Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2016 (the end of Beale's
Question:
Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2016 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:
Projected Benefit Obligation
Balance, January 1, 2016 $480
Service cost 82
Interest cost, discount rate, 5% 24
Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2016 (10)
Pension benefits paid (40)
Balance, December 31, 2016 $536
Plan Assets
Balance, January 1, 2016 $500
Actual return on plan assets 40
(Expected return on plan assets, $45)
Cash contributions 70
Pension benefits paid (40)
Balance, December 31, 2016 $570
January 1, 2016, balances:
Pension asset 20
Prior service cost - AOCI (amortization $8 per year) 48
Net gain - AOCI (any amortization over 15 years) 80
Required: Prepare a pension spreadsheet to show the relationship among the PBO, plan assets, prior service cost, the net gain, pension expense, and the net pension asset.