(Postretirement Benefit Worksheet) Hollenbeck Foods Inc. sponsors a postretirement medical and dental benefit plan for its employees. The following balances relate to this plan on January 1, 2010.

Plan assets                                                                                   $200,000

Expected postretirement benefit obligation                             820,000

Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation                      200,000

No prior service costs exist.

As a result of the plan’s operation during 2010, the following additional data are provided by the actuary.

Service cost for 2010 is                                    $70,000

Discount rate is                                                      10%

Contributions to plan in 2010 are                   $65,000

Expected return on plan assets is                   $10,000

Actual return on plan assets is                        $15,000

Benefits paid to employees are                       $44,000

Average remaining service to full eligibility: 20 years

(a) Using the preceding data, compute the net periodic postretirement benefit cost for 2010 by preparing a worksheet that shows the journal entry for postretirement expense and the year-end balances in the related postretirement benefit memo accounts. (Assume that contributions and benefits are paid at the end of the year.)

(b) Prepare any journal entries related to the postretirement plan for 2010 and indicate the postretirement amounts reported in the financial statements for 2010.