In: Accounting
Blossom Corporation provides the following information about its
defined benefit pension plan for the year 2020:
| Current service cost | $225,100 | ||
| Contribution to the plan | 262,600 | ||
| Past service cost, effective December 31, 2020 | 25,100 | ||
| Actual return on plan assets | 159,000 | ||
| Benefits paid | 101,000 | ||
| Net defined benefit liability at January 1, 2020 | 412,000 | ||
| Plan assets at January 1, 2020 | 1,590,000 | ||
| Defined benefit obligation at January 1, 2020 | 2,002,000 | ||
| Interest/discount rate on the DBO and plan assets | 10% |
Blossom follows IRFS.