Question

Employer journal entry for Defined Benefit Pension The city of Stewart has a single-employer defined benefit pension plan to provide retiree pension benefits to its Electric Utility Enterprise Fund employees. The plan is administered in a trust that meets the GASB requirements. Assume that the actuary for the city of Stewart's Electric Utility Enterprise Fund measures its net pension liability on December 31, 2019, which is its fiscal year-end. The actuary provides the following additional information in its reporting package to the city of Stewart accounting department for its use in preparing the Electric Utility Enterprise Fund's December 31, 2019 financial statements. Fiscal Year Ending Fiscal Year Ending Actuarial Provided Account InformationDecember 31, 2018 Net pension liability Deferred inflow of resources-investment gain Deferred inflow of resources-demographic factors Deferred outflow of resources- economic factors $6,100,000 180,000 210,000 400.000 December 31, 2019 $6,200,000 90,000 180,000 350,000 The city of Stewart contributed $1,600,000 cash to the pension plan during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. Prepare the journal entry to record the pension related activity, including the pension expense, for the city of Stewart's Electric Utility Enterprise Fund for its 2019 fiscal year. Description Debit Credit Deferred inflow of resources-investment gain Deferred inflow of resources demographic factors Deferred outflow or resources--economic factors Cash

Answer 1

1) To record " City of Steward " contribution to pension :

Defined Pension Liability - Debit - $1,600,000

Cash - Credit - $1,600,000

2) To record Pension Expense :

Pension Expense    - Debit - $6,280,000

Defined Pension Benefit Liability - Credit - $6,280,000

Note :

Calculation for Pension Expense :

Net Pension Liability (2019)        $6,200,000

Add : Deferred outflow of resources - economic factors    $350,000

     

$6,550,000

Less: Deferred inflow of resources - investment gain $90,000

Less : Deferred inflow of resources - demographic factors $180,000

  

$6,280,000