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When it Comes to Health, There is Strength in Numbers
By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE A dealer and his loyal CPA and family attorney typically form a bond over the years in a relationship that...
Sep 29, 20203 min read


Normalization of Earnings is Essential to Privately Held Dealerships, Even if You are Not Selling
By Phil Villegas For most dealers, knowing what their dealership has earned in profit is a simple matter of looking at their dealer...
Sep 23, 20203 min read


Dealers and OEMs Entice Their Customers to Buy. Your Vendors Should Do the Same to You.
By Luis Deville The year 2020 will certainly be remembered for COVID-19, and as a result, may also be remembered as a period of...
Sep 16, 20202 min read


When Buying a Dealership, Have Seller “Add-Backs” Properly Reviewed
By Phil Villegas For the past 15 plus years, a fair amount of the work I’ve personally been involved with relates to dealership buy/sells...
Sep 11, 20202 min read


New Normal = New Risks
By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE In strange times, people do strange things. The last six months have been nothing short of challenging,...
Sep 3, 20202 min read


Insight by Axiom Advisors - Vol. 26
Download - Insight by Axiom Advisors - Vol. 26 - September 2020
Aug 31, 20201 min read


Future Dealership Leaders Are Everywhere, It’s Just a Matter of Letting Them Know
By Phil Villegas In the mid-'90s, I drifted among a few self-indulgent jobs (valet, bartender and cabana boy) that were perfect for a...
Aug 28, 20202 min read


Marketing Strategies to Help Increase Your Bottom Line
By Luis Deville Selling cars and providing great service to customers are the key drivers for earning a profit in the dealership world....
Aug 20, 20202 min read


Choose to Invest in Existing Operations Before Investing in Others
By Phil Villegas For most of my automotive career I’ve been around dealership buy/sells, first as an employee at a dealership, then for a...
Aug 14, 20202 min read


The Surprising Connection Between Coronavirus, Automotive Retail, and Well-being.
By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE It seems we are all experiencing varying degrees of adversity stemming from the Coronavirus pandemic....
Aug 7, 20203 min read


A Few Steps to Take Prior to the Storm
By Phil Villegas & Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE With Hurricane Isaias on course to potentially impact some part of the U.S., if you have...
Jul 31, 20202 min read


Focus on your business now; PPP forgiveness later.
Four Reasons PPP Patience Pays By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE With all the changes in the PPP program, some dealers may be anxious to...
Jul 21, 20202 min read


Cloudy Sky Multiples Not Ideal for Expansion
As Seen in Automotive News Reasons I would not buy a dealership until 2021 By Phil Villegas From mid-March through May the dealership...
Jul 16, 20203 min read


The Lost Art of Internal Controls Over Journal Entries Will Cost You Thousands
The Hidden Cost of Journal Entries; What You Don’t See Might Hurt You By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE Remember a time when journal entries...
Jul 2, 20202 min read


Competitive Gamesmanship is Not a Sport that Professionals Should Participate in at Closings
Competitive Gamesmanship at Dealership Buy/Sell Closings By Phil Villegas There are just some things in life that we don’t expect to be...
Jun 26, 20202 min read


The New PPP Forgiveness Application Is Here!
PPP Forgiveness - The Latest News (as of 6/18/20) By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE As anticipated in a recent Weekly Spiff, the SBA’s...
Jun 18, 20204 min read


Mid-Month Schedule and Operational Reports Check
Don't Wait Until Month-End to Run Reports By Phil Villegas Our firm is in the business of internal controls, which in essence is the...
Jun 11, 20202 min read


Ever Changing PPP Forgiveness Rules
The Shortest Distance to Loan Forgiveness is Not a Straight Line. By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE Has it been nearly eight weeks already?...
Jun 2, 20203 min read


The Hidden Gems in Exception Reports
When a Service Advisor Knows What You Don't Know. By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE We are all to similar with articles surfacing regarding...
May 28, 20202 min read


Using the Economic Low Tide to Expose Unethical Individuals
Tips on Exposing Unethical Behavior During Volatile Times. By Phil Villegas In a previous Weekly Spiff, I had highlighted how leadership...
May 20, 20204 min read
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