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Articlesby David Keller, CPA, CFEFebruary 21, 2008

Keep Expenses Under Control: The Delicate Balance Between Sales and Expenses

David Keller - If your sales and gross profits are declining, are your total expenses decreasing proportionately? If not, it’s time to review your income statement. Print your income statement in a format with the last 12 months side-by-side in...

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Articlesby Ron SmithJanuary 24, 2008

Your Succession Plan: The Factory Influences Your Decision

Ron Smith - Many succession planning decisions will be governed by not only the factory sales and service agreement (“Franchise Agreement”), but also by appropriate provisions of state franchise statutes...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonJanuary 19, 2008

Public Citizens Arbitration: Report Misses The Mark

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The foundation of the report is Public Citizen’s claim, based on its study of nearly 34,000 collection cases, arbitrators found in favor of businesses in 94 percent of the arbitration proceedings...

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Articlesby David Keller, CPA, CFEJanuary 17, 2008

Buy-Sell Agreement Structure: Smart Decisions for Tax Purposes

David Keller - The buyer should always review any and all existing leases of the dealer to verify which leases must be assumed through purchase...

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Articlesby David Keller, CPA, CFEDecember 22, 2007

Energize Your Dealership And Your Employees: Six Strategic Steps To Take Today

David Keller - Walk into your dealership tomorrow and begin to look at it differently. Or better yet, why wait until tomorrow? Walk out the front door right now, get into your vehicle and drive around the block...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonDecember 20, 2007

Interstate + Internet = Trouble

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - When the dealer and the buyer are in different states, a lot of different things are happening. The business models we have seen range from the safest to the more dangerous, from a legal standpoint...

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Articlesby Ron SmithDecember 9, 2007

Why Use An Automotive Legal Specialist

Ron Smith - Firms that specialize in the auto industry often have extensive access to networks of dealer attorneys throughout the United States, who regularly exchange information about issues and cases facing their clients...

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Articlesby David Keller, CPA, CFEDecember 9, 2007

Start Your Tax Planning Early

David Keller - Can you believe its almost the end of the year? Start your end-of-the-year tax planning now. Don’t wait until it is too late to make changes to your operations, setup up a new company or hire the extra person you have been talking about...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonNovember 29, 2007

Punitive Damages: How Much is Too Much?

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The Texas Supreme Court found that Gullo Motors’ fraudulent actions merited exemplary (punitive) damages, but that the $125,000 remittitur exceeded the constitutional limits on exemplary damages...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonOctober 30, 2007

Unfair And Deceptive Practices: Entertainment For Everyone But The Dealer

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - You will recall that the most potent weapon that plaintiffs’ lawyers can bring to bear is a state “unfair and deceptive acts or practices,” or “UDAP”, law. Nearly every state has such a law, and Maryland, my home state, is...

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