MADA will host our annual Golf Outing and Crab Feast at Queenstown Harbor on the Eastern Shore on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Prices are the same as last year's event, $185.00 per golfer/crab feast and $75.00 per crab feast ticket. Tickets will only be sold in advance!

To guarantee your spot on the course, please download and return the Registration Form to MADA by either mail or fax ASAP!    

Mail:

MADA

7 State Circle, Suite 301

Annapolis, MD 21401

Fax:

 
 We look forward to seeing you in September!

American Fidelity reminds all members that the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee, required to be reported only once a year on the second quarter, is based on the average number of lives covered under the policy or plan, if certain conditions apply. For 12-month plan years that end January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013, the first PCORI fee is due by July 31, 2014.

Who is subject to the fee?

Employers may be subject to these fees for their Health Flexible Spending Accounts if:

• Health FSA Participants are NOT offered other group major medical plan coverage in addition to the Health FSA or eligibility requirements are different for the major medical plan and the Health FSA.
•  If an employer contributes more than $500 to employees' Health FSA or funds Section 125 flex credits that an employee may use for a Health FSA and 50% or more is not available as a cash-out option.

How do you pay the fee?

The employer is required to file Tax Form 720 and make a payment to the IRS for the amount due.

Where do you get Tax Form 720?

Tax Form 720 is available here. Instructions and a link to the form are also available on American Fidelity's website.  

For more information, please visit the HCR website for a complete list of questions and answers or call American Fidelity at 877-302-5073.

In just over a week registration and housing selection will open for the 2015 NADA/ATD Convention & Expo. As a reminder, the 2015 convention will be held Thursday, January 22nd to Sunday, January 25th (instead of Friday to Monday) in order to allow convention attendees to be back at work earlier the following week. 

Don't miss this opportunity to network in San Francisco, CA with your peers and gain valuable insight from industry leaders. 

More information is available online at the NADA and ATD websites.  

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 TIME DEALER OF THE YEAR AWARD (TDOY), which will be presented at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention in January 2015.

If you know a dealer who should be considered as a nominee for the 2015 TIME Dealer of the Year Award, please complete and return the attached form. The nominee for Maryland will be selected by the Committee, which consists of the last five recipients of the award.

Nominee Requirements:

• Be a franchised new car dealer.
• Be a member of the National and State Automobile Dealers Associations.
• Is the actual operating head of the dealership as designated in the franchise paragraph of the factory agreement, or the owner's designated agent with full authority for business operations for a minimum of one year with recognition by the sponsoring dealer association as the dealership's voting representative.
• Have a presence in the dealership offices, during at least 60% of business hours, actively managing the dealership.
• Have at least a five-year record of active participation in affairs of the nominee's state or local dealer Association.
• Agree to be available for participation in TDOY activity during the year following selection.

Complete the Nomination Form and mail or FAX by July 31, 2014 to:

Maryland Automobile Dealers Association

7 State Circle, Suite 301

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

or

410.269.1549 

Digital Dealer and Digital Dealer Workshops is offering a special discount code to MADA members for the upcoming 17th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition, September 23-25, which will be hosted in Las Vegas. This conference will offer 100+ high intensity education sessions & case studies geared towards every department of your dealership. To take advantage of this offer, $100 off your registration price, please access the coupon HERE.

 #1: Keys to Shrinking WIP and Unapplied Labor

Date/Time: Thursday, July 17 at 1pm Eastern

Presenter: Ray Branch of The KEEPs Corporation

Cost: $149.00 per person