Question

Actuary and trustee reports indicate the following changes in the PBO and plan assets of Douglas-Roberts Industries during 2021:

Prior service cost at Jan. 1, 2021, from plan amendment at the beginning of 2018 (amortization: $4 million per year)	$	28	million
Net loss—AOCI at Jan.1, 2021 (previous losses exceeded previous gains)	$	230	million
Average remaining service life of the active employee group		10	years
Actuary's discount rate		7	%

($ in millions)					Plan
PBO					Assets
Beginning of 2021	$	900			Beginning of 2021		$	700
Service cost		68			Return on plan assets,
					8% (10% expected)			56
Interest cost, 7%		63
Loss (gain) on PBO		(18	)		Cash contributions			105
Less: Retiree benefits		(39	)		Less: Retiree benefits			(39	)
End of 2021	$	974			End of 2021		$	822

  
Required:
1-a. Determine Douglas-Roberts's pension expense for 2021.
1-b, 2. to 4. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the pension expense, to record any 2021 gains and losses, to record the cash contribution to plan assets and to record retiree benefits.

Determine Douglas-Roberts's pension expense for 2021. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

	Pension Expense Pension expense

Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the pension expense, to record any 2021 gains and losses, to record the cash contribution to plan assets and to record retiree benefits. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

Journal entry worksheet

• Record annual pension expense.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

	Event General Journal Debit Credit 1

Answer 1

Answer Page.no @ Douglas - Roberts pension expense for 202/ Service cont $68 million Interest cost - $63 million Expected relünn on plan assets = $ 700 million X 10%. $ Tomillion Amortization of prior service cont $ 4 million Amortization of net loms = Net (omaoc? -(10%. x Beg.PBO) Remaining life $ 230 million - (10%. x$ 900miling 10 years $14 million Pension expense = (+68+663 – $70 + $4 +$14 hodin $79 million .-. Douglas - Robert's pension expense for 201-479millon (15,2 to 4 Tournal entries Алл Project benebit obligation = $68 milion + $63 million $ 131 million

Page: No @ Sind Credit (million 70 $14 4 131 OCI 2021 Debit Particular (million) 16, Pension expense $ 79 Plan assets Amortization of net loms -oc? Amortization of prior service copf- Project benefit obligation fro record pension expense for loss oc I (700X10%. —56 $14 Plan assets (to record cons op plan assets Project benefit obligation $18 Gain- och cto record the gain) Plan assets $105 Cash (To record cash contribution on plan asetu) 4, PBO $ 39 plan assets (To record retirec benebits $14 $ 18 31 $105 $39