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Calculate the amount of pension expense of Company R for 2019.
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Explanation of Solution
Pension plan: Pension plan is the plan devised by corporations to pay the employees an income after their retirement, in the form of pension.
Calculate the amount of pension expense of Company R for 2019 as follows:
Particulars | Amounts in ($) |
Service cost | $105,000 |
Add: Interest cost on projected benefit obligation | $12,000 |
Less: Expected return on plan assets | $11,000 |
Add: Amortization of prior service cost | $2,000 |
Pension expense | $108,000 |
Table (1)
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Prepare necessary
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Explanation of Solution
Prepare necessary journal entries of Company R for 2019 if company R funds the pension plan in the amount of (a) $108,000, (b) 107,000 and (c) $112,000 as follows:
(a) Funding pension plan in the amount of $108,000.
Date | Accounts Title and Explanation | Post Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
December 31, 2019 | Pension expense | 108,000 | ||
Cash | 108,000 | |||
(To record the pension expense incurred for 2019) |
Table (2)
- Pension expense is a component of shareholders’ equity, and it decreases the value of shareholders equity. Hence, debit the pension expense with $108,000.
- Cash is an asset account and it is decreased. Therefore, credit the cash account with $108,000.
Date | Accounts Title and Explanation | Post Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
December 31, 2019 | Accrued/prepaid pension cost | 2,000 | ||
Other comprehensive income: Prior service cost | 2,000 | |||
(To record the amortization of prior service cost) |
Table (3)
- Accrued/prepaid pension cost is an asset account and it is increased. Therefore, debit the accrued/prepaid pension cost account with $2,000.
- Other comprehensive income: Prior service cost is component of shareholders’ equity, and it increases the value of shareholders equity. Hence, credit the other comprehensive income: Prior service cost account with $2,000.
(b) Pension plan in the amount of $107,000.
In this case, Company R has undervalued the pension contribution by $1,000
Date | Accounts Title and Explanation | Post Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
December 31, 2019 | Pension expense | 108,000 | ||
Cash | 107,000 | |||
Accrued/prepaid pension cost | 1,000 | |||
(To record the pension expense incurred and its undervalued by $107,000) |
Table (4)
- Pension expense is component of shareholders’ equity, and it decreases the value of shareholders equity. Hence, debit the pension expense with $108,000.
- Cash is an asset account and it is decreased. Therefore, credit the cash account with $107,000.
- Accrued/prepaid pension cost is liability account and it is increased. Therefore, credit the accrued/prepaid pension cost account with $1,000.
Date | Accounts Title and Explanation | Post Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
December 31, 2019 | Accrued/prepaid pension cost | 2,000 | ||
Other comprehensive income: Prior service cost | 2,000 | |||
(To record the amortization of prior service cost) |
Table (5)
- Accrued/prepaid pension cost is an asset account and it is increased. Therefore, debit the accrued/prepaid pension cost account with $2,000.
- Other comprehensive income: Prior service cost is component of shareholders’ equity, and it increases the value of shareholders equity. Hence, credit the other comprehensive income: Prior service cost account with $2,000.
(c) Pension plan in the amount of $112,000.
In this case, Company R has overvalued the pension contribution by $4,000
Date | Accounts Title and Explanation | Post Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
December 31, 2019 | Pension expense | 108,000 | ||
Accrued/prepaid pension cost | 4,000 | |||
Cash | 107,000 | |||
(To record the pension expense and its overvalued by $112,000) |
Table (6)
- Pension expense is component of shareholders’ equity, and it decreases the value of shareholders equity. Hence, debit the pension expense with $108,000.
- Accrued/prepaid pension cost is asset account and it is increased. Therefore, debit the accrued/prepaid pension cost account with $4,000.
- Cash is an asset account and it is decreased. Therefore, credit the cash account with $112,000.
Date | Accounts Title and Explanation | Post Ref. | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
December 31, 2019 | Accrued/prepaid pension cost | 2,000 | ||
Other comprehensive income: Prior service cost | 2,000 | |||
(To record the amortization of prior service cost) |
Table (7)
- Accrued/prepaid pension cost is an asset account and it is increased. Therefore, debit the accrued/prepaid pension cost account with $2,000.
- Other comprehensive income: Prior service cost is component of shareholders’ equity, and it increases the value of shareholders equity. Hence, credit the other comprehensive income: Prior service cost account with $2,000.
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Calculate the ending balance of accumulated other comprehensive income: prior service cost account, assume that the beginning balance of the account is $60,000.
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Explanation of Solution
Calculate the ending balance of accumulated other comprehensive income: prior service cost account, assume that the beginning balance of the account is $60,000 as follows:
In this case, the company has amortized the prior service cost of $2,000. Hence, the ending balances of accumulated other comprehensive income: prior service cost is $58,000 (1).
Working note (1):
Calculate the ending balance of prior service cost.
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Calculate the amount of pension fund needed in order to report an accrued/prepaid pension cost of $5,000 at the end of 2019.
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Explanation of Solution
Calculate the amount of pension fund needed in order to report an accrued/prepaid pension cost of $5,000 at the end of 2019 as follows:
Company R has reported a beginning accrued/prepaid pension cost liability of $14,000 and reported pension expense for the period of $108,000. In this case, Company R would need the pension fund of $127,000 (2) to report an accrued/prepaid pension cost assets of $5,000 at the end of the 2019.
Working note (2):
Calculate the pension fund.
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