
Concept explainers
(1)
Amortized prior service cost: This is the reduction on the change in pension plan earned in prior years and is recognized over the future service of employee.
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
Pension plan: This is the plan devised by corporations to pay the employees an income after their retirement, in the form of pension.
To calculate: The amount of prior service cost to be amortized to pension expense in each of the next 10 years.
(2)
To Calculate: The amount of prior service cost to be amortized to pension expense in each of the next 10 years.

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