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Shown below is a summary of the annual payroll data of Rose Co.: Wages and salaries...

Shown below is a summary of the annual payroll data of Rose Co.:

Wages and salaries expense (gross pay) 

 

$2,250,000

Amounts withheld form employees’ pay:

 

 

         Income taxes

$170,000

 

         Social Security and Medicare

$150,000

320,000

Payroll taxes expense:

 

 

         Social Security and Medicare

$150,000

 

         Unemployment taxes

   58,000

208,000

Workers’ compensation premiums

 

130,000

Group health insurance premiums (paid by employer)

 

252,000

Contributions to employees’ pension plan (paid byemployer and fully funded)

 

 

140,000

Cost of other postretirement benefits:

 

 

         Funded

$90,000

 

         Unfunded

120,000

210,000

 

 

 

Refer to the above data.  When a company has a fully-funded pension plan:

a The dollar amounts paid to retirees are greater than the amounts recognized as pension expense by the employer.

b Pension expense is equal to the cash payments made to retirees during the current period.

c No pension expense is recognized in the income statement.

d It does not use the services of a trustee to operate the pension plan.

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