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A Government Has a Single-Employer Define Benefit Pension Plan for the Employees

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A government has a single-employer define benefit pension plan for the employees of its Electric Utility Enterprise Fund. At its December 31, 2019 fiscal year-end, the government had a total pension liability for the plan of $1,200,000 and the related pension's plan net position was $800,000. On December 31, 2020, the government had a total pension liability for the plan of $1,300,000 and the related pension's plan net position was $780,000. Assuming no net pension liability had been recorded in its Enterprise Fund on December 31, 2018 and there is no pension related deferred inflows or outflows of resources, what journal entry does the government need to make to record the government's net pension liability on December 31, 2019 in its Enterprise Fund?
a.
 Pension expense400,000 Net pension liability 400,000\begin{array}{llr} \text { Pension expense} &400,000\\ \text { Net pension liability } &&400,000\\\end{array}

b.
 Expenditures–pension400,000 Net pension liability400,000\begin{array}{llr} \text { Expenditures--pension} &400,000\\ \text { Net pension liability} &&400,000\\\end{array}

c.
 Pension expense 520,000 Net pension liability 520,000\begin{array}{llr} \text { Pension expense } &520,000\\ \text { Net pension liability } &&520,000\\\end{array}

d.
 Expenditures–pension 120,000 Net pension liability 120,000\begin{array}{llr} \text { Expenditures--pension } &120,000\\ \text { Net pension liability } &&120,000\\\end{array}

e. None of the above.

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