
Concept explainers
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Other postretirement benefits: The postretirement benefits which are provided by employers, other than pensions, like medical insurance, life insurance, and legal services, and healthcare benefits, are referred to as other postretirement benefits.
Postretirement benefit expense: This is an expense to the employer paid as compensation after the completion of services performed by the employees for the other postretirement benefits.
To determine: Postretirement benefit expense for 2018
(2)
Debit and credit rules:
- Debit an increase in asset account, increase in expense account, decrease in liability account, and decrease in
stockholders’ equity accounts. - Credit decrease in asset account, increase in revenue account, increase in liability account, and increase in stockholders’ equity accounts.
To journalize: The postretirement benefit expense

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Loose Leaf Intermediate Accounting
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- Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And AnalysisAccountingISBN:9781337788281Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald PagachPublisher:Cengage Learning
