An Analyst Is Reviewing the Financial Statements of a Company

question 39

Multiple Choice

An analyst is reviewing the financial statements of a company and notices that the company reports a pension plan asset on its balance sheet.What does the pension plan asset represent?

• A)The market value of all pension plan assets.
• B)The amount of next year's pension expense that has been prepaid.
• C)The current year's contributions to the pension.
• D)The difference between the pension plan obligations and the pension plan assets.

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Definitions:

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