Bonita Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan. The corporation’s actuary provides the following information about the plan. January 1, 2020 December 31, 2020 Vested benefit obligation $1,520 $1,930 Accumulated benefit obligation 1,930 2,700 Projected benefit obligation 2,510 3,360 Plan assets (fair value) 1,730 2,670 Settlement rate and expected rate of return 10% Pension asset/liability 780 ? Service cost for the year 2020 400 Contributions (funding in 2020) 690 Benefits paid in 2020 200 (a2) Prepare the journal entries at December 31, 2020, to record pension expense and related pension transactions. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Dec. 31, 2020
Bonita Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan. The corporation’s actuary provides the following information about the plan. January 1, 2020 December 31, 2020 Vested benefit obligation $1,520 $1,930 Accumulated benefit obligation 1,930 2,700 Projected benefit obligation 2,510 3,360 Plan assets (fair value) 1,730 2,670 Settlement rate and expected rate of return 10% Pension asset/liability 780 ? Service cost for the year 2020 400 Contributions (funding in 2020) 690 Benefits paid in 2020 200 (a2) Prepare the journal entries at December 31, 2020, to record pension expense and related pension transactions. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Dec. 31, 2020
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Bonita Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan. The corporation’s actuary provides the following information about the plan.
| January 1, 2020 | December 31, 2020 | |||
| Vested benefit obligation | $1,520 | $1,930 | ||
| Accumulated benefit obligation | 1,930 | 2,700 | ||
| Projected benefit obligation | 2,510 | 3,360 | ||
| Plan assets (fair value) | 1,730 | 2,670 | ||
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10% | |||
| Pension asset/liability | 780 | ? | ||
| Service cost for the year 2020 | 400 | |||
| Contributions (funding in 2020) | 690 | |||
| Benefits paid in 2020 | 200 |
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