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Nash Home Improvement Company installs replacement siding, windows, and louvered glass doors for single-family homes and condominium complexes. The company is in the process of preparing its annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020. Jim Alcide, controller for Nash, has gathered the following data concerning inventory. At May 31, 2020, the balance in Nashs Raw Materials Inventory account was $436,560, and Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market had a credit balance of $29,710. Alcide summarized the relevant inventory cost and market data at May 31, 2020, in the schedule below. Alcide assigned Patricia Devereaux, an intern from a local college, the task of calculating the amount that should appear on Nashs May 31, 2020, financial statements for inventory at lower-of-cost-or-market as applied to each item in inventory. Devereaux expressed concern over departing from the historical cost principle. Assume Garcia uses LIFO inventory costing.

		Cost		Replacement Cost			Sales Price			Net Realizable Value			Normal Profit
Aluminum siding		$74,900		$66,875			$68,480			$59,920			$5,457
Cedar shake siding		92,020		84,958			100,580			90,736			7,918
Louvered glass doors		119,840		132,680			199,448			180,081			19,795
Thermal windows		149,800		134,820			165,636			149,800			16,478
Total		$436,560		$419,333			$534,144			$480,537			$49,648

(a1) Determine the proper balance in Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market at May 31, 2020.

Balance in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market

$

(a2) For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020, determine the amount of the gain or loss that would be recorded due to the change in Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market.

The amount of the gain (loss)

$