NO.PZ201602060100001301
问题如下:
Compared to the 2009 reported financial statements, if Stereo Warehouse had used the same expected long-term rate of return on plan assets assumption in 2009 as it used in 2007, its year-end 2009 pension obligation would most likely have been:
选项:
A.lower.
B.higher.
C.the same.
解释:
C is correct.
The assumed long-term rate of return on plan assets is not a component that is used in calculating the pension obligation, so there would be no change.
考点:养老金会计的假设
解析:题目问,相比2009年的财报,如果Stereo Warehouse在2009年用来计算return on plan assets用的expected long-term rate跟2007年一样,那么2009年末的pension obligation会怎么变化。
【提示】expected long-term rate也就是E(R),在美国准则下,E(R)用来计算损益表中的Expected
return on plan assets一项。
pension obligation是资产负债表中的养老金负债科目。其计算思路有两个:
1、直接将预计未来要支付给退休员工的现金流用discount rate折现到所求PBO的时点。
2、用期初PBO加减当期增加或减少PBO的各项,得到期末PBO(BASE法则)
不管是哪个思路,都能看出在计算PBO时,并没有用到养老金资产的回报率,所以不管2009年计算return on plan assets用的expected long-term rate是多少,不会影响到PBO的计算,选项C正确。
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