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Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2021 (the end of Beale's fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available:Projected Benefit Obligation ($ in millions)Balance, January 1, 2021 $ 780 Service cost 80 Interest cost, discount rate, 5% 39 Gain due to changes in actuarial assumptions in 2021 (23 ) Pension benefits paid (39 ) Balance, December 31, 2021 $ 837 Plan Assets ($ in millions)Balance, January 1, 2021 $ 820 Actual return on plan assets 49 (Expected return on plan assets, $54) Cash contributions 90 Pension benefits paid (39 ) Balance, December 31, 2021 $ 920 January 1, 2021, balances: ($ in millions)Pension asset $ 40 Prior service costAOCI (amortization $9 per year) 45 Net gainAOCI (any amortization over 10 years) 142 Required:Prepare a pension spreadsheet to show the relationship among the PBO, plan assets, prior service cost, the net gain, pension expense, and the net pension asset. (Enter credit amounts with a minus sign and debit amounts with a positive sign. Enter your answers in millions. )
Susan quit her job as a teacher, which paid her $36,000 per year, in order to start her own catering business. she spent $12,000 of her savings, which had been earning 10 percent interest per year, on equipment for her business. she also borrowed $12,000 from her bank at 10 percent interest, which she also spent on equipment. for the past several months she has spent $1,000 per month on ingredients and other variable costs. also for the past several months she has earned $4,500 in monthly revenue. in the short run, susan should
On January 1, 2019, Caswell Company signs a 10-year cancelable (at the option of either party) agreement to lease a storage building from Wake Company. The following information pertains to this lease agreement: 1. The agreement requires rental payments of $100,000 at the beginning of each year. 2. The cost and fair value of the building on January 1, 2019, is $2 million. The storage building has not been specialized for Caswell. 3. The building has an estimated economic life of 50 years, with no residual value. Caswell depreciates similar buildings according to the straight-line method. 4. The lease does not contain a renewable option clause. At the termination of the lease, the building reverts to the lessor. 5. Caswells incremental borrowing rate is 14% per year. Wake set the annual rental to ensure a 16% rate of return (the loss in service value anticipated for the term of the lease). Caswell knows the implicit interest rate. 6. Executory costs of $7,000 annually, related to taxes on the property, are paid by Caswell directly to the taxing authority on Dec. 31 of each year. Required: 1. Determine what type of lease this is for the lessee. 2. Prepare appropriate journal entries on the lessees books to reflect the signing of the lease agreement and to record the payments and expenses related to this lease for the years 2019 and 2020