The Illinois Automobile Dealers Association

5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4 Service Fee levies on vehicle sales. • Eliminating Illinois onerous $10,000 Sales Tax Cap on vehicle trade–ins. • Extending the driveaway permits to 90 days instead of 30 days. • Preserving the Dealer’s Retailers Discount Rate they receive for collecting and remitting Illinois sales tax. IADA is in involved daily in all facets of the political and bureaucratic process when it comes to regulating new car dealers and the industry. LEGAL REPRESENTATION IADA provides legal counsel and financial assistance through a Legal Defense Fund to assist in judicial and regulatory proceedings that affect the franchised new car and truck retailing industry. Currently, our industry faces attacks on our long-standing franchise laws as several unregulated companies are trying to sell new vehicles directly without being properly licensed. Many more unregulated companies from around the world are waiting and hoping to sell vehicles in Illinois without independently licensed dealers and without proper oversite from the state. Our manufacturers are already leading the way with some of the most advanced, high- tech electric and ICE vehicles, and new cars and trucks are sold through franchised dealers because the business model benefits consumers, local communities and manufacturers. All companies should have to abide by the same laws. Because these companies are operating in violation of our current laws regulating vehicle sales, IADA has filed a complaint against these improperly licensed companies and the State. Illinois dealers are fully funding this complaint and IADA has commissioned a statewide campaign explaining the huge benefits that franchised dealerships provide to their local communities and most importantly their customers.