Answer:
Credit to the PBO for $13,500
Explanation:
Defined benefit pension plan is a pension structure adopted by a company in which an employee is guaranteed payments in the future for example after retirement. Since the payments are given far into the future, complex calculations are required to compute how to account for annual expenses and changes in pension obligation.
Now, under the above plan, the amount of the future benefits that will be paid for by the company depends on a multitude of factors such length of time served, an employee lifespan. The annual expense needs to match the recognition of the related expense in the period in which the particular employee renders the service for which they will be paid in the future.
So, the formula for Periodic (Annual) Pension Expense is Interest Costs (Interest incurred on the beginning Projected Benefit Obligation) + Service Costs (Present Value of the projected retirement benefits earned in the current period) - Actual Return on Plan Assets (the returns provided by the assets held under the Company's pension plan) + Amortization of Prior Service Costs (changes to pension expense as a retroactive amendments to the pension plan) +/- Amortization of Actuarial Gains or Losses (the change in the PBO as a result of changes in assumptions used to calculate the PBO).
The question provides us with the interest costs, the services costs, and the expected return on plan assets with other costs being nil.
Therefore, annual pension expense is Service Costs + Interest Costs - Expected Return on Plan Assets = 18,500 + 5,500 - 10,500 = 13,500.
The journal entry is a credit to the PBO of the amount of the expense and a debit to the Pension Expense. Note that the difference between ending PBO and beginning PBO is NOT equivalent to annual expense since other items such as company's contribution and changes in fair value of the liability also impact the PBO.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
This is a dominant business strategy. As a dominant business, operations starts in one major industry and then the firm expands by purchasing businesses or creating new firms.
UPS has a dominant strategy because of the different business segments in the firm. 61 percent from U.S. package delivery operations, 22 percent from international package delivery, and 17 percent from non-packaging operations.
Answer:
c. paying lower prices to its suppliers.
Explanation:
A : clearance of discontinued inventory.
Clearance is most often used when a shop wants to clear a particular stock line. reduce sell price with effect in gross margin
B : selling products with a lower markup.
Markups are the ratio of gross profit to sales price.
D : increased competition resulting in a lower selling price.
lower prices will lead to higher sales volumes, which may make up for the lower profit margin
Answer:
Fixed Cost = $10,000
Variable Costs = $90,000
Explanation:
Variable Cost per unit = $72,000 ÷ 12,000
= $6
Variable Costs at 15,000 units = $6 x 15,000
= $90,000
Fixed Cost (given) = $10,000