Reference no: EM133054143
Question - On January 1, 2020, . reported a $50,000 credit balance in Accumulated OCI-Pension Gain/Loss related to its defined pension plan, representing an unexpected gain on plan assets due to a good year in the stock market. The company had a PBO balance on January 1, 2020, of $230,000. On December 31, 2020, the balance in the PBO was $510,000. The company had a plan asset balance on January 1, 2020, of $201,000 and on December 31, 2020, the plan asset balance was $300,000. The company amortizes unrecognized gains and losses using the corridor approach over the average remaining service life of employees (10 years).
What amount (if any) of the pension gain/loss must be amortized to pension expense in 2020, and what is the effect on pension expense?
a. $5,000 increase to pension expense
b. $5,0000 decrease to pension expense
c. $2700 decrease to pension expense
d. $2700 increase to pension expense
e. $100 decrease to pension expense
f. $0 because only losses are amortized and the company has a gain
g. $100 increase to pension expense