Hiatt Toothpaste Company initiates a defined benefit pension plan for its 50 employees on January 1, 2014. The insurance company which administers the pension plan provided the following selected information for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016. For Year Ended December 31, 2014 2015 2016 Plan assets (talr value) $50,000 3 85,000 $180,000 Accumulated benefit obligation 45,000 165,000 292,000 Projected benet obllgatlon 60,000 200,000 324,000 Net (gain) loss (for purposes at corridor calculation) ~0- 78,400 86.1 21 Employer's fundlng contribution (made at end of year) 50,000 60,000 105,000 There were no balances as of January 1, 2014, when the plan was initiated. The actual and expected return on plan assets was 10% over the 3-year period, but the settlement rate used to discount the company's pension obligation was 13% in 2014, 11% in 2015, and 8% in 2016. The service cost component of net periodic pension expense amounted to the following: 2014, $60,000; 2015, $85,000; and 2016, $119,000. The average remaining service life per employee is 12 years. No benefits were paid in 2014, $30,000 of benefits were paid in 2015, and $18,500 of benefits were paid in 2016 (all benefits paid at end of year). Instructions (a) Calculate the amount of net periodic pension expense that the company would recognize in 2014, 2015, and 2016. (b) Prepare the journal entries to record net periodic pension expense, employer's funding contribution, and related pension amounts for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016