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wonder2008 Wrote:
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> what is the impact on pension expense of an
> actuarial gain? we should add it back to increase
> the pension expense right?

No. A gain reduces our expense and a loss increases our expense. You should add expenses and subtract gains.

Look at the pension expense formula. We are subtracting our expected return on assets since it reduces our expense, right? Follow the same logic.

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