are used to satisfy the postretirement obligation are held as a pension fund by the trustee, to invest the employer contributions,
Funded status: The net difference of the total of projected benefit obligation (PBO) and pension plan assets are referred to as funded status. If the balance of PBO is more than plan assets, the difference is referred to as underfunded status, and reported as net pension liability on the
To define: The affect of pension expense on the funded status of the plan.

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