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: c. Structural unemployment
Explanation:
Susie lost her job due to competition, someone could offer better than what she offer, the loss of job was not as a result of downsizing but rather a structural unemployment.
Answer:
The additional information for this question is:
January 1, 2016 $14
December 31, 2016 15
What amount should Olympic recognize as compensation expense for 2016?
The correct answer is $50.000
Explanation:
To find this figure, we take as a reference the price of the fair value of the options that is $ 5 on the grant date, multiplied by the options on the shares totaling $ 30,000. Then, it must be divided between the award period that according to the problem is 3 years (2018-2021). This operation results in a total of $ 50,000 that should be recognized as compensation.
Answer: See explanation
Explanation:
First we will have to calculate the value of the firm before the debt issue. This will be:
= 25,000,000 × $10
= $250,000,000
We also calculate the value of the firm after after the proposed capital structure change. The value of equity will be:
= $250,000,000 - $160,000,000
= $90,000,000
Therefore, the value of debt will also be $160,000,000.
