Exercise 20-13

Teal Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan. The corporations actuary provides the following information about the plan.

(a) Compute the actual return on the plan assets in 2017.

Actual return on the plan assets =

(b) Compute the amount of the other comprehensive income (G/L) as of December 31, 2017. (Assume the January 1, 2017, balance was zero.)

Net pension liability gains and losses =

(c) Compute the amount of net gain or loss amortization for 2017 (corridor approach).

Net gain or loss amortization =

(d) Compute pension expense for 2017.

Pension expense =

Vested benefit obligation Accumulated benefit obligation Projected benefit obligation Plan assets (fair value) Settlement rate and expected rate of return Pension asset/liability Service cost for the year 2017 Contributions (funding in 2017) Benefits paid in 2017 January 1, 2017 December 31, 2017 $1,580 $1,720 2,520 1,720 3,180 2,470 2,470 1,690 10 780 430 640 220