Reference no: EM132951690
Cullumber Corporation is a private company with a defined benefit pension plan. The following information is available for Cullumber Corporation for 2020:
Opening balance, DBO $172,000
Opening balance, plan assets 164,000
Service cost 47,500
Employer contributions paid evenly through 2020 63,000
Applicable interest or discount rate 10%
Actual return on plan assets 20,500
Actuarial loss due to change in actuarial assumptions 11,500
Problem 1: Assuming that Cullumber follows ASPE, determine the 2020 effect of the pension plan on pension expense and the company's shareholders' equity.