Hollenbeck Foods Inc. sponsors a postretirement medical and dental benefit plan for its employees. The following balances relate to this plan on January 1, 2015.

As a result of the plan’s operation during 2015, the following additional data are provided by the actuary.

Service cost for 2015 is \($70\),000 Discount (interest) rate is 10%
Contributions to plan in 2015 are \($65\),000 Actual return on plan assets is \($15\),000 Benefi ts paid to employees are \($44\),000 Instructions

(a) Using the preceding data, compute the net periodic postretirement benefit cost for 2015 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 2015 and indicate the postretirement amounts reported in the financial statements for 2015.

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Plan assets Defined postretirement benefit obligation $200,000 200,000