Duster Corporation is a private company with a defined benefit pension plan. The following information is available
Question:
Duster Corporation is a private company with a defined benefit pension plan. The following information is available for Duster Corporation for 2020:
Opening balance, DBO..................................................$210,000
Opening balance, plan assets........................................200,000
Service cost.........................................................................58,000
Employer contributions paid evenly through 2020.......77,000
Applicable interest or discount rate.....................................10%
Actual return on plan assets.............................................25,000
Actuarial loss due to change in actuarial assumptions..14,000
Assuming that Duster follows IFRS, determine the 2020 effect of the pension plan on pension expense and the company's shareholders' equity
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Intermediate Accounting Volume 2
ISBN: 9781119497042
12th Canadian Edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield, Irene M. Wiecek, Bruce J. McConomy