At December 31, 2006, the following information was provided by the Kerr Corp. pension plan administrator:

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Fair value of plan assets

$3,450,000

Accumulated benefit obligation

4,300,000

Projected benefit obligation

5,700,000

Assume Kerr is a publicly traded company. What is the amount of the pension liability that should be shown on Kerr’s December 31, 2006 balance sheet?

  1. $5,700,000
  2. $2,250,000
  3. $1,400,000
  4. $ 850,000