Harrison Forklift's pension expense includes a service cost of $10 million. Harrison began the year with a
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Harrison Forklift's pension expense includes a service cost of $10 million. Harrison began the year with a pension liability of $28 million (underfunded pension plan).
Required:
Prepare the appropriate general journal entries to record Harrison's pension expense in each of the following independent situations regarding the other components of pension expense ($ in millions):
1. Interest cost, $6; expected return on assets, $4; amortization of net loss, $2.
2. Interest cost, $6; expected return on assets, $4; amortization of net gain, $2.
3. Interest cost, $6; expected return on assets, $4; amortization of net loss, $2; amortization of prior service cost, $3 million.
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...
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Intermediate Accounting
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9th Edition
Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson, Wayne Thomas