# ASC 960-30: Plan Accounting—Defined Benefit Pension Plans — Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits

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## ASC 960-30: Plan Accounting—Defined Benefit Pension Plans — Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits

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  "summary": "ASC 960-30 governs how a defined benefit pension plan reports its net assets available for benefits and the changes in those net assets. Information must be prepared on the accrual basis and presented in enough detail to identify the plan's resources available for benefits and the significant changes during the year (960-30-25-1; 960-30-45-1). It also prescribes the minimum line items in the statement of changes and the special single-line presentation of assets held in a Section 401(h) account, which may not be counted as available for pension benefits.",
  "key_points": [
    "Net assets available for benefits information must be prepared using the accrual basis of accounting and presented in reasonable detail to identify resources available for benefits (960-30-25-1).",
    "Interest income earned and rebate interest paid from securities lending activity are recorded on the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits (960-30-25-2).",
    "At a minimum, changes in net assets must show net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value (including realized gains/losses and unrealized changes), other investment income, employer contributions segregated between cash and noncash (noncash at fair value with nature described), participant contributions, contributions from other sources, benefits paid, payments to insurance entities for excluded contracts, administrative expenses, and other significant changes such as transfers to or from other plans (960-30-45-2).",
    "Separate disclosure of realized gains and losses on investments sold during the year is neither required nor proscribed (960-30-45-3).",
    "Because 401(h) account assets cannot be used to satisfy pension obligations, they are excluded from total net assets available for pension benefits and shown as a single line item, deducted as a separate line in the liabilities section, with a caption denoting they relate to the health and welfare plan (960-30-45-4 through 45-8).",
    "The statement of changes in net assets reports only pension plan changes—not the components of changes in the 401(h) account—except qualified transfers to the 401(h) account and unused/unspent qualified transfer amounts (including allocated income) that should have been but were not returned to the pension plan (960-30-45-9 through 45-10).",
    "Plan administrators may use judgment on additional subclassifications, such as separately reporting, netting, or including refunds of terminated employees' contributions (960-30-45-1)."
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  "student_note": "Exam questions here usually test the required minimum line items in the statement of changes and the 401(h) trap: those assets are shown as a single line and deducted as a liability, never included in net assets available for pension benefits, and only qualified transfers (not the account's internal activity) hit the statement of changes.",
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    "960-20",
    "960-40",
    "960-205",
    "965",
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    "employer and participant contributions",
    "401(h) account",
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## ASC 960-30-00: 00 Status

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The following table identifies the changes made to this Subtopic.

<table class="asc-table" id="SL50390692-161493"><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"><strong class="ph b">Benefits</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class="entry">Superseded</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/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-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="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"><strong class="ph b">Defined Benefit Pension Plan</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class="entry">Superseded</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"><strong class="ph b">Pension Benefits</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class="entry">Superseded</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/p/#pension-benefits" class="term" title="Periodic (usually monthly) payments made pursuant to the terms of the pension plan to a person who has retired from employment or to that person's beneficiary."><span>Pension Benefits</span></a> (2nd 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/p/#plan-assets" class="term" title="Assets—usually stocks, bonds, and other investments—that have been segregated and restricted, usually in a trust, to provide for pension benefits. The amount of plan assets includes amounts contributed by the employer, and by employees for a contributory plan, and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. Plan assets ordinarily cannot be withdrawn by the employer except under certain circumstances when a plan has assets in excess of obligations and the employer has taken certain steps to satisfy existing obligations. Assets not segregated in a trust or otherwise effectively restricted so that they cannot be used by the employer for other purposes are not plan assets even though it may be intended that such assets be used to provide pensions. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those nonbenefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets. Amounts accrued by the employer but not yet paid to the plan are not plan assets. Securities of the employer held by the plan are includable in plan assets provided they are transferable."><span>Plan Assets</span></a> (2nd 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"><strong class="ph b">Sponsor</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class="entry">Superseded</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/960/30/#960-30-05-1" class="xref">960-30-05-1</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/960/30/#960-30-25-1" class="xref">960-30-25-1</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/960/30/#960-30-45-1" class="xref">960-30-45-1</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/960/30/#960-30-45-2" class="xref">960-30-45-2</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 II)</td><td class="entry">07/31/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-2" class="xref">960-30-45-2</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/960/30/#960-30-45-4" class="xref">960-30-45-4</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/960/30/#960-30-45-5" class="xref">960-30-45-5</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/960/30/#960-30-45-10" class="xref">960-30-45-10</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/960/30/#960-30-45-11" class="xref">960-30-45-11</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</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"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-50-1" class="xref">960-30-50-1 through 50-3</a></div></td><td class="entry">Superseded</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/960/30/#960-30-50-1" class="xref">960-30-50-1</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/960/30/#960-30-50-2" class="xref">960-30-50-2</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 II)</td><td class="entry">07/31/2015</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## ASC 960-30-05: 05 Overview and Background

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This Subtopic provides guidance on net assets available for plan [benefits](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#benefits "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.") for [defined benefit pension plans](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#defined-benefit-plan "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.)").

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## ASC 960-30-15: 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions

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#### Overall Guidance

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This Subtopic follows the same Scope and Scope Exceptions as outlined in the Overall Subtopic, see Section 960-10-15.

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## ASC 960-30-25: 25 Recognition

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#### Use of Accrual Basis of Accounting

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The accrual basis of accounting shall be used in preparing information regarding the [net assets available for benefits](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets-available-for-benefits "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."). The information shall be presented in such reasonable detail as is necessary to identify the plan's resources that are available for [benefits](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#benefits "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.").

#### Interest Income and Rebate Interest Paid

##### [960-30-25-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-25-2)

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The interest income earned and rebate interest paid as a result of securities lending activity shall be recorded on the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.

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## ASC 960-30-45: 45 Other Presentation Matters

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#### Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

##### [960-30-45-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-1)

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Information regarding changes in [net assets available for benefits](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets-available-for-benefits "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.") shall be presented in enough detail to identify the significant changes during the year. This guidance is not intended to limit the amount of detail or manner of presenting information regarding changes in the [net asset information](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-asset-information "Information regarding the net assets available for benefits."). Subclassifications and additional classifications may be useful. For example, separately reporting refunds of terminated employees' contributions may be useful. Alternatively, such refunds may be netted against contributions received from participants or included in [benefits](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#benefits "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.") paid. Accordingly, [plan administrators](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#plan-administrator "The person or group of persons responsible for the content and issuance of a plan's financial statements in much the same way that management is responsible for the content and issuance of a business entity's financial statements.") should use their best judgment in light of the relevant circumstances.

##### [960-30-45-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-2)

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Information about changes in net assets available for benefits is intended to present the effects of significant changes in net assets during the year and shall present, at a minimum, all of the following:

1.  a
    
    The net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value. Net appreciation or depreciation includes realized gains and losses on investments that were both purchased and sold during the period as well as unrealized appreciation or depreciation of the investments held at year-end.
    
2.  b
    
    Investment income (exclusive of (a)).
    
3.  c
    
    Contributions from the employer, segregated between cash and noncash contributions. A noncash contribution shall be recorded at fair value. The nature of noncash contributions shall be described, either parenthetically or in a note.
    
4.  d
    
    Contributions from participants, including those transmitted by the [sponsor](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/s/#sponsor "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.").
    
5.  e
    
    Contributions from other identified sources (for example, state subsidies or federal grants).
    
6.  f
    
    Benefits paid to participants.
    
7.  g
    
    Payments to insurance entities to purchase contracts that are excluded from plan assets. Paragraph [960-205-50-1(e)](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/960/#205-960-50-1) requires disclosure of the plan's dividend income related to excluded contracts and permits that income to be netted against this item.
    
8.  h
    
    Administrative expenses.
    
9.  i
    
    Other changes (for example, transfers of assets to or from other plans) should also be presented if they are significant.

##### [960-30-45-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-3)

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Separate disclosure of realized gains and losses on investments sold during the year is neither required nor proscribed.

#### 401(h) Accounts

##### [960-30-45-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-4)

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Because 401(h) net assets may not be used to satisfy pension obligations, the total of net assets available for [pension benefits](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#pension-benefits "Periodic (usually monthly) payments made pursuant to the terms of the pension plan to a person who has retired from employment or to that person's beneficiary.") shall not include assets held in a [401(h) account](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/h/#401-h-accounts "A postretirement medical-benefit component provided in some defined benefit pension plans in addition to the normal retirement benefits of the plan, pursuant to Section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.") related to obligations of the health and welfare benefit plan.

##### [960-30-45-5](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-5)

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The 401(h) account assets less liabilities (net assets of the 401(h) account) are required to be shown in [defined benefit pension plan](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#defined-benefit-plan "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.)") financial statements as a single line item on the face of the statements as illustrated in Example 2 (see paragraph [960-205-55-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/205/960/#205-960-55-2)).

##### [960-30-45-6](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-6)

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Those net assets related to the 401(h) account also shall be deducted before arriving at the total of net assets available for pension benefits.

##### [960-30-45-7](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-7)

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In deducting those net assets, the amount relating to 401(h) features shall be presented as a separate line item in the liabilities section of the statement of net assets available for pension benefits.

##### [960-30-45-8](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-8)

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The financial statement caption shall clearly denote that the net assets held in the 401(h) account relate to obligations of the health and welfare plan or arrangement.

##### [960-30-45-9](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-9)

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The statement of changes in net assets shall show only the changes in net assets of the pension plan and not any of the components of the changes in the net assets in the 401(h) account.

##### [960-30-45-10](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-10)

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The only amounts that shall be reported in the statement of changes in net assets are qualified transfers to the 401(h) account and/or any unused or unspent amounts (including allocated income) in the 401(h) account at the end of the year that were qualified transfers of excess pension [plan assets](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#plan-assets "Assets—usually stocks, bonds, and other investments—that have been segregated and restricted, usually in a trust, to provide for pension benefits. The amount of plan assets includes amounts contributed by the employer, and by employees for a contributory plan, and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. Plan assets ordinarily cannot be withdrawn by the employer except under certain circumstances when a plan has assets in excess of obligations and the employer has taken certain steps to satisfy existing obligations. Assets not segregated in a trust or otherwise effectively restricted so that they cannot be used by the employer for other purposes are not plan assets even though it may be intended that such assets be used to provide pensions. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those nonbenefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets. Amounts accrued by the employer but not yet paid to the plan are not plan assets. Securities of the employer held by the plan are includable in plan assets provided they are transferable.") that should have been but were not transferred back to the defined benefit pension plan.

##### [960-30-45-11](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-45-11)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-06](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2017-06/).

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## ASC 960-30-50: 50 Disclosure

[Read section](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#50-disclosure)

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##### [960-30-50-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-50-1)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-06](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2017-06/).

##### [960-30-50-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-50-2)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-06](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2017-06/).

##### [960-30-50-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/960/30/#960-30-50-3)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-06](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2017-06/).
