Problem 22: Pension Accounting Valdivia Company provides the following information about its defined benefit pension plan for 2012 Services $ 78.000 Contribution to the plan 9.000 Prior service cost amortization 16.000 Actual and expected return on plan assets 14.000 Benefits paid 60.000 Plan awes atlanuary 1 2012 750.000 Projected benefit obligation at January 1, 2012 900,000 Accumulated OCI PSC) at December 31, 2011 180,000 Interest/discount settlement) rate 10% a] Prepare a pension worksheet and answer the following questions: Pension Worksheet Memo Record Pension Expense Cash PSC Pension Asset/Liability (150,000) Projected Benefit obligation 1900,000) Plan Assets 750,000 0 Balance 01/01/2012 Service Cost Interest Cost Asset Return Amort. Of PSC Contributions Benefits Paid Liability Gain Journal Entry ADCI - 12/31/11 Dec. 31st, 2012 b) Complete the journal entry for 2012: Journal Entry: Pension Expense Pension Asset/Liability Other Comprehensive Income/PSC Cash Important Note: Questions #5-7 are discussion type questions requiring written answers. You will be graded on your grammar, syntax, quality and originality of your answers. Any and allattempts at copying and/or pasting work belonging to any other source (including past semester papers) will result in no grade being awarded for these two problems (ie. your answer must be your own).....absolutely no exceptions Question #5 (Discussion) - answer all three items - use the remainder of this page for your answer a) Describe the installment Sales Method and the conditions under which it is used b) How is an installment sale different from an ordinary sale? c) It can be stated that, under the installment sale method, emphasis is place on collection rather than sale. Discuss the meaning of this phrase Question #6 (Discussion) - answer all two items-use % to 1 page for your answer a) Describe the cost recovery method of accounting and discuss the conditions under which this method is typically used b) What are some obvious weaknesses of the cost recovery method? c) Discuss an example of a situation, in Belize, when the cost recovery method would be appropriate Question #7 (Discussion) - answer all three items - use 1/2 to 1 page for your answer (Note: Answer in your own words.... you copy and paste your answer, you will get no points) a) What is a pension plan? b) List examples of businesses/entities, in Belize that provide pension plans to their employees c) What/who is an actuary? What types of services does the actuary provide to the pension plan manager? d) What is meant by the term "plan assets? Why is it important to handle the plan assets properly