You are the controller of a newly established technology firm that is offering a new pension plan to its employees. The plan was established on January 1, 2020, with an initial contribution by the employer equal to the actuarial estimate of the past service costs for the existing group of employees. These employ- ees are expected to continue to work for the firm for 20 years, on average, before retirement. The company is considering going public in the next five years, and the president has asked you to keep her aware of the accounting changes in moving from ASPE to IFRS. She wants to be sure that the company always chooses the accounting policies that are closest to IFRS so that changes in the future when the company goes public will be minimized. In addition, she is interested in demonstrating a history of profits so that the company can be taken public successfully. The following information is available for you to work with.

Problem 19-5 (Part Level Submission) You are the controller of a newly established technology firm that is offering a new pension plan to its employees. The plan was established on January 1, 2020, with an initial contribution by the employer equal to the actuarial estimate of the past service costs for the existing group of employees. These employees are expected to continue to work for the firm for 20 years, on average, before retirement. The company is considering going public in the next five years, and the president has asked you to keep her aware of the accounting changes in moving from ASPE to IFRS. She wants to be sure that the company always chooses the accounting policies that are closest to IFRS so that changes in the future when the company goes public will be minimized. In addition, she is interested in demonstrating a history of profits so that the company can be taken public successfully. The following information is available for you to work with. Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year* DBO for funding purposes, beginning of year* DBO for accounting purposes, beginning of year* Current service cost for year Discount rate Past service costs granted, January 1 Actual earnings on plan assets Employer contributions for the year Benefits paid to retirees by trustee 2020 2021 2022 $70,000 ? ? 65,000 ? ? 70,000 2 ? ? 12,000 $13,000 $14,500 8% 8% 8% 8% 0 0 6,100 9,600 7,600 12,000 15,000 16,000 0 4,000 5,000 70,000 *After the initial $70,000 contribution. (a) Without using a pension work sheet, determine the surplus or deficit position of the pension plan and the amount reported on the SFP at each year end, the pension expense for each of the three years, and any remeasurement (gain) loss recorded in OCI for each of the three years, applying IFRS. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) 2020 2021 2022 Plan surplus $ $ Pension expense $ $ $ Remeasurement gain or loss $ ) $ $ Problem 19-5 (Part Level Submission) You are the controller of a newly established technology firm that is offering a new pension plan to its employees. The plan was established on January 1, 2020, with an initial contribution by the employer equal to the actuarial estimate of the past service costs for the existing group of employees. These employees are expected to continue to work for the firm for 20 years, on average, before retirement. The company is considering going public in the next five years, and the president has asked you to keep her aware of the accounting changes in moving from ASPE to IFRS. She wants to be sure that the company always chooses the accounting policies that are closest to IFRS so that changes in the future when the company goes public will be minimized. In addition, she is interested in demonstrating a history of profits so that the company can be taken public successfully. The following information is available for you to work with. Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year* DBO for funding purposes, beginning of year* DBO for accounting purposes, beginning of year* Current service cost for year Discount rate Past service costs granted, January 1 Actual earnings on plan assets Employer contributions for the year Benefits paid to retirees by trustee 2020 2021 2022 $70,000 ? ? 65,000 ? ? 70,000 2 ? ? 12,000 $13,000 $14,500 8% 8% 8% 8% 0 0 6,100 9,600 7,600 12,000 15,000 16,000 0 4,000 5,000 70,000 *After the initial $70,000 contribution. (a) Without using a pension work sheet, determine the surplus or deficit position of the pension plan and the amount reported on the SFP at each year end, the pension expense for each of the three years, and any remeasurement (gain) loss recorded in OCI for each of the three years, applying IFRS. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) 2020 2021 2022 Plan surplus $ $ Pension expense $ $ $ Remeasurement gain or loss $ ) $ $