FoxDealer Guides
Long-form guides for wholesale and independent dealers: profit per car, floor plan interest, accounting, and Texas title forms.
Are You Making Money on Each Car?
The 6 hidden costs eating your margins and how to calculate true all-in cost per vehicle.
Read guideStill Using a Spreadsheet?
7 signs you've outgrown your spreadsheet and what to do about it.
Read guideWholesale Dealer Accounting
How to set up your books, track true cost per vehicle, and stop guessing at profit.
Read guideFloor Plan Interest Calculator
Free floor plan interest calculator for car dealers. Calculate daily interest, flooring fees, and true vehicle cost.
Read guideQuickBooks for Car Dealers
Why QuickBooks falls short for dealerships and what to use alongside it.
Read guideTexas Form 130-U Guide for Dealers
How Texas dealers fill out Form 130-U: where your GDN goes, sales tax lines, lienholder, the 30-day filing rule, and webDEALER. Sourced from TxDMV.
Read guideTexas VTR-41-A: Dealer's Reassignment of Title
What Texas Form VTR-41-A is, when licensed dealers can use it, the REASSIGNMENT ON control-number rule, and the mistakes that get it rejected. Sourced from TxDMV.
Read guideHow to Get a Texas Wholesale Dealer License (GDN)
How to get a Texas wholesale dealer license (GDN): the $50,000 surety bond, eLICENSING steps, and what wholesale dealers can and cannot do.
Read guideTexas Dealer-to-Dealer Sale Paperwork Checklist
Texas dealer-to-dealer sale paperwork: title reassignment or VTR-41-A, Form 14-313, odometer disclosure, and the records to keep.
Read guideTexas webDEALER Requirement for Dealers
Texas webDEALER for dealers: since July 1, 2025 (HB 718), licensed dealers must process title and registration in webDEALER.
Read guideTexas Dealer Record-Keeping Requirements
Texas dealer record-keeping requirements: keep purchase and sale records 48 months, and the last 13 months on site. From 43 TAC 215.144.
Read guideWhen to Sell Aging Wholesale Inventory
When to sell aging wholesale inventory: compare daily holding cost (floor plan interest, curtailments, depreciation) with waiting.
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