Dubel Toothpaste Company initiates a defined benefit pension plan for its 50 employees on January 1, 2010. The insurance company, which administers the pension plan, provided the following information for the years 2010, 2011, and 2012.

There were no balances as of January 1, 2010, when the plan was initiated. The actual and expected return on plan assets was 10% over the 3-year period, but the rate used to discount the company’s pension obligation was 13% in 2010, 11% in 2011, and 8% in 2012. The service cost component of net periodic pension expense amounted to the following: 2010, $55,000; 2011, $85,000; and 2012, $119,000. The average remaining service life per employee is 12 years. No benefits were paid in 2010, $30,000 of benefits were paid in 2011, and $18,500 of benefits were paid in 2012 (all benefits paid at end of year).

Instructions
(a) Calculate the amount of net periodic pension expense that the company would recognize in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
(b) Prepare the journal entries to record net periodic pension expense and employer’s funding contribution for the years 2010, 2011, and 2012. Dubel uses corridor amortization for actuarial gains and losses.
(c) Repeat the requirements for part (b), assuming that Dubel immediately recognizes actuarial gains and losses in netincome.

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For Year Ended December 31 2010 2011 2012 Plan assets (fair value) Defined benefit obligation Unrecognized net (gain) loss (for purposes of corridor $50,000 85,000 $170,000 55,000 200,000 324,000 calculation) Employer's funding contribution (made at end of year) 50,000 83,950 60.000 86,121 95.000