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When a company amends a pension plan, for accounting purposes, past service costs should be • a. treated as a prior period adjustment because no future periods are benefited. • b. amortized in accordance with procedures used for income tax purposes. • c. recorded in other comprehensive income. • d. reported as an expense in the period the plan is amended

          When a company amends a pension plan, for accounting purposes, past service costs should be
• a. treated as a prior period adjustment because no future periods are benefited.
• b. amortized in accordance with procedures used for income tax purposes.
• c. recorded in other comprehensive income.
• d. reported as an expense in the period the plan is amended
        
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When a company amends a pension plan, for accounting purposes, past service costs should be • a. treated as a prior period adjustment because no future periods are benefited. • b. amortized in accordance with procedures used for income tax purposes. • c. recorded in other comprehensive income. • d. reported as an expense in the period the plan is amended
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00:01 Hello, friends.
00:02 We need to write here.
00:02 This is a fact -based question.
00:05 When a company...
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00:10 Amends a pension plan.
00:14 We are going to write here for this.
00:17 A pension plan for...
00:22 We need to write here accounting purposes.
00:28 Accounting purposes.
00:31 We need to write here for this.
00:35 This must be written as fast service.
00:43 Fast service costs.
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