Question

Actuary and trustee reports indicate the following changes in the PBO and plan assets of Douglas-Roberts Industries during 2018:

Prior service cost at Jan. 1, 2018, from plan amendment at the beginning of 2015 (amortization: $2 million per year)	$	6	million
Net loss—AOCI at Jan.1, 2018 (previous losses exceeded previous gains)	$	94	million
Average remaining service life of the active employee group		10	years
Actuary's discount rate		3	%

($ in millions)						Plan
PBO						Assets
Beginning of 2018	$	620			Beginning of 2018		$	420
Service cost		52			Return on plan assets,
					4% (6% expected)			16.8
Interest cost, 3%		18.6
Loss (gain) on PBO		(10	)		Cash contributions			97
Less: Retiree benefits		(31	)		Less: Retiree benefits			(31	)
End of 2018	$	649.6			End of 2018		$	502.8

Required:
1-a. Determine Douglas-Roberts' pension expense for 2018.
1.b, 2. to 4. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the pension expense, to record any 2018 gains and losses, to record the cash contribution to plan assets and to record retiree benefits..

Required 1-a.

Pension Expense
Service cost
Interest cost
Expected return on assets
Amortization of prior service cost
Amortization of net loss
Pension expense	$

Required 1B and 2 to 4

1. Record annual pension expense.

2. Record the change in plan assets.

3. Record the change in the PBO.

4. Record the cash contribution to plan assets.

5. Record the retiree benefits paid.

Answer 1

Requirement 1:

Pension expense (calculated below)	53.08
Plan assets (expected return on assets)	25.2
Net loss — AOCI (current amortization)		5.68
Prior service cost — AOCI (current amortization)		2
PBO ($52 service cost + $18.6 interest cost)		70.6

Service cost	$52 m
Interest cost	18.6
Expected return on the plan assets ($16.8 actual, plus $8.4 loss)	(25.2)
Amortization of prior service cost	2
Amortization of net loss	5.68
Pension expense	53.08
Computation of net loss amortization:
Net loss — AOCI (previous losses exceeded previous gains)	$94
6% of $620 PBO (greater than $420 plan assets)	(37.2)
Amount to be amortized	56.8/10 years
Amortization	5.68

Requirement 2-4:

General journal	Debit	Credit
Loss— OCI ($16.8 actual return on assets – $25.2expected return)	8.4
Plan assets		8.4
PBO	10
Gain— OCI (from change in assumption regarding the PBO)		10
Plan assets	97
Cash (contribution)		97
PBO	31
Plan assets (retiree benefit payments		31