1. (Postretirement Benefit Worksheet) Hollenbeck Foods Inc. sponsors a postretirement medical and dental benefit plan for its employees. The following balances relate to this plan on January 1, 2010.
Plan assets $200,000
Expected postretirement benefit obligation 820,000
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation 200,000
No prior service costs exist.
As a result of the plan's operation during 2010, the following additional data are provided by the actuary.
Service cost for 2010 is $70,000
Discount rate is 10%
Contributions to plan in 2010 are $65,000
Expected return on plan assets is $10,000
Actual return on plan assets is $15,000
Benefits paid to employees are $44,000
Average remaining service to full eligibility: 20 years
(a) Using the preceding data, compute the net periodic postretirement benefit cost for 2010 by preparing a worksheet that shows the journal entry for postretirement expense and the year-end balances in the related postretirement benefit memo accounts. (Assume that contributions and benefits are paid at the end of the year.)
(b) Prepare any journal entries related to the postretirement plan for 2010 and indicate the postretirement amounts reported in the financial statements for 2010.