The accountant for XYZ Corp. has developed the following 2021 information for the company's defined benefit pension plan:

Unrecognized past service costs, as at Dec. 31, 2020 $300,000dr

Expected average remaining service life past service employees 6 yrs

Benefits paid to retirees, paid out evenly over 2021 $80,000

Opening Accrued benefit obligation (ABO), per books, Dec. 31, 2020 $5,000,000cr

Current service cost, earned at end of year $220,000

Cash contribution to the plan, made November 30, 2021 $950,000

Expected rate of return on plan assets 4.0%

Discount rate for ABO 5.0%

Other pension detail/ information:

ABO info:

The Accumulated Pension Obligation (ABO) liability was determined by an actuary to be $5,582,917cr at the year-end on December 31, 2021.

Assume that XYZ amortizes any actuarial (experience) net gains or losses on the PA or ABO to Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) in the year they occur.

PA info:

The opening market value of the Plan Assets (PA) back on Dec. 31, 2020 was $4,900,000dr.

The pension plan assets had a market value of $5,342,000dr at the end of the year on December 31, 2021.

a) Using the above information for XYZ Corp., prepare a completed pension worksheet for 2021. Please indicate credit entries either by parentheses ( ) or by dr and cr.

b) Provide prepare the pension journal entry below (after completing pension worksheet)

use the following template: