In Accounting for a Pension Plan, Any Difference Between the Pension

question 11

Multiple Choice

In accounting for a pension plan, any difference between the pension cost charged to expense and the payments into the fund should be reported as

• A) An offset to the liability for prior service cost
• B) Accrued or prepaid pension cost
• C) An operating expense in this period
• D) An accrued actuarial liability

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