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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•December 7, 2011

Identifying Your BHPH and RFC Trends

Accountant David Keller, CPA and CFE, details how buy here pay here sales and collections and having a related finance company (RFC) can complicate accounting.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•October 5, 2011

Inventory Management Is Really Cash Management

Do you watch and calculate how many times your inventory turns each year? Do you know what your return on inventory investment is? David Keller, automotive industry accounting expert, explains how to determine these things and more.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•August 15, 2011

Identify Savings in These Dealership Operations

Expert CPA David Keller details seven different areas dealers should review annually to look for possible savings.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•June 17, 2011

Who Is Watching the Parts Department?

The parts department is the only department in the dealership that can place an order for almost any type of part and never be questioned about it. CPA David Keller explains why dealers should look at their parts departments to see how it’s really being managed.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•April 18, 2011

Adding Profit Centers to Your Dealership

Industry expert, David Keller, discusses two profit centers dealers can add to dealerships to make 2011 a more profitable year—a detail department and a BHPH operation. He also discusses when BHPH dealers should set up a related finance company (RFC).

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•February 28, 2011

Promoting Your Dealership to Create Name Recognition

Creating name recognition for your dealership can be accomplished many ways. Author David Keller discusses outside-the-box ways to promote your dealership that will get people in the community talking about you.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•January 21, 2011

Keep Your Eye on Your Used Vehicle Department

David Keller - As more dealers rely on used vehicle sales since new sales are significantly down from years past, it’s important to keep your eye on used sales as new sales incrementally increase.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•December 24, 2010

Concentration Counts

Managing two aspects of a business at once may seem like it saves you time, but Author David Keller points out that’s not the case in BHPH. Without 100-percent focus on the task of collections, repossessions and delinquency rates will increase dramatically and profitability will decrease quickly.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•November 12, 2010

Institute Good Internal Accounting Controls

David Keller - Following are some basic policies and procedures you should have for your accounting department to be compliant with good internal accounting controls—including properly segregating duties, adjusting of journal entries, reviewing of cash disbursements, archiving cash receipts and authorizing of purchases.

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Articles•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•October 15, 2010

Are You Really Managing Your Inventory?

David Keller - After reviewing many dealerships’ financial statements over the last six months, it seems the used vehicle department is the king of profits and volume. Most dealers, with new vehicle sales still depressed, are selling more used vehicles than ever. It is more important than ever to manage your vehicle inventories.

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