Chapter 20, Problem 20.16Q

Oriole Company received the following selected information from its pension plan trustee concerning the operation of the company’s defined benefit pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2025.     January 1, 2025   December 31, 2025 Projected benefit obligation   $1,490,000   $1,517,000 Market-related and fair value of plan assets   793,000   1,124,300 Accumulated benefit obligation   1,614,000   1,736,100 Accumulated OCI (G/L)—Net gain   0   (199,000) The service cost component of pension expense for employee services rendered in the current year amounted to $77,000 and the amortization of prior service cost was $122,100. The company’s actual funding (contributions) of the plan in 2025 amounted to $252,000. The expected return on plan assets and the actual rate were both 10%; the interest/discount (settlement) rate was 10%. Accumulated other comprehensive income (PSC) had a balance of $1,221,000 on January 1, 2025. Assume no benefits paid…

When privately-held Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy in fall 2017, it disclosed that it had $5 billion in debt and was spending about $400 million per year for interest on that debt. Toys "R" Us net debt was $109.0 million in 2005, just before being taken over by private equity buyers in 2005. In that takeover, the company incurred $5.3 billion in debt. Sales revenue in the twelve months before the buyout in 2005 were $11.2 billion. Sales in the twelve months ending October 2017 were $11.1 billion.During the bankruptcy and store closing announcement in March 2018, the Toys "R" Us CEO stated that the company had fallen behind on the general upkeep and condition of its stores, which contributed to the decline in sales. It has also faced intense competition from other retailers, such as Amazon.com and Walmart. Toys "R" Us had had plans during 2017 to invest in technology, upgrade its stores to have toy testing areas, and create other features that would draw customers into the stores, but…

D'Lite Dry Cleaners is owned and operated by Joel Palk. A building and equipment are currently being rented, pending expansion to new facilities. The actual work of dry cleaning is done by another company at wholesale rates. The assets, liabilities, and common stock of the business on July 1, 20Y4, are as follows: Cash, $45,000; Accounts Receivable, $93,000; Supplies, $7,000; Land, $75,000; Accounts Payable, $40,000; Common Stock, $60,000. Business transactions during July are summarized as follows: a. Joel Palk invested additional cash in exchange for common stock with a deposit of $35,000 in the business bank account. b. Paid $50,000 for the purchase of land adjacent to land currently owned by D'Lite Dry Cleaners as a future building site. c. Received cash from customers for dry cleaning revenue, $32,125. d. Paid rent for the month, $6,000. e. Purchased supplies on account, $2,500. f. Paid creditors on account, $22,800. g. Charged customers for dry cleaning revenue on account,…