Ivanhoe, Inc. received the following information from its pension plan trustee concerning the operation of the company's defined-benefit pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2021. 1/1/21 12/31/21 Accumulated benefit obligation 3600000 1660000 Net (gains) and losses $ 6670000 $ 148000 Projected benefit obligation 1450000 6855000 Pension assets (at fair value) 0 4036000 The service cost component of pension expense for 2021 is $523000 and the amortization of prior service cost due to an increase in benefits is $113000. The settlement rate is 11% and the expected rate of return is 7%. What is the amount of pension expense for 2021

The pension expense for 2021 = $543,500

Explanation:

Service cost = $523,000

Amortization of prior service cost = $113,000

Settlement rate = 11%

Projected benefit obligation = $1,450,000

Accumulated benefit obligation = $3,600,000

Note: The necessary calculations are in the table attached as a file to this solution.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.