IAS 19 Employee Benefits
IAS 19 Employee Benefits
IAS 19 Employee Benefits
The pension plan received contributions of $7 million and paid pensions to former employees of
$10 million during the year.
Extracts from the most recent actuarial report shows the following:
On 1 January 20X1, the rules of the pension plan were changed to improve benefits for plan
members. The acruary has advised that this will cost $10 million.
Required extracts from the notes to Brutus' financial statements for the year ended 31 December 20X1 which
show how the pension plan should be accounted for. (10marks)
Note: Assume contributions and benefits were paid on 31 December.
(i) The opening plan assets were $3.6 million on 1 February 20x7 and plan liabilities at
this date were $4.3 million.
ii) Company contributions to the plan during the year amounted to $550,000. The
contrubutions were paid at the start of the yeat
iii) Pensions paid to former employees amounted to $330,000. These were paid at the
start of the year
iv) The yield on high quality corporate bonds was 8% at 1 Februart 20X7
v) On 31 January 20X8, five staffs were made redundant, and an extea $58,000 in total
was added to the value of their pensions.
vii) At 31 January 20X8, the actuary valued the plan liabilities at $4.64 million and the
plan assets at $4.215 million.
P&L
Current service cost -275
Return on asset 305.6
Cost of liabilities -317.6
OCI
Measurement gain 70
SOFP
Pension asset 4215
Pension liability 4640
-425