Assignment 3: Accounting for Pensions and other Post-Retirement Benefits

Due Week 9 and worth 150 points

Using the Internet or Strayer databases, go to the FASB Website, located at http://www.fasb.org, and other resources to research the Disclosure of Post retirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Based on your research, compare and contrast the early historical accounting for Post retirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits with the guidance / rules in place today.
2. Based on your research, make at least two (2) recommended changes to the guidance / rules that you believe would improve the financial accounting and reporting of the benefits in question.  Provide support for your recommendation.
3. Predict the significant manner in which the future of accounting for these benefits could change, based on potential changes in the business and political climate that you foresee. Provide support for your prediction(s).
4. Create a scenario in which at least two (2) types of Post retirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits change. Predict the potential impact of these changes on financial accounting and reporting practices.
5. Develop an argument that supports your proposed changes in Question 4. Next, create correspondence to your Chief Financial Officer in which you justify your position.
6. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course