{"schema_version":2,"canonical_url":"https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/310/960/","source":"FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Basic View","usage":"Study and research edition. Verify current requirements with the official source. Summaries, enrichment, and tags are machine-generated study aids. Paragraph html preserves source markup; snippet is abbreviated. Pending content is not necessarily effective.","number":"310-960","topic":"310","title":"Plan Accounting—Defined Benefit Pension Plans","area":"Assets","paragraphs":8,"summary":"This Subtopic governs when a defined benefit pension plan recognizes contributions receivable in its own financial statements. Amounts due at the reporting date from employers, participants, or other funding sources (separately identified) are recognized when supported by legal or contractual requirements or a formal commitment, net of an allowance for estimated uncollectible amounts. Unfunded prior service costs and any excess of the actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits over net assets available for benefits are not plan receivables.","concepts":["contributions receivable","formal commitment","defined benefit pension plan financial statements","allowance for uncollectible amounts","unfunded prior service cost","multiemployer plan withdrawal liability","accumulated plan benefits","net assets available for benefits"],"categories":["Recognition","Compensation and benefits","Industry-specific","Presentation"],"level":"intermediate","topic_title":"Receivables","sections":[{"number":"00","label":"00 Status","anchor":"00-status","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":null,"paragraphs":[{"citation":"310-960-00-1","para":"00-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">The following table identifies the changes made to this Subtopic.</div><div class=\"norm-text\"></div><div class=\"norm-text\"><table class=\"asc-table\" id=\"SL50391120-161941\"><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=\"/glossary/d/#defined-benefit-plan\" class=\"term\" title=\"A defined benefit plan provides participants with a determinable benefit based on a formula provided for in the plan. Defined benefit health and welfare plans—Defined benefit health and welfare plans specify a determinable benefit, which may be in the form of a reimbursement to the covered plan participant or a direct payment to providers or third-party insurers for the cost of specified services. Such plans may also include benefits that are payable as a lump sum, such as death benefits. The level of benefits may be defined or limited based on factors such as age, years of service, and salary. Contributions may be determined by the plan's actuary or be based on premiums, actual claims paid, hours worked, or other factors determined by the plan sponsor. Even when a plan is funded pursuant to agreements that specify a fixed rate of employer contributions (for example, a collectively bargained multiemployer plan), such a plan may nevertheless be a defined benefit health and welfare plan if its substance is to provide a defined benefit. Defined benefit pension plan—A pension plan that defines an amount of pension benefit to be provided, usually as a function of one or more factors such as age, years of service, or compensation. Any pension plan that is not a defined contribution pension plan is, for purposes of Subtopic 715-30, a defined benefit pension plan. Defined benefit postretirement plan—A plan that defines postretirement benefits in terms of monetary amounts (for example, $100,000 of life insurance) or benefit coverage to be provided (for example, up to $200 per day for hospitalization, or 80 percent of the cost of specified surgical procedures). Any postretirement benefit plan that is not a defined contribution postretirement plan is, for purposes of Subtopic 715-60, a defined benefit postretirement plan. (Specified monetary amounts and benefit coverage are collectively referred to as benefits.)\"><span>Defined Benefit Plan</span></a></td><td class=\"entry\">Added</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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\"><strong class=\"ph b\">Defined Benefit Pension Plan</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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\"><strong class=\"ph b\">Funding Policy</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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=\"/glossary/f/#funding-policy\" class=\"term\" title=\"The program regarding the amounts and timing of contributions by the employers, plan participants, and any other sources (for example, state subsidies or federal grants) to provide the benefits a pension plan or other postretirement benefit plan specifies.\"><span>Funding Policy</span></a> (3rd def.)</td><td class=\"entry\">Added</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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\"><strong class=\"ph b\">Service</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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=\"/glossary/s/#service\" class=\"term\" title=\"Employment taken into consideration under a pension plan. Years of employment before the inception of a plan constitute an employee's past service; years thereafter are classified in relation to the particular actuarial valuation being made or discussed. Years of employment (including past service) before the date of a particular valuation constitute prior service; years of employment following the date of the valuation constitute future service; a year of employment adjacent to the date of valuation, or in which such date falls, constitutes current service.\"><span>Service</span></a> (2nd def.)</td><td class=\"entry\">Added</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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=\"/asc/310/960/#310-960-05-1\" class=\"xref\">960-310-05-1</a></td><td class=\"entry\">Amended</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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=\"/asc/310/960/#310-960-25-2\" class=\"xref\">960-310-25-2</a></td><td class=\"entry\">Amended</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/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=\"/asc/310/960/#310-960-25-4\" class=\"xref\">960-310-25-4</a></td><td class=\"entry\">Amended</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2014-06/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class=\"entry\">03/14/2014</td></tr></table></div></div>","snippet":"The following table identifies the changes made to this Subtopic.\nParagraph | Action | Accounting Standards Update | Date |\n| | | |\nDefined Benefit Plan | Added | Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06 | 03/14/2014 |\nDe…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:872a03596c1582231bcc10980dc3acd0f18a8a7816a31c072f860403bb71a1c7","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:32:31.640Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:32:31.640Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477985","source_sha256":"63c4d4895477541f2924548384e88594ffd6b53300dd21d47926cd153a3362c7"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:09ae4491e5afe508e20844fdaaad0933800f885a5759b72daaadfe4c40904373","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:32:31.640Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:32:31.640Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477985","source_sha256":"63c4d4895477541f2924548384e88594ffd6b53300dd21d47926cd153a3362c7"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:4ed28ba0a65e090c19e2788033786d0fc1fe4185d29524755f56c31a245932a5","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:32:31.640Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:32:31.640Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477985","source_sha256":"63c4d4895477541f2924548384e88594ffd6b53300dd21d47926cd153a3362c7"}},{"number":"05","label":"05 Overview and Background","anchor":"05-overview-and-background","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":null,"paragraphs":[{"citation":"310-960-05-1","para":"05-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">This Subtopic provides guidance on accounting for receivables for <a href=\"/glossary/d/#defined-benefit-plan\" class=\"term\" title=\"A defined benefit plan provides participants with a determinable benefit based on a formula provided for in the plan. Defined benefit health and welfare plans—Defined benefit health and welfare plans specify a determinable benefit, which may be in the form of a reimbursement to the covered plan participant or a direct payment to providers or third-party insurers for the cost of specified services. Such plans may also include benefits that are payable as a lump sum, such as death benefits. The level of benefits may be defined or limited based on factors such as age, years of service, and salary. Contributions may be determined by the plan's actuary or be based on premiums, actual claims paid, hours worked, or other factors determined by the plan sponsor. Even when a plan is funded pursuant to agreements that specify a fixed rate of employer contributions (for example, a collectively bargained multiemployer plan), such a plan may nevertheless be a defined benefit health and welfare plan if its substance is to provide a defined benefit. Defined benefit pension plan—A pension plan that defines an amount of pension benefit to be provided, usually as a function of one or more factors such as age, years of service, or compensation. Any pension plan that is not a defined contribution pension plan is, for purposes of Subtopic 715-30, a defined benefit pension plan. Defined benefit postretirement plan—A plan that defines postretirement benefits in terms of monetary amounts (for example, $100,000 of life insurance) or benefit coverage to be provided (for example, up to $200 per day for hospitalization, or 80 percent of the cost of specified surgical procedures). Any postretirement benefit plan that is not a defined contribution postretirement plan is, for purposes of Subtopic 715-60, a defined benefit postretirement plan. (Specified monetary amounts and benefit coverage are collectively referred to as benefits.)\"><span>defined benefit pension plans</span></a>.</div></div>","snippet":"This Subtopic provides guidance on accounting for receivables for defined benefit pension plans.","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:a6559dbebaf7c33490bc2d20ef34f150d6982f29736a7711ac606811d1035cb1","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:32:35.736Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:32:35.736Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval 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id=\"sfr_1B3928B2-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Contributions receivable are the amounts due as of the <a href=\"/glossary/r/#reporting-date\" class=\"term\" title=\"The date as of which information regarding the net assets available for benefits is presented.\"><span>reporting date</span></a> to the plan from any of the following: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B392A30-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Employer(s) </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B392B6F-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Participants </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B392C7C-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Other sources of funding (for example, state subsidies or federal grants—which shall be separately identified). </span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"Contributions receivable are the amounts due as of the reporting date to the plan from any of the following:\n(a) Employer(s)\n(b) Participants\n(c) Other sources of funding (for example, state subsidies or federal grants—w…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:d085911f5f2f8e9b5c5895811dfa20699f2d84572dfce68825fb536c9984c87c","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:32:45.897Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:32:45.897Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147479132","source_sha256":"80883d7ddc78d3fcfa29aa6f7fe449c96cd886c59a7abfe5f2f460bda6f73c63"}},{"citation":"310-960-25-2","para":"25-2","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B392DD2-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Amounts due include those pursuant to formal commitments as well as legal or contractual requirements. </span></span><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B392EEF-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">With respect to an employer's contributions, evidence of a formal commitment may include any of the following: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B39302D-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">A resolution by the employer's governing body approving a specified contribution </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B393171-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">A consistent pattern of making payments after the plan's year-end pursuant to an established <a href=\"/glossary/f/#funding-policy\" class=\"term\" title=\"The program regarding the amounts and timing of contributions by the employers, plan participants, and any other sources (for example, state subsidies or federal grants) to provide the benefits a pension plan or other postretirement benefit plan specifies.\"><span>funding policy</span></a> that attributes such subsequent payments to the preceding plan year </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_1B3932C1-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">A deduction of a contribution for federal tax purposes for periods ending on or before the reporting date 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For example, the method used for measurement of periodic pension costs for the employer's financial statements may differ from the method used for determining the amount and incidence of employer contributions. </span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"Amounts due include those pursuant to formal commitments as well as legal or contractual requirements. 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The employer(s) may or may not intend to eventually contribute amounts sufficient to eliminate the unfunded prior <a href=\"/glossary/s/#service\" class=\"term\" title=\"Employment taken into consideration under a pension plan. Years of employment before the inception of a plan constitute an employee's past service; years thereafter are classified in relation to the particular actuarial valuation being made or discussed. Years of employment (including past service) before the date of a particular valuation constitute prior service; years of employment following the date of the valuation constitute future service; a year of employment adjacent to the date of valuation, or in which such date falls, constitutes current service.\"><span>service</span></a> costs. Until such payments are formally committed to the plan, unfunded prior service costs do not constitute a recordable resource of the plan. For similar reasons, any existing excess of the <a href=\"/glossary/a/#actuarial-present-value-of-accumulated-plan-benefits\" class=\"term\" title=\"The amount as of a benefit information date that results from applying actuarial assumptions to the benefit amounts determined pursuant to paragraphs 960-20-25-3960-20-25-4960-20-25-5 (that is, the accumulated plan benefits), with the actuarial assumptions being used to adjust those amounts to reflect the time value of money (through discounts for interest) and the probability of payment (by means of decrements such as for death, disability, withdrawal, or retirement) between the benefit information date and the expected date of payment.\"><span>actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits</span></a> over the <a href=\"/glossary/n/#net-assets-available-for-benefits\" class=\"term\" title=\"The difference between a plan's assets and its liabilities. For purposes of this definition, a plan's liabilities do not include participants' accumulated plan benefits.\"><span>net assets available for benefits</span></a> (excluding contributions receivable) is not a plan asset unless at the reporting date that amount is legally, contractually, or pursuant to a formal commitment due the plan. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"Unfunded prior service costs are not receivables of the plan because at the reporting date those amounts are not due from the employer(s). 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Amounts due at the reporting date from employers, participants, or other funding sources (separately identified) are recognized when supported by legal or contractual requirements or a formal commitment, net of an allowance for estimated uncollectible amounts. Unfunded prior service costs and any excess of the actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits over net assets available for benefits are not plan receivables.","key_points":["Contributions receivable are amounts due as of the reporting date from employers, participants, or other sources of funding such as state subsidies or federal grants, which must be separately identified (310-960-25-1).","Amounts due include those arising from formal commitments as well as legal or contractual requirements; evidence of an employer's formal commitment includes a governing-body resolution, a consistent pattern of post-year-end payments under an established funding policy attributed to the preceding plan year, a federal tax deduction for periods ending on or before the reporting date, or the employer's recognition of a contribution payable (310-960-25-2).","The existence of accrued pension costs on the employer's books does not by itself support recognition of a contribution receivable, because employer measurement methods may differ from amounts formally committed (310-960-25-2(d)).","Funds from sources like federal revenue-sharing used for plan funding at the employer's discretion are, in effect, employer contributions and are reported as such; receipt shortly after year-end is additional evidence of a receivable, and an adequate allowance for estimated uncollectible amounts must be provided (310-960-25-3).","A multiemployer plan records a receivable for a withdrawing employer's share of the plan's unfunded liability, net of any allowance for uncollectible amounts, when entitlement has been determined (310-960-25-3A).","Unfunded prior service costs are not plan receivables because they are not due from the employer at the reporting date and are not a recordable resource until formally committed (310-960-25-4).","Any excess of the actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits over net assets available for benefits (excluding contributions receivable) is not a plan asset unless legally, contractually, or by formal commitment due to the plan at the reporting date (310-960-25-4)."],"categories":["Recognition","Compensation and benefits","Industry-specific","Presentation"],"audience_level":"intermediate","student_note":"This is plan-level (not employer-level) accounting: the plan is the reporting entity, so the question is whether the plan has a receivable, not whether the employer has a liability. 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