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On January 1, 2020, Ivanhoe Company has the following defined benefit pension plan balances.
| Projected benefit obligation | $4,420,000 | |
| Fair value of plan assets | 4,260,000 |
The interest (settlement) rate applicable to the plan is 10%. On
January 1, 2021, the company amends its pension agreement so that
prior service costs of $506,000 are created. Other data related to
the pension plan are as follows.
|
2020 |
2021 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Service cost |
$151,000 | $176,000 | ||||
|
Prior service cost amortization |
0 | 92,000 | ||||
|
Contributions (funding) to the plan |
238,000 | 288,000 | ||||
|
Benefits paid |
198,000 | 278,000 | ||||
|
Actual return on plan assets |
255,600 | 259,000 | ||||
|
Expected rate of return on assets |
6 | % | 8 | % | ||
1.Prepare a pension worksheet for the pension plan for 2020 and 2021. (Enter all amounts as positive.)
2. For 2021, prepare the journal entry to record pension-related amounts
1. Ivanhoe Company Pension Worksheet - 2020 and 2021
| General Journal Entries | Memo Records | ||||||
| items | Annual Pension Expense | Cash | OCI-Prior Service Cost | OCI Gain/ Loss | Pension Assets/Liabilities | Projected Benefit Obligation | Plan Assets |
| Balance Jan.01.2020 | $160,000 | $4,420,000 | $4,260,000 | ||||
| (a)Service Cost | $151,000 | $151,000 | |||||
| (b)Interest Cost(10%) | $442,000 | $442,000 | |||||
| (c)Actual Return | $255,600 | $255,600 | |||||
| (d)Contributions | $238,000 | $238,000 | |||||
| (e)Benefits | $198,000 | $198,000 | |||||
| Journal Entry 12/31/2020 | $337,400 | $238,000 | $99,400 | $4,815,000 | $4,555,600 | ||
| Accum.OCI 12/31/2019 | |||||||
| Bal.Dec.31.2020 | $259,400 | $4,815,000 | $4,555,600 | ||||
| (f)Additional PSC | $506,000 | $506,000 | |||||
| Jan 1.2021 | $5,321,000 | ||||||
| (g) Service Cost | $176,000 | $176,000 | |||||
| (i)Interest Cost(10%) | $532,100 | $532,100 | |||||
| (i)Actual Return | $259,000 | $259,000 | |||||
| (j) Unexpected Loss | $105,448 | $105,448 | |||||
| (k)Amortization of PSC | $92,000 | $92,000 | |||||
| (l)Contributions | $288,000 | $288,000 | |||||
| (m)Benefits | $278,000 | $278,000 | |||||
| Journal Entry 12/31/2021 | $435,652 | $288,000 | $414,000 | $105,448 | $667,100 | ||
| Acc.OCI 12/31/2020 | |||||||
| Balance Dec.31.2020 | $414,000 | $105,448 | $926,500 | $5,751,100 | $4,824,600 |
b). Journal Entry
| No | Account Title and Explanation | Debit | Credit |
| 1 | Pension Expense | $435,652 | |
| OCI - PSC | $414,000 | ||
| Unexpected Loss/ Gain | $105,448 | ||
| Cash | $288,000 | ||
| Pension Assets /Liability | $667,100 |