(Solution) - Melba Enterprises has a deferred gain of 425 000 relating to -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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Melba Enterprises has a deferred gain of $425,000 relating to its pension plan as of January 1, 2011. Management has chosen to amortize this deferral on a straight-line basis over the 10-year average remaining service life of its employees, subject to the limitation of the corridor amount. Additional facts about the pension plan as of January 1, 2011, are as follows:
PBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,050,000
ABO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900,000
Fair value of the pension fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000
Market-related value of the pension fund (5-year weighted average) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350,000
Compute the minimum amortization of deferred gain to be recognized by Melba in 2011.