Question

Pension data for Millington Enterprises include the following: ($ in millions) Discount rate, 10% Projected benefit obligation, January 1 $ 350 Projected benefit obligation, December 31 540 Accumulated benefit obligation, January 1 375 Accumulated benefit obligation, December 31 490 Cash contributions to pension fund, December 31 225 Benefit payments to retirees, December 31 69 Required: Assuming no change in actuarial assumptions and estimates, determine the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31.Service cost?JDS Foods’ projected benefit obligation, accumulated benefit obligation, and plan assets were $80 million, $70 million, and $56 million, respectively, at the end of the year.What, if any, pension liability must be reported in the balance sheet?What would JDS report if the plan assets were $100 million instead?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Service cost $294 million

2. Net Pension Liabiltiy $24 million

Net pension Assets $20 million

Explanation:

1. Calculation to determine the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31

SERVICE COST ($ in millions)

Projected benefit obligation, December 31 540

Less Projected benefit obligation, January 1 ($350)

Less Interest Cost ($35)

(10%*$350)

Add Benefit payments to retirees, December 31 $69

Service cost $294

($540 - $350 - $35 + $69)

Therefore the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31 will be $294

2. Calculation to determine pension liability that must be reported in the balance sheet using this formula

Pension Liabiltiy=Projected benefit obligation-Plan Assets

Let plug in the formula

Net Pension Liabiltiy=$80 million-$56 million

Pension Liabiltiy=$24 million

Therefore The pension liability that must be reported in the balance sheet will be $24 million

Calculation to determine What would JDS report if the plan assets were $100 million instead

Using this formula

Net pension Assets=Plan Assets-Projected benefit obligation

Let plug in the formula

Net pension Assets=$100 million instead-$80 million

Net pension Assets=$20 million

Therefore What would JDS report if the plan assets were $100 million instead is $20 million