Journal Entry: Pension Accounting for Pensions and Postretirement Benefits, accounting homework help

Respond to the following. Submit journal entries in an Excel
Template, linked at the bottom of this page. Any written segments should
be included in Excels comments function. Do not submit two separate
documents, as only one document can be accepted. For written answers,
make sure your responses are well written, formatted per APA REQUIRMENTS

Melanie Vail Corp. sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its
employees. On January 1, 2015, the following balances relate to this
plan.

Plan assets	$480,000
Projected benefit obligation	625,000
Accumulated OCI (PSC)	100,000

As a result of the operation of the plan during 2015, the following additional data are provided by the actuary.

Service cost for 2015	$90,000
Settlement rate	9%
Actual return on plan assets in 2015	57,000
Amortization of prior service cost	19,000
Expected return on plan assets	52,000
Unexpected loss from change in projected benefit obligation, due to change in actuarial predictions	76,000
Contributions in 2015	99,000
Benefits paid retirees in 2015	85,000

Download the Excel Template linked at the bottom of this page, containing the spreadsheets you will need for this exercise.

Use the spreadsheet
Pensions to prepare a pension worksheet. On the pension worksheet,
compute pension expense, pension asset/liability, projected benefit
obligation, plan assets, prior service cost, and net gain or loss.
Compute the same items as in (#1), assuming that the settlement rate is now 7% and the expected rate of return is 10%.
Prepare the journal entry using the spreadsheet Journal Entries to
record pension expense in 2015. You need to prepare journal entries for
only #1 above.
Indicate the reporting of the 2015 pension amounts in the income
statement and balance sheet using the spreadsheet Pensions. You need to
show financial statements presentations for only #1 above.