Assume that a foreign company using IFRS is owned by a company using U.S. GAAP. Thus, IFRS balances must be converted to U.S. GAAP to prepare consolidated financial statements. Ignore income taxes for each problem.n
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On January 1, 2017, Xiamen Company made amendments to its defined benefit pension plan that resulted in 60,000 yuan of past service cost. The plan has 5,000 active employees with an average expected remaining working life of 15 years. There currently are no retirees under the plan.n
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a. Determine the appropriate accounting for the past service cost for the years ending December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2018, under (1) IFRS and (2) U.S. GAAP.n
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b. Prepare the entry(ies) that the U.S. parent would make on the December 31, 2017, and Decem­ber 31, 2018, conversion worksheets to convert IFRS balances to U.S. GAAP.