Reference no: EM132830643
Fountain Limited sponsors a defined-benefit pension plan for its employees. On January 1,2020 the following balances related to this plan
Plan Assets at fair value- 450,000
Defined Benefit Obligation- 600,000
As a result of the operations of the plan during 2020, the actuary provided the following additional data at December 31,2020.
Service Cost for 2020- 75,000
Actual return on plan assets in 2020- 45,000
Past service cost, effective Jan 01 2020- 120,000
Contributions in 2020- 115,000
Benefits paid to retirees in 2020-70,000
Discount Rate- 8 %
Average remaining service life of active employees -35 years
Required:
Problem a. Show Computation of pension expense for Howard Corp. for the year 2020 by preparing a pension worksheet.
Problem b. Prepare the journal entries relating to pension for the year 2020.