# ASC 205-962-00: Presentation of Financial Statements — Plan Accounting—Defined Contribution Pension Plans — 00 Status

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<table class="asc-table" id="SL29651665-161496"><tbody><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Paragraph</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Action</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Accounting Standards Update</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Date</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#benefits" class="term" title="The monetary or in-kind benefits or benefit coverage to which participants may be entitled under a pension plan or a health and welfare plan (which can include active, terminated, and retired employees or their dependents or beneficiaries). Examples of benefits may include, but are not limited to, health care benefits, life insurance, legal, educational, and advisory services, pension benefits, disability benefits, death benefits, and benefits due to termination of employment."><span>Benefits</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-19/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-19</a></td><td class="entry">12/14/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#benefits" class="term" title="The monetary or in-kind benefits or benefit coverage to which participants may be entitled under a pension plan or a health and welfare plan (which can include active, terminated, and retired employees or their dependents or beneficiaries). Examples of benefits may include, but are not limited to, health care benefits, life insurance, legal, educational, and advisory services, pension benefits, disability benefits, death benefits, and benefits due to termination of employment."><span>Benefits</span></a> (3rd def.)</td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#defined-contribution-plan" class="term" title="A plan that provides an individual account for each participant and provides benefits that are based on all of the following: amounts contributed to the participant's account by the employer or employee; investment experience; and any forfeitures allocated to the account, less any administrative expenses charged to the plan. Defined contribution health and welfare plans—Defined contribution health and welfare plans maintain an individual account for each plan participant. They have terms that specify the means of determining the contributions to participants' accounts, rather than the amount of benefits the participants are to receive. The benefits a plan participant will receive are limited to the amount contributed to the participant's account, investment experience, expenses, and any forfeitures allocated to the participant's account. These plans also include flexible spending arrangements. Defined contribution postretirement plan—A plan that provides postretirement benefits in return for services rendered, provides an individual account for each plan participant, and specifies how contributions to the individual's account are to be determined rather than specifies the amount of benefits the individual is to receive. Under a defined contribution postretirement plan, the benefits a plan participant will receive depend solely on the amount contributed to the plan participant's account, the returns earned on investments of those contributions, and the forfeitures of other plan participants' benefits that may be allocated to that plan participant's account."><span>Defined Contribution Plan</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/s/#sponsor" class="term" title="In the case of a pension plan established or maintained by a single employer, the employer; in the case of a plan established or maintained by an employee entity, the employee entity; in the case of a plan established or maintained jointly by two or more employers or by one or more employers and one or more employee entities, the association, committee, joint board of trustees, or other group of representatives of the parties that have established or that maintain the pension plan."><span>Sponsor</span></a> (3rd def.)</td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-2" class="xref">962-205-45-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2015-12/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-12</a> (Part I)</td><td class="entry">07/31/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-3" class="xref">962-205-45-3</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2015-12/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-12</a> (Part I)</td><td class="entry">07/31/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-3" class="xref">962-205-45-3</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-4" class="xref">962-205-45-4</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-5" class="xref">962-205-45-5</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-09</a></td><td class="entry">07/16/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-7" class="xref">962-205-45-7</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-8C0B93FE-237A-4BFA-8880-FE749B3CAFCB.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2016-11 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">06/27/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-7" class="xref">962-205-45-7</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2015-12/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-12</a> (Part II)</td><td class="entry">07/31/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-7" class="xref">962-205-45-7</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-7" class="xref">962-205-45-7</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-45-10" class="xref">962-205-45-10</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2017-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-06</a></td><td class="entry">02/27/2017</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/962/#205-962-50-1" class="xref">962-205-50-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-8C0B93FE-237A-4BFA-8880-FE749B3CAFCB.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2016-11 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">06/27/2016</td></tr></tbody></table>
