Accounting for Defined Contribution Plans
Pension expense (typically buried within the SG&A category) is created on the income statement. The balance sheet entries (in order to make the balance sheet balance) appear in one of the following forms:
A liability, if a company is yet to make its contribution
Cash, if the contribution has been made
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