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Windsor Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. The following data relate to the operation of the plan for the year 2020 in which no benefits were paid. 1. The actuarial present value of future benefits earned by employees for services rendered in 2020 amounted to $55,900. 2. The company's funding policy requires a contribution to the pension trustee amounting to $145,545 for 2020. 3. As of January 1, 2020, the company had a projected benefit obligation of $900,500, an accumulated benefit obligation of $796,600, and a debit balance of $403,100 in accumulated OCI (PSC). The fair value of pension plan assets amounted to $600,900 at the beginning of the year. The actual and expected return on plan assets was $53,500. The settlement rate was 9%. No gains or losses occurred in 2020 and no benefits were paid. 4. Amortization of prior service cost was $49,600 in 2020. Amortization of net gain or loss was not required in 2020. Determine the amounts of the components of pension expense that should be recognized by the company in 2020. (Enter amounts that reduce pension expense with either a negative sign preceding the number eg. -45 or parenthesis e.g. (45).) Components of Pension Expense $ v Prepare the journal entry or entries to record pension expense and the employer's contribution to the pension trustee in 2020. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry"for the account titles and enter for the amounts.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Indicate the pension-related amounts that would be reported on the income statement and the balance sheet for Windsor Company for the year 2020. Windsor Company Income Statement (Partial) $ Windsor Company Comprehensive Income Statement $XXXX $XXXX Windsor Company Balance Sheet (Partial) $ > > $

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