Actuary and trustee reports indicate the folowing changes in the PEO and plan assets of Lakeside Cable during $2024$:

Required:

Determine Lakeside's pension expense for $2024,$ and prepare the appropriate joumal entries to record the expense as well as the cash contrbution to plan assets and payment of

benefits to retires.

Determine the new gains and$/$or losses in $2024$ and prepare the appropriate journal entry$($s$)$ to record them.

Prepare a pension spreadsheet to assist you in determining end of $2024$ balances in the PBO, plan assets, prior service cost$-$AOCL, the net loss$-$AOCL, and the pension labilty

Assume the folowing actuary and trustee reports indicating changes in the PBO and plan assets of Lakeside Cable during $2025($$ in milions$)$

Determine Lakeside's pension expense for $2025,$ and prepare the appropriate joumal entries to record the expense, the cash funding of plan assets, and payment of benefits to

retrees.

Determine the new gains and$/$or losses in $2025,$ and prepare the appropriate journal entry$($s$)$ to record them.

Using T$-$accounts, determine the balances at December $31,2025,$ in the net loss$-$A$0$Cl and prior service cost$-$A$0$Cl$.$

Confirm the balances determined in requirement $6$ by preparing a pension spreadsheet.