Question

Abbott and Abbott has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. At December 31, 2018, Abbott and Abbott received the following information:

Projected Benefit Obligation	($ in millions)
Balance, January 1		$	100
Service cost			21
Interest cost			10
Benefits paid			(10	)
Balance, December 31		$	121

Plan Assets
Balance, January 1		$	80
Actual return on plan assets			10
Contributions 2018			21
Benefits paid			(10	)
Balance, December 31		$	101

The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 10%. There was no prior service cost and a negligible net loss–AOCI on January 1, 2018.

Required:
1. Determine Abbott and Abbott’s pension expense for 2018.
2. Prepare the journal entries to record Abbott and Abbott’s pension expense, funding, and payment for 2018.

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Prepare the journal entries to record Abbott and Abbott’s pension expense, funding, and payment for 2018. (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).)

No	Event	General Journal	Debit	Credit
1	1	Plan assets	not attempted	not attempted
		Pension expense	not attempted	not attempted
		PBO		31
2	2	Plan assets	21
		Cash		21
3	3	PBO	10
		Plan assets		10

Answer 1

Answer
Answer 1	1. Determine Abbott and Abbott’s pension expense for 2018.
	Service cost $21
	Interest cost $10
	Expected return on plan assets($80x10%) ($8)
	Pension Expense $41
Answer 2	2. Prepare the journal entries to record Abbott and Abbott’s pension expense, funding, and payment for 2018.
	Dr     Pension expense A/c                $41
	Dr     Plan Assets A/c                         $8
	Cr PBO A/c                                                    $49
	Dr     Plan assets  A/c                       $21
	Cr Cash A/c                                                   $21
	Dr     PBO A/c                                   $10
	Cr      Plan assets A/c                                 $10
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