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Jackson Company has the following information for the company's defined-benefit pension plan for the year ended...

Jackson Company has the following information for the company's defined-benefit pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2021:

                                                                                     January 1, 2021    December 31, 2021

         Projected benefit obligation                                  $5,000,000                $5,510,000

         Fair value of plan assets                                         2,500,000                  3,200,000

         Accumulated OCI (PSC)                                    1,080,000                    600,000

            Service cost for 2021 is $360,000 and amortization of prior service cost is $480,000. The company's funding of the plan in 2021 amounted to $1,050,000. Benefit payments for the year totaled $600,000, The expected return on plan assets and the settlement rate were both 10%. In the company’s pension worksheet,

Select one:

A) Accumulated OCI (PSC) woud be increased by $480,000.

B) PBO would be decreased and Plan Assets would be increased by the $1,050,000 funding.

C)Both PBO and Plan Assets would be decreased by benefits paid of $600,000.

D) Cash would be decreased by benefits paid of $600,000

Cash would be decreased by benefits paid of $600,000.

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Option (C) is correct.

Pension Worksheet 2021
Items Annual Pension Expense Cash OCI-Prior Service Cost OCI-Gain/(Loss) Pension Asset/liability Projected benefit obligation Plan Asset
Balance, Jan 1,2021 $                     -   $                   -   $ 1,080,000 $                     -   $ (2,500,000) $          (5,000,000) $           2,500,000
Past Service Cost created $                     -   $                   -   $                 -   $                     -   $                    -   $                            -   $                          -  
Service Cost $          360,000 $                   -   $                     -   $                    -   $              (360,000) $                          -  
Interest Cost $          500,000 $                   -   $                     -   $                    -   $              (500,000) $                          -  
Actual return $       (250,000) $                   -   $                     -   $                    -   $                            -   $               250,000
Unexpected gain/ loss $                     -   $                   -   $                     -   $                    -   $                            -   $                          -  
Amortisation of PSC $          480,000 $                   -   $   (480,000) $                     -   $                    -   $                            -  
Amortisation of OCI-Gain/loss $                     -   $                   -   $                 -   $                     -   $                    -   $                            -  
Liability (increases)/decreases $                     -   $                   -   $       (250,000) $                    -   $              (250,000)
Contributions $                     -   $ (1,050,000) $                     -   $                    -   $                            -   $           1,050,000
Benefits $                     -   $                   -   $                     -   $                    -   $                600,000 $            (600,000)
$                     -   $                   -   $                     -   $                    -   $                            -   $                          -  
Journal entry for 2021 $      1,090,000 $ (1,050,000) $   (480,000) $       (250,000) $        190,000 $              (510,000) $               700,000
Accumulated OCI dec 31, 2020 $                     -   $                   -   $ 1,080,000 $                     -   $                    -   $                            -   $                          -  
Balance, December 31, 2021 $                     -   $                   -   $     600,000 $       (250,000) $ (2,310,000) $          (5,510,000) $           3,200,000
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