P19-13 Hass Foods Inc. sponsors a post-retirement medical and dental benefi t plan for its employees. The company adopted the provisions of IAS 19 beginning January 1, 2017. The following balances relate to this plan on January 1, 2017: Plan assets $2,780,000 Defi ned post-retirement benefi t obligation 3,439,800 Past service costs 0 As a result of the plans operation during 2017, the following additional data were provided by the actuary. 1. The service cost for 2017 was $273,000. 2. The discount rate was 7%. 3. Funding payments in 2017 were $234,000. 4. The actual return on plan assets was $158,500. 5. The benefi ts paid on behalf of retirees from the plan were $171,600. Instructions (a) Calculate the post-retirement benefi t expense for 2017. (b) Prepare a continuity schedule for the defi ned post-retirement benefi t obligation and for the plan assets from the beginning of the year to the end of 2017.

(c) At December 31, 2017, prepare a schedule reconciling the plans surplus or defi cit with the post-retirement amount reported on the statement of fi nancial position. (d) If Hass Foods had remained with ASPE instead of moving to IFRS, how would your answers to parts (a) to (c) change, if at all? (e) Explain in what ways, if any, the accounting requirements for this plan are different from the requirements for a defi ned benefi t pension plan.