Reference no: EM131797081
Problem
Comprehensive 2-Year Worksheet) Lemke Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. The following data relate to the operation of the plan for the years 2014 and 2015.
2014 2015
Projected benefit obligation, January 1 $600,000
Plan assets (fair value and market-related value), January 1 410,000
Pension asset/liability, January 1 190,000 Cr.
Prior service cost, January 1 160,000
Service cost 40,000 $ 59,000
Settlement rate 10% 10%
Expected rate of return 10% 10%
Actual return on plan assets 36,000 61,000
Amortization of prior service cost 70,000 50,000
Annual contributions 97,000 81,000
Benefi ts paid retirees 31,500 54,000
Increase in projected benefi t obligation due to
changes in actuarial assumptions 87,000 -0-
Accumulated benefi t obligation at December 31 721,800 789,000
Average service life of all employees 20 years
Vested benefi t obligation at December 31 464,000
Instructions
(a) Prepare a pension worksheet presenting both years 2014 and 2015 and accompanying computations and amortization of the loss (2015) using the corridor approach.
(b) Prepare the journal entries (from the worksheet) to reflect all pension plan transactions and events at December 31 of each year.
(c) For 2015, indicate the pension amounts reported in the financial statements.
The attachement is the correct way or the pension sheet.