Business, 31.03.2021 03:40 cathyfrawley

Stanley Mills was hired by Clark at the beginning of 2002. Mills is expected to retire at the end of 2046 after 45 years of service. His retirement is expected to span 15 years. At the end of 2021, 20 years after being hired, his salary is $96,000. The company’s actuary projects Mills’s salary to be $430,000 at retirement. The actuary’s discount rate is 6%. Required:
a. Estimate the amount of Stanley Mills's annual retirement payments for the 15 retirement years earned as of the end of 2013.
b. Suppose Clark's pension plan permits a lump-sum payment at retirement in lieu of annuity payments. Determine the lump-sum equivalent as the present value as of the retirement date of annuity payments during the retirement period.
c. What is the company's projected benefit obligation at the end of 2013 with respect to Stanley Mills?
d. Even though pension accounting centers on the PBO calculation, the ABO still must be disclosed in the pension disclosure note. What is the company's accumulated benefit obligation at the end of 2013 with respect to Stanley Mills?
e. If we assume no estimates change in the meantime, what is the company's projected benefit obligation at the end of 2014 with respect to Stanley Mills?
f. What portion of the 2014 increase in the PBO is attributable to 2014 service (the service cost component of pension expense) and to accrued interest (the interest cost component of pension expense)?

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