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410_week_3_assignment.docxChapter 6 Exercise 5
Chapter 6 Case 2
E6-5 (Pension Entries) Assume that the actuarially required pension plan contribution for a county for its general government employees is $8,000,000. Compute the pension expenditures to be reported in each of the following situations:
1. The county contributed $5,000,000 to the pension plan. Its unfunded pension liability increased by $3,000,000 (all classified as unmatured).
2. The county contributed $4,500,000 to the pension plan. Its unfunded pension liability increased by $3,500,000 (all classified as unmatured).
3. The county contributed $4,200,000 to the pension plan. The matured portion of its unfunded pension liability increased $150,000.
4. The county contributed $9,000,000 to the pension plan. The matured portion of its unfunded pension liability decreased $200,00.
C6-2 (OPEB and Claims and Judgments—New York City) The City of New York, New York, reported the following liabilities, among others, at June 30 of the years indicated. The amounts in the table are stated in thousands of dollars.
Year
Liability for
20X2
20X3
Scheduled Reduction by June 30, 20X4
Judgments and claims
$ 4,810,471
$ 5,018,908
$ 1,360,426
Vacation and sick leave
2,593,691
2,840,213
247,937
Pensions
806,200
764,000
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Other postemployment benefits (OPEB)
50,000,000
53,507,451
1,400,000
None of these liabilities were due and payable at the indicated dates. The amounts the city paid during the 20X2–20X3 fiscal year for each of these categories are presented in the following table.
20X2–20X3 Payments for
Judgments and claims
$ 516,801
Vacation and sick leave
247,937
Pensions
4,015,000
Other postemployment benefits (OPEB)
2,182,871
Required
a. Calculate the amount of General Fund expenditures that the City of New York must report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 20X3, assuming that all the amounts shown relate to General Fund departments and activities, for:
1. Judgments and claims
2. Vacation and sick leave
3. Pensions
4. OPEB
b. How would your answers differ if 10% of each of the liability balances presented in the first schedule were due and payable at the end of 20X2 and the end of 20X3, respectivel
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Freeman, Robert J., Craig Shoulders, Gregory Allison, G. Smith, Jr.. Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, 10th Edition. Pearson Learning Solutions, 7/2012. VitalBook file.
