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Jones Company has a postretirement benefit (health care) plan for its employees. On January 1,...

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Jones Company has a postretirement benefit (health care) plan for its employees. On January 1, 2021, the balance in the Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation account was $300 million. The assumed discount ratefor purposes of determining postretirement obligations and expensesis 8%. Jones does not prefund postretirement benefits, so there are no plan assets. It created a $45 million prior service cost credit at the end of 2020 when the company modified the health care plan to reduce the maximum benefits paid to each employee. This amount is being amortized over 15 years. The service cost component of postretirement benefits for 2021 is $35 million. 1. Determine the amount of postretirement benefits cost for 2021.

2. If benefits paid to retirees totaled $64 million in 2021, determine the balance in the Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation account on December 31, 2021.

image (For all requirements, enter your answers in millions of dollars and not in dollars (e.g. $3,000,000 should be entered as $3).) \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|} \hline 1. & Net postretirement expense & Amount \\ \hline 2. & Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation & \\ \hline \end{tabular}

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