Pension: SIR AGE – Actual Return on Plan Asset or Expect Return on Plan Asset?

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April 21, 2012 at 11:57 pm #169750

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I was reviewing through the material in Becker and noticed that you can use either the actual return or the expected return. How do you know which one to use when calculating net pension cost?

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April 22, 2012 at 12:02 am #340249

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for the plan asset use actual return.

for computing pension expense use expected return.

April 22, 2012 at 12:11 am #340250

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Ok. Expected for pension periodic net cost, thanks!
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