Answer:
Credit to the PBO for $13,500
Explanation:
Defined benefit pension plan is a pension structure adopted by a company in which an employee is guaranteed payments in the future for example after retirement. Since the payments are given far into the future, complex calculations are required to compute how to account for annual expenses and changes in pension obligation.
Now, under the above plan, the amount of the future benefits that will be paid for by the company depends on a multitude of factors such length of time served, an employee lifespan. The annual expense needs to match the recognition of the related expense in the period in which the particular employee renders the service for which they will be paid in the future.
So, the formula for Periodic (Annual) Pension Expense is Interest Costs (Interest incurred on the beginning Projected Benefit Obligation) + Service Costs (Present Value of the projected retirement benefits earned in the current period) - Actual Return on Plan Assets (the returns provided by the assets held under the Company's pension plan) + Amortization of Prior Service Costs (changes to pension expense as a retroactive amendments to the pension plan) +/- Amortization of Actuarial Gains or Losses (the change in the PBO as a result of changes in assumptions used to calculate the PBO).
The question provides us with the interest costs, the services costs, and the expected return on plan assets with other costs being nil.
Therefore, annual pension expense is Service Costs + Interest Costs - Expected Return on Plan Assets = 18,500 + 5,500 - 10,500 = 13,500.
The journal entry is a credit to the PBO of the amount of the expense and a debit to the Pension Expense. Note that the difference between ending PBO and beginning PBO is NOT equivalent to annual expense since other items such as company's contribution and changes in fair value of the liability also impact the PBO.
Answer:
The correct answer is: b, c and d.
Explanation:
Internal controls are are policies or processes put in place by the management arm of a company to ensure that the goals set by the firm are achieved both in the long term and short-term. These processes ensure safe custody of assets, reliability in financial information provided or used by the firm, compliance with regulations as well as effectiveness and efficiency in the day to day operations. With this in mind, maximisation of management compensation is not a goal of internal controls. According to COSO, there are 3 main goals of internal controls: to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial reporting and compliance with laws and regulations.
Answer:
The correct answer is $4,500.
Explanation:
According to the scenario, the given data are as follows:
Uncollectible Account receivable = $5,000
Account receivable balance = $100,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts = $500
Credit sales = $150,000
So, we can calculate the bad debt expense by using following formula:
Bad debt expense = Uncollectible Account receivable - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
by putting the value, we get
Bad debt expense = $5,000 - $500
= $4,500.
Answer:
1. Deductive
2. Inductive
3. Deductive
Explanation:
Deductive research is a form of reasoning that stems from existing theories that can be tested. Data is collected to test a theory and the results are analyzed. The first and third scenarios are deductive research works because there are existing theories or data that can be worked on. In the first instance, data on issues of turnover already exist. In the third scenario, there were theories to explain gender differences.
Inductive research proposes a theory after observation. This is applicable in the second instance where the manager proposes the theory that relates distance to absenteeism after close observation.
