In: Accounting
Exercise 20-7
The following defined pension data of Teal Corp. apply to the year 2017.
| Projected benefit obligation, 1/1/17 (before amendment) | $538,000 | ||
| Plan assets, 1/1/17 | 525,000 | ||
| Pension liability | 13,000 | ||
| On January 1, 2017, Teal Corp., through plan amendment, grants prior service benefits having a present value of  | 
119,000 | ||
| Settlement rate | 9 | % | |
| Service cost | 62,100 | ||
| Contributions (funding) | 67,100 | ||
| Actual (expected) return on plan assets | 52,100 | ||
| Benefits paid to retirees | 42,000 | ||
| Prior service cost amortization for 2017 | 18,600 | 
For 2017, prepare a pension worksheet for Teal Corp. that shows the
journal entry for pension expense and the year-end balances in the
related pension accounts. (Enter all amounts as
positive.) Please include credit or debit
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 TEAL CORP.  | 
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 General Journal Entries  | 
 Memo Record  | 
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 Items  | 
 Annual Pension  | 
 Cash  | 
 OCI–Prior  | 
 Pension  | 
 Projected Benefit  | 
 Plan  | 
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| Balance, Dec. 31, 2016 | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prior service cost | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, Jan. 1, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Service cost | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest cost | |||||||||||||||||||
| Actual return | |||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of PSC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Contributions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Benefits | |||||||||||||||||||
| Journal entry for 2017 | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accumulated OCI, Dec. 31, 2016 | 
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| Balance, Dec. 31, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pension worksheet reveals the movement of pension around different items. It reveals what resulted in the increase or decrease in pension asset/liability .
Teal corp
Pension worksheet
| 
 General journal entries  | 
 memo record  | 
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 Annual Pension  | 
 Cash  | 
 Prior service  | 
 Gain/Loss  | 
 Pension Asset/  | 
 Projected  | 
 Plan  | 
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 Dec 31, 2016 balance  | 
 -13000  | 
 -538000  | 
 525000  | 
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 prior service cost  | 
 119000  | 
 -119000  | 
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 balance Jan 1,2017  | 
 -657000  | 
 525000  | 
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 Service cost  | 
 62100  | 
 -62100  | 
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 interest cost (657000*9%)  | 
 59130  | 
 -59130  | 
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 actual return  | 
 -52100  | 
 52100  | 
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 amortization of PSC  | 
 18600  | 
 -18600  | 
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 contributions  | 
 -67100  | 
 67100  | 
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 benefits  | 
 42000  | 
 -42000  | 
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| 
 journal entry for 2017  | 
 87730  | 
 -67100  | 
 100400  | 
 -121030  | 
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 Accumulated OCI, dec 31,2016  | 
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 Balance dec 31,2017  | 
 100400  | 
 -121030  | 
 -736230  | 
 602200  | 
The required journal entry would be
| 
 Date  | 
 Particulars  | 
 Debit ($)  | 
 Credit ($)  | 
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 Pension expense  | 
 87730  | 
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 Other comprehensive income (PSC)  | 
 100400  | 
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 Pension Asset/Liability (Bal fig)  | 
 121030  | 
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 Cash  | 
 67100  |