Required: 1. What is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the beginning of 2024 ? 2. What is interest cost to be included in 2024 postretirement benefit expense? 3. What is service cost to be included in 2024 postretirement benefit expense? 4. Prepare the journal entry to record the postretirement benefit expense for 2024 . Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. What is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the beginning of 2021 ? What is interest cost and service cost to be included in 2024 postretirement benefit expense? ndicate by letter whether each of the events listed below increases (I), decreases (D), or has no effect (N) on an employer's projected enefit obligation. Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2024 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), following pension-related data were available: Required: Prepare a pension spreadsheet to show the relationship among the PBO, plan assets, prior service cost, the net gain, pension expense, and the net pension asset. Note: Enter credit amounts with a minus sign and debit amounts with a positive sign. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10 ). Prior service cost at January 1, 2024, from plan amendment at the beginning of 2021 (amortization: $6 million per year) Net loss-AOCI at January 1, 2024 (previous losses exceeded previous gains) Average remaining service life of the active employee group Actuary's discount rate $42 million $180 million 10 years 7% $42 million $180 million 10 years 7% Required: 1-a. Determine Mahomes's pension expense for 2024. 1-b, 2. to 4. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the pension expense, to record any 2024 gains and losses, to rec cash contribution to plan assets and to record retiree benefits. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Determine Mahomes's pension expense for 2024. Note: Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10 )