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TKE Corporation Established a Defined Benefit Pension Plan in 2012

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TKE Corporation established a defined benefit pension plan in 2012. TKE has provided the following information for the year ended December 31, 2014:
 Service cost $90,000 Interest cost $120,000 Actual return on plan assets $70,000 Expected return on plan assets $80,000 Amortization of prior service costs $30,000\begin{array}{lr}\text { Service cost } & \$ 90,000 \\\text { Interest cost } & \$ 120,000 \\\text { Actual return on plan assets } & \$ 70,000 \\\text { Expected return on plan assets } & \$ 80,000 \\\text { Amortization of prior service costs } & \$ 30,000\end{array}
-If the company contributes $130,000 cash to the pension plan trustee,which one of the following journal entries properly records the payment?


A) DR Pension expense         ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~ 90,000
DR Pension asset         ~~~~~~~~             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40,000
    ~~~~ CR Cash         ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~ 130,000
B) DR Pension expense         ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~ 120,000
DR Pension asset         ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~            ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10,000
    ~~~~ CR Cash         ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~ 130,000
C) DR Pension expense \quad 130,000
CR Cash \quad 130,000
D) DR Pension expense         ~~~~~~~~ 160,000
CR Cash         ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 130,000
CR Pension liability         ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~        ~~~~~~~~ 30,000

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