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Werter Inc. has a defined benefit pension plan. Information related to this plan as of the end of 2006 is as follows:  PBO $5,350,000 ABO $4,100,000 Plan Assets $3,500,000 Unamortized Prior Service Cost $360,000 Unamortized transition asset $540,000 Discount rate 8% Compensation rate increase 5% Expected rate of return 10%\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { PBO } & \$ 5,350,000 \\\hline \text { ABO } & \$ 4,100,000 \\\hline \text { Plan Assets } & \$ 3,500,000 \\\hline \text { Unamortized Prior Service Cost } & \$ 360,000 \\\hline \text { Unamortized transition asset } & \$ 540,000 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Discount rate } & 8 \% \\\hline \text { Compensation rate increase } & 5 \% \\\hline \text { Expected rate of return } & 10 \% \\\hline\end{array}
a. Estimate pension expense for 2006 assuming that the pension plan assumptions remain unchanged from 2006, service cost is 10% of beginning of year PBO and that the prior service costs and transition assets are being amortized over 20 years.
b. Calculate the liability to be recorded in the balance sheet at the end of fiscal 2006.

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