A company's defined benefit pension plan had a projected benefit obligation (PBO) of $ 390 comma 000 on January 1, Year 1. During Year 1, pension benefits paid were $ 80 comma 000. The settlement rate for the plan for Year 1 was 12%. Service cost for the year was $ 92 comma 000. Plan assets (fair value) increased during the year by $50,000. What was the PBO at December 31, Year 1

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

Partnerships are the most common type of business firms in the world. t/f

Anew 2-lane road is needed in a part of town that is growing. at some point the road will need 4 lanes to handle the anticipated traffic. if the city's optimistic estimate of growth is used, the expansion will be needed in 4 years and has a probability of happening of 40%. for the most likely and pessimistic estimates, the expansion will be needed in 8 and 15 years respectively. the probability of the pessimistic estimate happening is 20%. the expansion will cost $ 4.2 million and the interest rate is 8%. what is the expected pw the expansion will cost?