Windsor Hurricane Helper Company installs three tyes of hurricane shutters (standard, accordian, and roll top) for single-family homes and condominium complexes along the Lousiana coast. The company is in the process of preparing its annual financial state ments for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, and the controller for Windsor has gathered the following data concerning inventory. At March 31, 2017, the balance in Windsors Finished Goods Inventory account was $ 683,700, and the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to NRV had a credit balance of $ 30,630. The relevant inventory cost and market data at March 31, 2017, is summarized in the schedule below. The controller assigned an intern from a local university the task of calculating the amount that should appear on Windsors March 31, 2017, financial statements for inventory under the LCNRV rule as applied to each item in inventory. The intern was not comfortable with the departure from the cost principle.

		Cost		Replacement Cost		Sales Price		Net Realizable Value		Normal Profit
Standard		$ 191,860		$ 161,120		$ 167,480		$ 160,060		$ 15,900
Accordian		269,240		264,788		291,500		278,250		29,468
Roll top		222,600		226,840		229,384		218,360		20,352
Total		$ 683,700		$ 652,748		$ 688,364		$ 656,670		$ 65,720

(a1)

Determine the proper balance in the Allowance to Reduce Inventory to Market at March 31, 2017.

(a2)

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, determine the amount of the gain or loss that would be recorded (using the loss method) due to the change in Allowance to Reduce Inventory to NRV.