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CALCULATOR FULL SCREEN PRINTER VERSiON BACK NEXT Exercise 6-14 Sheridan, Inc. is a furniture manufacturing company with 50 employees. Recently, after a long negotiation with the local labor union, the company decided to initiate a pension plan as a part of its compensation plan. The plan will start on January 1, 2017. Each employee covered by the plan is entitled to a pension payment each year ater retirement. As required by accounting standards, the controller of the company needs to report the pension obligation (liability). On the basis of a discussion with the supervisor of the Personnel Department and an actuary from an insurance company, the controller develops the following information related to the pension plan. Average length of time to retirement 15 years Expected life duration after retirement 10 years Total pension payment expected each year after retirement for all employees. Payment made at the end of the year $837,800 per year The interest rate to be used is 11 %. Cick here to view factor tables On the basis of the information above, determine the present value of the pension obligation (iability). (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, eg. 1.25124 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 458,581.) The present value of pension obligation (liability)

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Please find below table useful to compute desired results: -

A в 1 Payment made at the end of year 837800 2 Average length of time to retirement 15 3 Expected life duration after retirement (10 4 Interest Rate =11/100 5 Present Value =(B1*(1-(1+B4)^-B3)/B4)/(1+B4) B2

А $837,800.00 1 Payment made at the end of year 2 Average length of time to retirement 3 Expected life duration after retirement 4 Interest Rate 5 Present Value 10 11.00% $1,031,227.15