Whispering 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 Whispering, has gathered the following data concerning inventory. At May 31, 2020, the balance in Whisperings Raw Materials Inventory account was $469,200, and Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market had a credit balance of $25,760. 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 Whisperings 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		$80,500		$71,875			$73,600			$64,400			$5,865
Cedar shake siding		98,900		91,310			108,100			97,520			8,510
Louvered glass doors		128,800		142,600			214,360			193,545			21,275
Thermal windows		161,000		144,900			178,020			161,000			17,710
Total		$469,200		$450,685			$574,080			$516,465			$53,360

(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)

$