U.S. Metallurgical Inc. reported the following balances in its financial statements and disclosure notes at December 31, 2017.

Plan assets	$440,000
Projected benefit obligation	250,000

U.S.M.s actuary determined that 2018 service cost is $64,000. Both the expected and actual rate of return on plan assets are 10%. The interest (discount) rate is 6%. U.S.M. contributed $124,000 to the pension fund at the end of 2018, and retirees were paid $48,000 from plan assets. (Enter your answers in thousands (i.e., 10,000 should be entered as 10).) Required:

1 to 4. Determine the following amounts at the end of 2018. 5. Prepare journal entries to record the pension expense, funding of plan assets, and retiree benefit payments.