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Warranty Reimbursements: Responding to OEM “Reasonableness” Adjustments

In recent years, the term “unreasonable” has dominated the landscape of the warranty reimbursement space. Many dealers’ warranty parts and labor rate submissions have been adjusted or even denied based on claims by the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that the rates were “unreasonable” compared to the practices of other dealers in the market. Because warranty…

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California SB 1435: Retroactive Change to the Personal Income Tax Business Interest Limitation

California Senate Bill 1435 corrects a conformity omission affecting business interest deductions for taxpayers subject to California personal income tax. Signed September 14, 2026, the law adds R&TC §17225(c), providing that the federal limitation under IRC §163(j) does not apply for California personal-income-tax purposes for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. Individuals…

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Why Cybersecurity Starts With People and Processes

Cybersecurity Awareness Month reinforces the importance of employee awareness and sound security practices. As highlighted in our recent article on cyber risk and the changing threat landscape, organizations face increasingly sophisticated threats. But training and technical safeguards can only go so far without appropriate verification and oversight. Employees routinely approve financial transactions, manage access to…

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Federal Hemp Redefinition: What Hemp Beverage Operators Need to Know

The hemp beverage industry is weeks away from its most significant regulatory change since the 2018 Farm Bill. In November 2025, Congress rewrote the federal definition of hemp in Section 781 of Public Law 119-37. A stopgap funding bill signed in September 2026 delayed most of those changes by about a month, but it did…

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Microsoft Power Apps Licensing Enforcement Is Changing in February 2027: What Organizations Need to Know

Organizations using Microsoft Power Apps should be aware of an important Power Apps licensing enforcement change coming in February 2027. Microsoft has confirmed that beginning in February 2027, users will need an appropriate qualifying license to open Power Apps running in a Managed Environment. Users who do not have an appropriate license will be blocked…

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Before AI, Before Dashboards: Data Consolidation

This article is part one of a five-part series exploring the phases of building data readiness that your business (and eventually your AI initiatives) can run on. Let me describe a scene I’ve seen dozens of times: It’s the end of the month. Someone on your team pulls a report out of the ERP, another…

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