Question

Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2021 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:

Projected Benefit Obligation	($ in millions)
Balance, January 1, 2021		$	720
Service cost			74
Interest cost, discount rate, 5%			36
Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2021			(20	)
Pension benefits paid			(36	)
Balance, December 31, 2021		$	774

Plan Assets	($ in millions)
Balance, January 1, 2021		$	800
Actual return on plan assets			46
(Expected return on plan assets, $51)
Cash contributions			87
Pension benefits paid			(36	)
Balance, December 31, 2021		$	897

January 1, 2021, balances:	($ in millions)
Pension asset	$	80
Prior service cost—AOCI (amortization $6 per year)		30
Net gain—AOCI (any amortization over 10 years)		130

Required:
Prepare a pension spreadsheet to show the relationship among the PBO, plan assets, prior service cost, the net gain, pension expense, and the net pension asset. (Enter credit amounts with a minus sign and debit amounts with a positive sign. Enter your answers in millions.)

Answer 1

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Explanation :
Particulars	Amount
Service cost	$             74.00
Interest cost	$             36.00
PBO	$           110.00
Expected return on plan Assets ( 46 Actual plus 5 loss}	$            -51.00
Amortization of prior Service Cost*	$               6.00
Amortization of net Gain	$              -5.00
Pension Expense	$             50.00
Computation of Net Gain Amortization
Net Gain- AOCI{ previous gain exceeded Previous loss}	$           130.00
10% of $800 Plan Assets{ greater than $720 balance}	$            -80.00
Amount to be Amortized	$             50.00
Divided By	10 Years
Amortization	$               5.00

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