Presented Below Is Pension Information Related to Paddle Corp

question 29

Multiple Choice

Presented below is pension information related to Paddle Corp. for the year 2004: The amount of pension expense to be reported for 2004 is

• A) $36,000
• B) $48,000
• C) $54,000
• D) $40,000

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