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Discount rate, 7% Expected return on plan assets, 11% Actual return on plan assets, 10% Service...

Discount rate, 7%

Expected return on plan assets, 11%

Actual return on plan assets, 10%

Service cost, 2021

$

410

January 1, 2021:

Projected benefit obligation

2,800

Accumulated benefit obligation

2,500

Plan assets (fair value)

2,900

Prior service cost—AOCI (2021 amortization, $45)

375

Net gain—AOCI (2021 amortization, $10)

430

There were no changes in actuarial assumptions.

December 31, 2021:

Cash contributions to pension fund, December 31, 2021

345

Benefit payments to retirees, December 31, 2021

370

Required:
1. Determine pension expense for 2021.
2. Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains and losses (if any), (c) funding, and (d) retiree benefits for 2021.
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