Reference no: EM132543483
Zenith Company, a calendar-year entity, amends its defined benefit pension plan on January 1, 2019 and must recognize the increase in past service costs of its vested and non-vested employees as of that date in the calculation of its net 2019 pension expense (or revenue).
The pertinent facts as of January 1, 2019 are:
Increase in PSC-vested employees: $5,000
Increase in PSC-non-vested employees: 2,000
Remaining vesting period-non-vested employees: 5 years
Remaining working life-vested employees: 10 years
Remaining working life-non-vested employees: 20 years
Question 1: Calculate the past service costs included in 2019 net pension expense (or revenue) under U.S GAAP.