Under his leadership, IADA enjoyed a successful year for dealers at the state capitol.

    December 31, 2024
IADA Wishes All Our Members A Very Happy New Year
We look forward to an outstanding 2025, representing the Illinois dealership franchise model and doing our best to protect your dealership investment.
We are always solely focused on your dealership model and will never be compromised by manufacturer or government inducements. And we look forward to a future full of more progress! As we navigate the road ahead, we are confident our strong partnership will create lasting results into 2025 and beyond.

    Meet Your 2025 IADA Chairman, Jamie Auffenberg, Jr.
Jamie is President and CEO of the Auffenberg Auto Mall, located in Shiloh, IL.  He was elected the 2025 Chairman of the Board of the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association during its annual meeting for the election of officers held in November.  Previously, Jamie served as IADA Vice Chairman and Treasurer/ Secretary.
Jamie has also served as the Illinois representative on the NADA board for many years and continues to serve as our National NADA PAC Fund Chairman. He has also been a past Director and founder of the Americans for Free International Automobile Dealers' Association, past Chairman of the American International Auto Dealer Association, past President of the St. Louis Auto Dealer Association, and has been a President's Club member of the NADA PAC for over 25 years.
Jamie serves on the board of McKendree University, the United Way of Greater St. Louis, and the St. Louis Regional Business Council.  He and his wife, Ellen, have three children and six grandchildren.

On behalf of our IADA membership, we congratulate Jamie on his election, and we look forward to working with him as your 2025 IADA Board Chairman.

2025 Officers and New Board Members
Serving as IADA Officers with IADA Board Chairman, Jamie Auffenberg, is Vice Chairman, Rick Curia, Ken Nelson Auto Group, Dixon, and Treasurer/Secretary, Ryan Gremore, O’Brien Auto Group, Normal.

The 2024 IADA Board of Directors meets for the Annual Fall meeting and welcomes IL Secretary of State, Alexi Giannoulias

Congratulations To 2024 IADA Chairman John Alfirevich
On behalf of the IADA Board of Directors and Staff, we offer our congratulations and gratitude to Past Chairman, John Alfirevich, Apple Chevrolet, Tinley Park, for his dedication, service and leadership to IADA during his term as Chairman in 2024.  
Under his leadership, IADA enjoyed a successful year for dealers at the state capitol. 

    2024 Year-End Checklist For Dealers
As another tax year comes to a close, it is time to consider your tax planning opportunities and year-end tasks.
Year-End Planning, Keeping the Accounting Records Open at the End of December, Year-End Tax Reporting, Review Procedures for the Use of Demonstrators to Ensure You Comply With the Current IRS Regulations.  Click here for a convenient checklist provided by our friends at Woodward & Associates.

    Thanks To All Our Association Partners
At this time of year, we would like to offer a special thanks to all our IADA partners who work with us to bring the highest quality services and products to our dealer members and ultimately play a significant role in allowing IADA to do what we do - support and defend the IL franchise dealership model.  For more information on all our partnerships, please visit our IADA website.

    Federated Insurance's HR Question Of The Month
Question
We currently divide employee days off into two banks: a vacation bank and a sick bank. We have a number of employees complaining that they do not have enough vacation days left at the end of the year to take time off around the holidays. They are asking if they can use their sick days to take time off (even though they’re not actually sick). We want to support our employees and are thinking about changing our employee time off to one big paid-time-off (PTO) bank that employees can use for any reason instead of two separate banks. What are the advantages of creating one big PTO bank?
Answer
There are several benefits to using a PTO plan versus traditional vacation and sick allotments. The company may appear more attractive to potential and current employees because they are allotted more days to take off. (Read more)