Jonquire Corporation uses the immediate recognition approach to account for its defined benefit pension plan. The following

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Jonquière Corporation uses the immediate recognition approach to account for its defined benefit pension plan. The following information (in hundreds of thousands of dollars) is available for 2014:
Actual return on plan assets...................................................9
Expected return on plan assets...............................................11
Contributions from employer................................................20
Benefits paid to retirees......................................................10
Actuarial loss due to change in actuarial assumptions....................15
Current service cost...........................................................19
Interest cost....................................................................11
Opening balance, DBO....................................................100
Opening balance, plan assets.............................................100
At the end of the year, Jonquière revised the terms of its pension plan, which resulted in past service costs of $35. Assuming that Jonquière follows IFRS, determine the company's 2014 pension expense and the effect of the pension plan on the company's shareholders' equity.
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-1118300855

10th Canadian Edition Volume 2

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield, Nicola M. Young, Irene M. Wiecek, Bruce J. McConomy

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