Cost Segregation is an engineering-based analysis used to accelerate depreciation of dealership real estate, decreasing tax liability and increasing cash flow. This course will present an overview of cost segregation, exploring dealership assets eligible for accelerated depreciation. We’ll discuss general factors that make a dealership a good candidate for study, and review what the study process entails. We will also consider study timing, discussing the utility of cost segregation at all points in the dealership life cycle.

The pandemic has fundamentally changed who and how we hire. Today, it's more important than ever to be extra diligent during the candidate selection process to ensure that you're only bringing on the best of the best. Once that new hire signs the offer, you then need to get to work on a structured onboarding process and building out career paths that promote long-term retention.

Not a day passes by without hearing of yet another cyberattack. In automotive, Audi, Kia, and others topped this year’s news. Still, the vast majority of cyberattacks, particularly in small and midsize business space, go untold. The volume is staggering!

ERTC is the biggest give away in US history, second maybe only to PPP. It is not uncommon for dealers to qualify for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Be that as it may, many eligible dealers haven’t filed for potential funds simply because they’re operating on bad information. ERTC eligibility was expanded to include more businesses than originally planned and most dealers likely qualify. The current administration is now looking to shut the door on this lucrative incentive program forever. Learn who is eligible and how to apply before it’s too late!

Interested in buying a dealership or possibly selling your automotive dealership in this hot market? Wondering where to start with a succession plan? Or already have one? The Buy Sell Market and Transactions are top of mind for everyone in the Automotive industry right now. During this webinar we will discuss the current state of the Automotive Mergers and Acquisition’s business including trends, best practices whether you are buying or selling, and the fundamentals of the M&A market.

Buy-sell activity is booming for auto retailers. In addition, dealers are seeing historic times where they are seeing record profits despite inventory shortages and a global pandemic. All of this is driving demand for stores and creating a get-big or get-out anxiety for dealers looking to compete. In this session, Haig Partners will share how the future of auto retail continues to look bright but different than what we are experiencing today.

Offer best-in-class customer experiences and improve operational efficiency! Learn how true cloud technology, access to real-time data, Advanced Analytics and much more can deliver the best experiences to your customers and enable your team to operate more efficiently.

The truth is that companies today are in an employee retention crisis! With high turn-over and siloed departments, employees are feeling less engaged more than ever. We’ve made each user the center of their WerkandMe experience. Our suite of app features allows the user to have transparency and more importantly, control over their own werk engagement. And, by empowering managers with powerful gamification, training, and reward features, employees will be motivated more than ever to be engaged with werk.

AIADA Presentation November 11, 2021

When you look at your supply budget, what is the largest bucket? Shop supplies. Bringing the cost of shop supplies down for your company is hard because they are very specific to your needs and your purchasing of these supplies usually falls under the column discount pricing thresholds. So how do companies do it?

Join Strategic Source and Dynatron Director of Sales, Rob Melaris, for a webinar to learn how this software can help your dealership drive additional service department revenue and achieve significantly higher fixed absorption.

In today’s digital world, employee engagement and communication matters more than ever. The future of work is focused on positive employee experience and the key is giving them the right data and tools.

Strategic Source and Heather Hansen, Regional Manager at leading DMS provider PBS Systems, will give you information on core delivery values offered by today’s DMS Platform and how digital tools and your data value can increase sales.

Michael McIntyre, National Training Director at The Estate Planning Team, presents a webinar on: Deferring Capital Gains from highly appreciated assets, how to invest in future businesses and property pretax and how to earn investment income on what could otherwise be paid in taxes.

Join Strategic Source and Amberly Joseph, Managing Partner at Dealer Merchant Services, to learn how to combat these fears with a Dual Price Strategy: What is it, what are the benefits and how you can implement it successfully?

StrategicSource and Karen McCaghren, Managing Director of Merchant Maven, host a webinar for information on: Credit Card Processing Programs that can add immediate profit to your bottom line and how they work, typical savings, and getting started.

Join StrategicSource and Joe Sassin, Owner of BCJS Enterprises and previous Director of Fixed Ops forAMSI, for information on: Key Factors Measuring Fixed Ops Performance, Setting Service Goals & Mining for Profit and Strategies for Managing Effective Labor Rate.

Strategic Source and Russ Carpel, CompFiduciary’s Chief Marketing Officer, present Strategies to Reduce Workers Comp by 30%-50%

Strategic Source’s Doug Austin Discusses Reducing Costs of Services & Supplies to Drive New Profits.