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Chapter 19, Problem 9E
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Prepare necessary journal entries of Company P for 2019.
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Based upon this information, how would I make the following journal entries?
Record annual pension expense.
Record the change in plan assets.
Record the change in the PBO.
Record the cash contribution to plan assets.
Record the retiree benefits paid.
$1,000,000
500,000
1,840,000
250,000
120,000
10%
Service cost
Actual return on plan assets
Annual contribution to the plan
Amortization of prior service cost
Benefits paid to retirees
Settlement rate
Expected rate of return on plån assets
8%
Balances at 12/31/2020 are:
Prior Service Cost
Projected Benefit Obligation
Plan Assets
1,250,000 Dr
8,000,000 Cr
5,500,000 Dr
The following facts apply to the pension plan of Blossom Inc. for the year 2020.
Plan assets, January 1, 2020
Projected benefit obligation, January 1, 2020
Settlement rate
Service cost
Contributions (funding)
Actual and expected return on plan assets
Benefits paid to retirees
Items
Balance, January 1, 2020
Service cost
Interest cost
Actual return
Contributions
Using the preceding data, compute pension expense for the year 2020. As part of your solution, prepare a pension worksheet that shows the journal entry for pension expense for 2020 and the year-end balances in the related pension accounts. (Enter all amounts as positive.)
Benefits
Journal entry, December 31
Balance, December 31, 2020
$
$487,400
$
487,400
8 %
40,300
26,600
47,000
31,800
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Expense
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General Journal Entries
Cash
BLOSSOM INC.
Pension Worksheet-2020
$
Pension Asset/
Liability
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Projected Benefit
Obligation
Memo Record
$
$
Plan
Assets
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