In: Accounting
SuperSports provides you the following pension data for the year 2016.
| Item | |
| Service Cost, 2016 | $248,000 |
| Projected Benefit Obligation, January 2016 | $340,000 |
| Plan Assets (Fair Value), January 1, 2016 | $360,000 |
| Prior Service Cost-AOCI (2016 amortization, $25,000) | $250,000 |
| Net Loss-AOCI (2016 amortization, $10,000) | $110,000 |
| Actual Return on Plan Assets | $45,000 |
| Interest Rate and Expected return on plan assets | 10% |
| Contributions made to plan assets during 2016 | $175,000 |
SuperSports requests you to:
Pension expense for the year 2016 : 271000 dollars
Which is explained below in detail.

2016 journal entry for pension expense:
