Carpenter Gems Began the Year with a Net Pension Liability

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Essay

Carpenter Gems began the year with a net pension liability of $84 million (underfunded pension plan). Pension expense for the year included the following ($ in millions): service cost, $30; interest cost, $18; expected return on assets, $12; amortization of net loss, $6.
Required:
Prepare the appropriate general journal entry to record Carpenter's pension expense.

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Definitions:

Von Neumann-Morgenstern

A theory of expected utility that serves as a foundational framework in the field of game theory, describing strategies for rational decision-making under uncertainty.

Expected Utility

The sum of the utilities associated with all possible outcomes, weighted by the probability of each outcome occurring.

Probability

The quantification of the probability that an event will happen, represented by a number ranging from 0 to 1, with 0 signifying an impossible event and 1 signifying a certain event.

Income

The money received by a person or organization, typically on a regular basis, for work, through investments, or from other sources.