Electronic Distribution has a defined benefit pension plan. Characteristics of the plan during 2024 are as follows:

	($ millions)
PBO balance, January 1	$480
Plan assets balance, January 1	300
Service cost	75
Interest cost	45
Gain from change in actuarial assumption	22
Benefits paid	(36)
Actual return on plan assets	20
Contributions 2024	60

The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 8%. There were no AOCI balances related to pensions on January 1, 2024, but at the end of 2024, the company amended the pension formula, creating a prior service cost of $12 million.

Required:

1. Calculate the pension expense for 2024.
2. Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains or losses, (c) prior service cost, (d) funding, and (e) payment of benefits for 2024.
3. What amount will Electronic Distribution report in its 2024 balance sheet as a net pension asset or net pension liability?

Calculate the pension expense for 2024 . Note: Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10). Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains or losses, (c) prior service cost, (d) funding, and (e) payment of benefits for 2024 . Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10). Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. What amount will Electronic Distribution report in its 2024 balance sheet as a net pension asset or net pension liability? Note: Enter your answer in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10 )