McCaw Company provides the following information about its defined-benefit pension plan for the year 2014. Service cost
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Service cost ................ $ 210,000
Contribution to the plan ............ 263,000
Prior service cost amortization .......... 35,000
Actual and expected return on plan assets ..... 123,000
Benefits paid ................. 220,000
Plan assets at January 1, 2014 ......... 1,440,000
Projected benefit obligation at January 1, 2014 ... 1,800,000
Accumulated OCI (PSC) at January 1, 2014 .... 325,000
Interest/discount (settlement) rate ....... 9%
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Compute the pension expense for the year 2014.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-1118147290
15th edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, and Terry D. Warfield
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