Reference no: EM132463306
SuperSports provides you the following pension data for the year 2016.
Item Service Cost, 2016 $248,000
Projected Benefit Obligation, January 2016 $340,000
Plan assets (fair value), Januray 1, 2016 $ 360,000
Prior Service Cost - AOCI (2016 amoritization, $25,000)$250,000
Net Loss - AOCI (2016 amoritization, $10,000) $110,000
Actual Return on Plan Assets $45,000
Interest rate and expected return on plan assets10%Contributions made to plan assets during 2016 $175,000
SuperSports requests you to:
Question 1: Computing pension expense for the year 2016
Question 2: Recording 2016 journal entry for pension expense