A Company's Defined Benefit Pension Plan Incurs Current Service Cost

question 95

Essay

A company's defined benefit pension plan incurs current service cost of $3,700,000.Expected income on the pension plan's assets amounted to $9,100,000,while actual income was $9,900,000.The interest on the pension obligation was $8,300,000,which matched the actuarial estimates.The pension plan has no past service costs,and unamortized actuarial gains or losses at the beginning of the year are within the corridor limit.
Requirement:
Compute the amount of pension expense for the year.

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