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Thornhill Telecom Ltd. has a defined benefit pension plan that covers its employees. On September 1, 2009, Thornhill initiated this plan and had immediately contributed $12 million toward covering the costs of the plan because the plan provided for retroactive benefits. The actuary valued these retroactive benefits at $12 million.

You have the following information with respect to the plan as at August 31, 2019 (10 years after the plan initiation):

Plan assets at market value                                             $29,000,000

Defined benefit obligation                                                  25,800,000

Balance sheet defined benefit pension asset                            3,200,000

Information for fiscal year ended August 31, 2020:

Pension benefit obligation at year-end                                   $27,500,000

Market value of plan assets at year-end                                   33,000,000

Current service cost (accrued evenly through year)                       2,700,000

Contributions to plan assets, made mid-year (February 28, 2020)        1,800,000

Benefit payments (paid evenly through year)                                      900,000

Expected earnings rate on plan assets and discount rate on obligations      8%

Required:

Question 1. Using the above information, prepare the schedules in the note disclosures reconciling the beginning and ending balances of the pension's assets and liabilities for the 2020 fiscal year.

Question 2. Derive the pension expense for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2020.

Question 3. Record the journal entries relating to the pension plan for the 2020 fiscal yea