Journal Entry: Pension

Respond to the following. Submit journal entries in an Excel Template, linked at the bottom of this page. Any written segments should be included in Excels comments function. Do not submit two separate documents, as only one document can be accepted. For written answers, make sure your responses are well written, formatted.

Melanie Vail Corp. sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. On January 1, 2015, the following balances relate to this plan.

Plan assets	$480,000
Projected benefit obligation	625,000
Accumulated OCI (PSC)	100,000

As a result of the operation of the plan during 2015, the following additional data are provided by the actuary.

Service cost for 2015	$90,000
Settlement rate	9%
Actual return on plan assets in 2015	57,000
Amortization of prior service cost	19,000
Expected return on plan assets	52,000
Unexpected loss from change in projected benefit obligation, due to change in actuarial predictions	76,000
Contributions in 2015	99,000
Benefits paid retirees in 2015	85,000

Download the Excel Template linked at the bottom of this page, containing the spreadsheets you will need for this exercise.

1. Use the spreadsheet Pensions to prepare a pension worksheet. On the pension worksheet, compute pension expense, pension asset/liability, projected benefit obligation, plan assets, prior service cost, and net gain or loss.

2. Compute the same items as in (#1), assuming that the settlement rate is now 7% and the expected rate of return is 10%.

3. Prepare the journal entry using the spreadsheet Journal Entries to record pension expense in 2015. You need to prepare journal entries for only #1 above.

4. Indicate the reporting of the 2015 pension amounts in the income statement and balance sheet using the spreadsheet Pensions. You need to show financial statements presentations for only #1 above.

General Journal Entries

Memo Record

Annual

Projected

Pension

OCIPrior

OCI

Pension

Benefit

Items

Expense

Cash

Service Cost

Gain/Loss

Asset/Liability

Obligation

Plan assets

Balance, Jan. 1, 2015

Service cost

Interest cost

Actual Return

Expected Return

Amortization of PSC

Contributions

Benefits

Liability increase

Journal entry for 2015

Accumulated OCI, Dec. 31, 2013

Balance, Dec. 31, 2014