You are the auditor of Sheridan Inc, the Canadian subsidiary of a public multinational engineering company that offers a defined benefit pension plan to its eligible employees. Employees are permitted to join the plan after two years of employment, and benefits vest immediately. You have received the following information from the fund trustee for the year ended December 31, 2020: Discount rate 5% Rate of compensation increase 3% Defined Benefit Obligation Defined benefit obligation at January 1, 2020 Current service cost Interest cost Benefits paid Actuarial loss, end of period $11,097,860 442,450 554,893 830,303 618,894 Plan Assets Fair value of plan assets at January 1, 2020 Actual return on plan assets, net of expenses Employer contributions Employee contributions Benefits paid 8,454,500 1.195,870 471,060 75.888 830.303 Other relevant information: 1. The net defined benefit liability on January 1, 2020, is $2,643,360. Employee contributions to the plan are withheld as payroll deductions, and are remitted to the pension trustee along with the employer contributions. 2 Prepare a pension work sheet for the company. Assume IFRS is followed Gener Remeasurement (Gain) Loss (OCI) Annual Pension Expense Items s Balance, Jan 1, 2020 (a) Service cost (b) Net interest/finance cost Genel Items Remeasurement (Gain) Loss (OCT) Annual Pension Expense Balance, Jan 1, 2020 (a) Service cost (b) Net interest/finance cost (c) Asset cemeasurement gain (d) Actuarial loss, liability (e) Employee contributions (1) Benefits paid (B) Employer payment into fund Expense entry, 12/31/20 Net funding entry $ 5 Balance, Dec 31, 2020 Prepare the employer's journal entries to reflect the accounting for the pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2020. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent marmally) Date Account Titles and Explanation December 31, 2020 Debit Credit (To record pension expense.) December 31, 2020 (To record contributions to the pension fund.) Prepare a schedule reconciling the plan's surplus or deficit with the pension amounts reported on the December 31, 2020 SFP. Sheridan Inc Pension Reconciliation Schedule-2020 e Textbook and Media Assume that interest rates are falling and that the rate of compensation increase is expected to fall as well. What effect is this likely to have on the surplus or deficit of the plan? Effect of interest rate falling Effect of rate of compensation You are the auditor of Sheridan Inc, the Canadian subsidiary of a public multinational engineering company that offers a defined benefit pension plan to its eligible employees. Employees are permitted to join the plan after two years of employment, and benefits vest immediately. You have received the following information from the fund trustee for the year ended December 31, 2020: Discount rate 5% Rate of compensation increase 3% Defined Benefit Obligation Defined benefit obligation at January 1, 2020 Current service cost Interest cost Benefits paid Actuarial loss, end of period $11,097,860 442,450 554,893 830,303 618,894 Plan Assets Fair value of plan assets at January 1, 2020 Actual return on plan assets, net of expenses Employer contributions Employee contributions Benefits paid 8,454,500 1.195,870 471,060 75.888 830.303 Other relevant information: 1. The net defined benefit liability on January 1, 2020, is $2,643,360. Employee contributions to the plan are withheld as payroll deductions, and are remitted to the pension trustee along with the employer contributions. 2 Prepare a pension work sheet for the company. Assume IFRS is followed Gener Remeasurement (Gain) Loss (OCI) Annual Pension Expense Items s Balance, Jan 1, 2020 (a) Service cost (b) Net interest/finance cost Genel Items Remeasurement (Gain) Loss (OCT) Annual Pension Expense Balance, Jan 1, 2020 (a) Service cost (b) Net interest/finance cost (c) Asset cemeasurement gain (d) Actuarial loss, liability (e) Employee contributions (1) Benefits paid (B) Employer payment into fund Expense entry, 12/31/20 Net funding entry $ 5 Balance, Dec 31, 2020 Prepare the employer's journal entries to reflect the accounting for the pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2020. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent marmally) Date Account Titles and Explanation December 31, 2020 Debit Credit (To record pension expense.) December 31, 2020 (To record contributions to the pension fund.) Prepare a schedule reconciling the plan's surplus or deficit with the pension amounts reported on the December 31, 2020 SFP. Sheridan Inc Pension Reconciliation Schedule-2020 e Textbook and Media Assume that interest rates are falling and that the rate of compensation increase is expected to fall as well. What effect is this likely to have on the surplus or deficit of the plan? Effect of interest rate falling Effect of rate of compensation
