Exercise 20-5 Flint Company has five employees participating in its defined benefit pension plan. Expected years of future service for these employees at the beginning of 2017 are as follows. Employee Future Years of Service Jim 3 Paul 4 Nancy 5 Dave 6 Kathy 6 On January 1, 2017, the company amended its pension plan, increasing its projected benefit obligation by $78,480. Compute the amount of prior service cost amortization for the years 2017 through 2022 using the years-of-service method, setting up appropriate schedules.

Year Annual Amortization

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022