Question

Harvey Hotels has provided a defined benefit pension plan for its employees for several years. At the end of the most recent year, the following information was available with regard to the plan: service cost: $6.4 million, expected return on plan assets: $1.4 million, actual return on plan assets: $1.2 million, interest cost: $1.6 million, payments to retired employees: $2.2 million, and amortization of prior service cost (created when the pension plan was amended causing a drop in the projected benefit obligation): $1.3 million. What amount should Harvey Hotels report as pension expense in its income statement for the year

Answer 1

Answer:

$7.9 million

Explanation:

Calculation to determine What amount should Harvey Hotels report as pension expense in its income statement for the year

Service cost $6.4 million

Interest cost $1.6million

Expected return on plan assets($1.4million)

Amortization of prior service cost $1.3million

Pension expense $7.9million

Therefore The amount that Harvey Hotels Should report as pension expense in its income statement for the year is $7.9million