Exercise 20-5
Vaughn Company has five employees participating in its defined
benefit pension plan. Expected years of future service for these
employees at the beginning of 2017 are as follows.
Employee |
Future Years of Service |
|
Jim | 3 | |
Paul | 4 | |
Nancy | 5 | |
Dave | 6 | |
Kathy | 6 |
On January 1, 2017, the company amended its pension plan,
increasing its projected benefit obligation by $84,240.
Compute the amount of prior service cost amortization for the years
2017 through 2022 using the years-of-service method, setting up
appropriate schedules.
Year |
Annual Amortization |
|
2017 | $ | |
2018 | ||
2019 | ||
2020 | ||
2021 | ||
2022 |
Jim | Paul | Nancy | Dave | Kathy | Total | |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Total | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
Cost per service year | 3510 | =84240/24 | ||||
Year | Annual Amortization | |||||
2017 | 17550 | =3510*5 | ||||
2018 | 17550 | =3510*5 | ||||
2019 | 17550 | =3510*5 | ||||
2020 | 14040 | =3510*4 | ||||
2021 | 10530 | =3510*3 | ||||
2022 | 7020 | =3510*2 |
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