Carlyle

Carlyle Capital Company offers financial services to its clients.?Recently, Carlyle

Carlyle has experienced rapid growth and has increased both its client base and the variety of services it offers. The company is becoming concerned about its rising?costs, however, particularly related to technology overhead.

Carlyle Capital Company offers financial services to its clients. Recently, Carlyle The technology budget for Carlyle and its actual results for the first quarter of has experienced rapid growth and has increased both its client base and the 2017 are given below: variety of services it offers. The company is becoming concerned about its rising costs, however, particularly related to technology overhead. (Click the icon to view the first quarter budget information.) i (Click the icon to view the cost driver findings.) (Click the icon to view the first quarter actual results.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Calculate the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances, and indicate whether each is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). Begin by computing the following amounts for the variable overhead. Actual Input Qty. Actual Costs X Allocated Incurred Budgeted Rate Flexible Budget Overhead $ 11,200After some study, Carlyle determines that its variable and xed technology overhead costs are both driven by the processing time involved in meeting client requests. This is typically measured in CPU units of their computer usage. Carlyle's measure of output is the number of client interactions in a given period. 1. Calculate the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances, and indicate whether each is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). 2. Calculate the fixed overhead spending and production-volume variances, and indicate whether each is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). 3. Comment on Carlyle Capital's overhead variances. In your view, is the firm right to be worried about its control over technology spending