The document provides information about Hennein Company's pension plan as of January 1, 2014 and the transactions that occurred during 2014. It includes the starting balances for plan assets and projected benefit obligation, as well as amounts for service cost, interest cost, returns on plan assets, contributions, and benefits paid. It then shows a pension worksheet with general journal entries to record the transactions for 2014.
Brief Exercise 20-3At January 1, 2014, Hennein Company had plan as.docx
1. Brief Exercise 20-3
At January 1, 2014, Hennein Company had plan assets of
$290,800 and a projected benefit obligation of the same amount.
During 2014, service cost was $28,930, the settlement rate was
10%, actual and expected return on plan assets were $29,070,
contributions were $24,250, and benefits paid were $21,950.
Prepare a pension worksheet for Hennein Company for 2014.
HENNEIN COMPANY
General Journal Entries
Memo Record
Items
Pension
Expense
Cash
Pension
Asset/Liability
Projected
Benefit
Obligation
Plan
Assets
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Brief Exercise 20-4
For 2012,
Campbell Soup Company
had pension expense of $73 million and contributed $71 million
to the pension fund.
Prepare Campbell Soup Company’s journal entry to record
pension expense and funding.
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount
is entered. Do not indent manually. Enter amounts in millions.
7. Ex: 10,000,000 is to be imputed as 10, eliminating the 000,000.)
Account Titles and Explanation
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Brief Exercise 20-9
Norton Co. had the following amounts related to its pension
plan in 2014.
Actuarial liability loss for 2014
$29,530
Unexpected asset gain for 2014
19,830
Accumulated other comprehensive income (G/L) (beginning
balance)
7,770
Cr.
Determine for 2014: (a) Norton’s other comprehensive income
(loss), and (b) comprehensive income. Net income for 2014 is
$27,380; no amortization of gain or loss is necessary in 2014.
8. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding
the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)
(a)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
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(b)
Comprehensive income
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Exercise 20-1 (Part Level Submission)
The following information is available for the pension plan of
Radcliffe Company for the year 2014.
Actual and expected return on plan assets
$ 18,390
Benefits paid to retirees
48,900
Contributions (funding)
93,130
Interest/discount rate
11
9. %
Prior service cost amortization
8,200
Projected benefit obligation, January 1, 2014
607,100
Service cost
73,410
(a)
Compute pension expense for the year 2014.
Pension expense for 2014
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(b)
Prepare the journal entry to record pension expense and the
employer’s contribution to the pension plan in 2014.
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount
is entered. Do not indent manually.)
Account Titles and Explanation
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Exercise 20-6
Gingrich Importers provides the following pension plan
information.
Fair value of pension plan assets, January 1, 2014
$2,434,500
Fair value of pension plan assets, December 31, 2014
2,870,600
Contributions to the plan in 2014
283,100
Benefits paid retirees in 2014
354,900
From the data above, compute the actual return on the plan
assets for 2014.
Actual return on plan assets for 2014
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11. Exercise 20-18 (Part Level Submission)
The accounting staff of Usher Inc. has prepared the following
pension worksheet. Unfortunately, several entries in the
worksheet are not decipherable. The company has asked your
assistance in completing the worksheet and completing the
accounting tasks related to the pension plan for 2014.
(a)
Determine the missing amounts in the 2014 pension worksheet,
indicating whether the amounts are debits or credits.
Pension Worksheet—Usher Inc.
General Journal Entries
Memo Record
Annual Pension
Expense
Cash
OCI—Prior
Service Cost
OCI—Gain/
Loss
Pension Asset/
Liability
Projected Benefit
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(b)
Prepare the journal entry to record 2014 pension expense for
Usher Inc.
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is entered. Do not indent manually.)
Account Titles and Explanation
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Credit
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Problem 20-1 (Part Level Submission)
22. On January 1, 2014, Harrington Company has the following
defined benefit pension plan balances.
Projected benefit obligation
$4,510,000
Fair value of plan assets
4,219,800
The interest (settlement) rate applicable to the plan is 10%. On
January 1, 2015, the company amends its pension agreement so
that prior service costs of $508,200 are created. Other data
related to the pension plan are as follows.
2014
2015
Service cost
$153,600
$199,100
Prior service cost amortization
–0–
98,100
Contributions (funding) to the plan
243,800
23. 306,000
Benefits paid
203,400
292,600
Actual return on plan assets
253,188
272,200
Expected rate of return on assets
6
%
8
%
(a)
Prepare a pension worksheet for the pension plan for 2014 and
2015.
HARRINGTON COMPANY
Pension Worksheet—2014 and 2015
General Journal Entries
Memo Record
Items
47. a new category of pensions for accounting purpose –
“contribution-based promises.”
b.
requiring recognition of actuarial gains and losses over the
expected service lives of employees.
c.
elimination of smoothing via the corridor approach.
d.
different presentation of pension costs in the income statement.
Answer:
IFRS Multiple Choice Question 09
Which of the following is true with regard to pension
accounting under U.S. GAAP and IFRS?
a.
Prior service cost is recognized on the balance sheet under both
U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
b.
Prior service cost is amortized into income over the expected
service lives of employees under U.S. GAAP but not under
IFRS.
c.
Accounting for defined-benefit pensions is typically a less
important issue in the U. S. than in other parts of the world.
d.
The accounting for defined-benefit pension plans is the same
under U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
Answer:
48. IFRS Multiple Choice Question 10
Pension liabilities will be impacted in countries where
population aging is an issue. Which of the following
countries/areas is the most rapidly aging in the developed
world?
a.
Europe
b.
Japan
c.
United States
d.
All three areas are aging at the same approximate rate
Answer:
IFRS Multiple Choice Question 14
The IASB and the FASB are studying several issues related to
accounting for pensions including all of the following except
a.
requiring companies to report various components of pension
expense, such as interest cost, separately in the income
statement along with other interest expense.
b.
eliminating smoothing provisions.
c.
all of the above issues are under study by the IASB and the
FASB.
d.
49. requiring companies to report actual asset returns and any
actuarial gains and losses directly in the income statement.
Answer:
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