ACCT 557 WEEK 3
Name Date
Instructor: Course:
Intermediate Accounting, 14th Edition by Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield
On January 1, 2012, Harrington Company has the following defined benefit pension plan balances.
Projected benefits obligation $5,600,000
Fair value of plan assets 6,400,000
The interest (settlement) rate applicable to the plan is 9% On January 1, 2013, the company amends its pension
agreement so that service costs of $620,000 are created. Other data related to the pension plan are as follows:
2012 2013
Service costs $180,000 $195,000
Prior service costs amortization 0 97,000
Contributions (funding) to the plan 255,000 305,000
Benefits paid 225,000 300,000
Actual return on plan assets 320,000 515,000
Expected rate of return on assets 5% 8%
Instructions:
(a) Prepare a pension worksheet for the pension plan for 2012 and 2013.
HARRINGTON COMPANY
Pension Worksheetâ€â€2012 and 2013
General Journal Entries Memo Record
Items "Annual
Pension
Expense" Cash OCI - Prior Service Cost OCI - Gain/Loss "Pension
Asset/
Liability" "Projected
Benefit
Obligation" "Plan
Assets"
Balance, Jan. 1, 2012
(a) Service cost
(b) Interest cost
(c) Actual return
(d) Contributions
(e) Benefits
Journal entry, 12/31/12
Accum OCI, 12/31/11
Balance, Dec. 31, 2012
(f) Additional PSC
January 1, 2013
(g) Service cost
(h) Interest cost
(i) Actual return
(j) Unexpected loss
(k) Amortization of PSC
(l) Contributions
(m) Benefits
Journal entry, 12/31/13
Accum OCI, 12/31/12
Balance, Dec. 31, 2013
Area for calculations as desired
(b) For 2013, prepare the journal entry to record pension-related amounts.
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