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SLADA and Larson Allen Host Effective Tax Preparation Strategies Seminar
Join us for lunch on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, and learn how you can take advantage of certain provisions of some new tax regulations and start planning to minimize the taxes you pay. Click here to read a preview of some of the topics that will be discussed at the seminar. For full seminar details click here. RSVP today by calling 314-822-0333 or e-mailing kheineman@stlautos.com.
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SCAM Alert - Individuals are Posing as NADA Insurance Reps
NADA has learned that individuals from the Dealer Life Group in Florida are approaching dealers and identifying themselves as life insurance salesmen for NADA. NADA Insurance does NOT employ salesmen to call on dealers, and has NOT authorized the Dealer Life Group or anyone else to sell insurance for NADA. Contact Lin Peacock, senior director of NADA Insurance Plans and Programs, at (703) 821-7229 immediately if you are approached by a life insurance salesman who claims to be representing NADA Insurance.
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FTC Issues New Optional Model Privacy Notice
As part of a statutory mandate to develop a more understandable template for privacy notices issued by dealers and other financial institutions, the Federal Trade Commission and the federal banking regulatory agencies have jointly issued a new model privacy notice that, beginning December 31, 2009, will serve as a safe harbor for the language used in the notice for financial institutions that choose to adopt it. Dealers who continue to provide their finance and lease customers with a privacy notice that uses language from the sample clauses contained in Appendix A to the text of the original Privacy Rule (which required compliance by July 1, 2001) will lose safe harbor protection for the language used in those notices after December 31, 2010. Accordingly, dealers should consider transitioning to the new notices before the end of 2010. For additional information, click here.
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Compliance with EPA's Body Shop Hazardous Air Pollutants Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rule governing hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) requires existing body shops to file an Initial Notification Form by January 11, 2010 with full compliance due by January 11, 2011. To read the entire bulletin outlining all the requirements for compliance, click here.
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EPA Reconfirms SPCC Qualified Facility Rule; Compliance Date Remains Nov. 10, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule on Nov. 13, 2009, keeping intact a 2008 amendment designed to provide regulatory relief for small facilities, including dealerships. EPA has confirmed that "Tier 1" qualified facilities may use a simple, self-certified SPCC plan template in lieu of a complex written plan. Further guidance on compliance is expected from NADA in early 2010.
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Loss Prevention Bulletin - Snow, Ice, and Other Winter Hazards
In some parts of the country, winter means snow-packed driveways, icy stairs, wet floors, roof collapse and frozen pipes. Don't wait until it's too late to prepare for winter emergencies. Click here for the entire article.
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St. Louis Auto Outlook
The St. Louis Auto Outlook is filled with valuable, objective information on the metro area's new retail automotive market that can't be found anywhere else. The St. Louis Auto Outlook tracks monthly vehicle registrations in the greater St. Louis metro area. Click here to see the latest monthly report.
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Calendar of Events
| Effective Tax Preparation Strategies Seminar |
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
12:00pm-2:00pm
St. Louis Auto Dealers Association
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| St. Louis Service Managers Club Meeting |
Thursday, January 14, 2010
12:30pm-2:30pm
St. Louis Auto Dealers Association Office
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Join your fellow service managers to discuss the issues that really matter to you and your dealership. At this meeting, we will further discuss a potential advertising campaign promoting the benefits that your service departments have over the independents. This meeting is open to ALL SERVICE MANAGERS!
RSVP today by calling 314-822-0333 or e-mailing kheineman@stlautos.com.
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| Auto Dealers Office Managers Association (ADOMA) Meeting |
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
12:00pm-2:00pm - NOTE TIME CHANGE
St. Louis Auto Dealers Association Office
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Join your fellow office managers for a nice lunch of networking. This meeting will be hosted by SLADA and Chris Adelmann, the Executive Vice President of SLADA, will discuss what is going on at the association along with some of the things being done to benefit not only its dealer members, but their management staff as well. This group is open to ALL OFFICE MANAGERS!
RSVP today by calling 314-822-0333 or e-mailing kheineman@stlautos.com.
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| Cheers for Children! Charity Gala |
Saturday, January 30, 2010
7:00pm-11:00pm
America's Center
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Sponsored by:
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Come celebrate a night on the town complete with valet parking, hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, live music courtesy of Fresh Heir, an auction, and an exclusive viewing of the St. Louis Auto Show. Proceeds from the event benefit the St. Louis Children's Hospital, the St. Louis Crisis Nursery, Cardinal's Care, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri, Team Activities for Special Kids, and the St. Louis Auto Dealers Association Charitable Foundation.
Download the invitation.
Tickets are $50. Reserve yours today by calling 314-822-0333 or e-mailing kheineman@stlautos.com.
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