Question

A company's defined benefit pension plan had a PBO of $265,000 on January 1, 2018. During 2018, pension benefits paid were $40,000. The discount rate for the plan for this year was 10%. Service cost for 2018 was $80,000. Plan assets (fair value) increased during the year by $45,000. The amount of the PBO at December 31, 2018, was:

Answer 1

$331,500

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the ending balance of the pension benefit obligation is shown below:

= Opening balance of PBO + service cost + interest cost - pension benefits

= $265,000 + $80,000 + $26,500 - $40,000

= $331,500

The computation of the interest cost is shown below:

= Opening balance of PBO × discount rate

= $265,000 × 10%

= $26,500

The increased value of the plan assets would be ignored.