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THE PULSE OF GIADA

Shifting Focus: Legislative Affairs

While this may not impact us as strongly, that you stay involved with GIADA by
it is definitely something we want to making sure that your membership is
keep an eye on. Potential concerns would always current. If you drop off and become
include what bills come back up again, and a non-member, vital communication from
especially what may be added to existing GIADA to your dealership stops. And that
bills. is something that you should not allow to
happen. Knowledge is power.
The main goal for GIADA during this
session will be to monitor any activity Just a quick reminder to please make sure
that involves our industry, impacts your that you take your CE class, either in person
business and most importantly, activity that or online. Time is running out. You have
could result in changes to the way TAVT until March 31, 2018 to renew your dealer
GIADA CEO, Paul John tax is calculated. license and must complete a mandatory

CE Seminar prior to renewal. To see the
As we transition into the holiday season & As you probably already know, we have CE class schedule & get more information,
the closing year, when typically car sales been able to stop changes in the way the visit giada.org/continuing-education, and
slowdown, we begin to shift our sights way TAVT car tax is calculated on two register to take your CE class soon. There
onto the coming legislation period. The occasions already. The TAVT Fair Market are only 4 in person classes left!
2018 Georgia Assembly officially opens Value system is working well for the most
on January 8, 2018. Since this is a general part. It’s a reasonable system of calculating Finally, don’t forget that ETR is mandatory
election year, the Capitol will be even busier car tax, and keeps the playing field even after January 1, 2018. Please go to giada.
than usual, and the legislators running for between dealer sales and consumer to org/etr-mandate ASAP and sign up for ETR
office will want to get this session wrapped consumer transactions. If legislation is service today. Do NOT wait until the last
up quickly so they can put their focus on passed to take it back to 7% of “selling minute, or it could take significantly longer
campaigning. price” the majority of your transactions will to get an account set up. Tag offices have
require you to collect hundreds more from been instructed not to accept or process any
In Georgia, the Legislature operates as your customers that are buying used cars titles for dealer sales after January 1, 2018.
a biennial process at the State Capitol, from you. I know they don’t have the extra
which means it is a two-year cycle. We just money, and I also realize that essentially, it Happy holidays to you and your family,
finished year one and are now entering year would come out of your own margins. That
two. So, this means any bill that did not is not what this industry needs.
pass from one chamber to the next last year,
will automatically be on the table again and We will be ready for whatever comes our
available for passage. way at the Capitol. It is critically important

BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

GIADA is looking for YOUR content.

If you can write on topics that we feature in GIADA publications,
we'll showcase your expertise by publishing your material!
We are inviting all associate members to submit their “grass exciting internal promotions and of course your company
roots” content to be shared in our magazine publications success stories! This is a fantastic way to increase brand
and on our social media pages. We want to feature your awareness and credibility for your company within a high-
NEW products and services, we want to announce your ly targeted market of independent auto dealers.
Email publications@giada.org for questions, comments or to submit material for consideration.

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