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pension cost

Pension Cost

The expense that a company incurs each year by providing a pension plan for its employees. Major expenses in the pension cost include employer matching contributions, management fees, and so forth.
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pension cost

The annual cost incurred by a firm in providing its employees with a pension plan.
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Last year, Duterte asked the DOF to fasttrack the creation of a masterplan to overhaul the military pension system while the government has yet to resolve the issue of ballooning military pension cost.
LAHORE -- The banking sector profits went down by 18 percent YoY to Rs39 billion in the first quarter of 2018 mainly on account of one-time pension cost and lower capital gains recorded during the quarter.
New York: Governor Rauner's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal for Illinois - which utilizes measures including a pension cost shift to school districts and changes to state employee health insurance to generate a modest surplus - is likely to face significant legislative opposition and Illinois will remain challenged in achieving fiscal balance, Fitch Ratings says.
In its Fiscal Risks Statement 2017 report, the DBCC noted that the 'problem' of escalating an pension cost for uniformed personnel was mainly attributable to the features present in all existing retirement laws of the uniformed services.
At the last count 2015/2016 the state pension cost PS90bn plus administration costs of PS75bn.
But he pointed to the county's decision to not spend funds that were saved due to statewide public employee pension cost curbing reforms enacted by the Oregon Legislature in 2013.
One important accounting aspect of defined-benefit plans is the recognition of gains and losses as a component of net periodic pension cost. Gains and losses include changes in the value of plan assets and in the amount of projected benefit obligations (PBO).
The Defense Department, meanwhile, turned a blind eye to the growing pension cost deficit, and steadfastly refused to allow contractors to begin including their increased pension contributions in the price of their government contracts.
Employers participating in single employer or agent multiple-employer benefit pension plans report an annual pension cost equal to the annual required contribution, plus an adjustment for the cumulative difference between the annual pension cost and the employer's actual plan contribution.
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) amending Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) 412, "Cost Accounting Standard for Composition and Measurement of Pension Cost," and CAS 415, "Accounting for the Cost of Deferred Compensation," to address issues concerning the recognition of the costs of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) under cost-based contracts and subcontracts.
Had GE based pension cost on actual rather than expected return on plan assets, and not included the actuarial gain, the company would have recorded an expense of $5.1 billion.
* How converting to a cash balance formula affects the company's projected benefits obligation, annual pension cost and funding requirements.
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