U.S. Metallurgical Inc. reported the following balances in its financial statements and disclosure notes at December 31, 2015.

Plan assets	$580,000
Projected benefit obligation	500,000

U.S.M.s actuary determined that 2016 service cost is $78,000. Both the expected and actual rate of return on plan assets are 10%. The interest (discount) rate is 5%. U.S.M. contributed $138,000 to the pension fund at the end of 2016, and retirees were paid $62,000 from plan assets. (Enter you answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

Required:

Determine the following amounts at the end of 2016.

Pension Expense

PBO

Plan assets

Prepare journal entries to record the pension expense, funding of plan assets, and retiree benefit payments.

Record the pension expense.

Record funding of plan assets.

Record retiree benefit payments.