Exercise 17-11 (Algo) Components of pension expense; journal entries [LO17-6, 17-7]
Pension data for Barry Financial Services Incorporated include the following:
| ($ in thousands) | |
| $ 420 | |
| 2,850 | |
| 2,550 | |
| 2,950 | |
| 380 | |
| 440 | |
| 355 | |
Required:
- Determine pension expense for 2024.
- Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains and losses (if any), (c) funding, and (d) retiree benefits for 2024.