Abstract
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0in 36.1pt 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none;" class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This paper</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">discusses recent changes in the generally accepted accounting principles related to accounting for defined benefit pension plans. SFAS 158 imposes new rules related to calculating net pension assets or liabilities and increases the likelihood that companies may report net pension liabilities. This paper looks at a sample of Fortune 100 companies to determine the effect of implementing SFAS 158 on the reported funding status for defined benefit plans, and then tracks the reported pension status from 2005 through 2009. Contrary to expected results, the funding status did not deteriorate following implementation of SFAS 158. The ensuing economic meltdown in 2008 and 2009, however, resulted in more companies reporting pension liabilities.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>
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