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: $4 million per year) |
$ | 20 | million |
| Net loss—AOCI at Jan.1, 2018 (previous losses exceeded previous gains) | $ | 104 | million |
| Average remaining service life of the active employee group | 10 | years | |
| Actuary's discount rate | 4 | % | |
| ($ in millions) | Plan | |||||||||
| PBO | Assets | |||||||||
| Beginning of 2018 | $ | 720 | Beginning of 2018 | $ | 520 | |||||
| Service cost | 62 | Return on plan assets, | ||||||||
| 5% (7% expected) | 26.0 | |||||||||
| Interest cost, 4% | 28.8 | |||||||||
| Loss (gain) on PBO | (15 | ) | Cash contributions | 102 | ||||||
| Less: Retiree benefits | (36 | ) | Less: Retiree benefits | (36 | ) | |||||
| End of 2018 | $ | 759.8 | End of 2018 | $ | 612.0 | |||||
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.
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