In: Accounting
Pharoah Corporation provides the following information about its
defined benefit pension plan for the year 2020:
Current service cost | $225,600 | ||
Contribution to the plan | 263,100 | ||
Past service cost, effective December 31, 2020 | 25,600 | ||
Actual return on plan assets | 160,000 | ||
Benefits paid | 106,000 | ||
Net defined benefit liability at January 1, 2020 | 400,600 | ||
Plan assets at January 1, 2020 | 1,600,000 | ||
Defined benefit obligation at January 1, 2020 | 2,000,600 | ||
Interest/discount rate on the DBO and plan assets | 10% |
Pharoah follows IFRS.
QUESTIONS:
A) Prepare a continuity schedule for 2020 for the defined benefit obligation.
B) Prepare a continuity schedule for 2020 for the plan assets.
C) Calculate pension expense for the year 2020.
D) Prepare all pension journal entries recorded by Pharoah in 2020.
E) What pension amount will appear on Pharoah’s SFP at December 31, 2020?