Get online, on-demand compliance training and certification.

Automotive Compliance Education delivers the attorney-written, role-specific training you need to follow the rules and regulations that govern our industry.

Get online, on-demand compliance training and certification.

Automotive Compliance Education delivers the attorney-written, role-specific training you need to follow the rules and regulations that govern our industry.

What is ACE?

ACE trains, certifies and annually recertifies everyone who plays a role in dealership compliance.

Role: Corporate Compliance Officer
Duration: 10 hours (48 lessons) plus 175-question exam
Cost: $899
Annual recertification cost: $199

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Role: Controller, Office/Accounting Manager
Duration: 8 hours (37 lessons) plus 175-question exam
Cost: $799
Annual recertification cost: $149

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Role: F&I Manager, F&I Director
Duration: 8 hours (36 lessons) plus 150-question exam
Cost: $799
Annual recertification cost: $149

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Role: Sales Manager, General Sales Manager
Duration: 7 hours (34 lessons) plus 150-question exam
Cost: $699
Annual recertification cost: $149

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Role: Sales Professional
Duration: 4 hours (17 lessons) plus 100-question exam
Cost: $299
Annual recertification cost: $69

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Module

Compliance Officer

Automotive Compliance Specialist

F&I Specialist

Sales Management Specialist

Sales Specialist
Ethics ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sexual Harassment and Discrimination ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Safeguards Rule (Gramm-Leach-Bliley) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
FTC Used Car Rule ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Regulation Z ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Regulation M ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
IRS Form 8300 (Cash Reporting) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Credit Applications ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Shotgunning Multiple Purchases ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Sovereign Citizens ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
FTC Red Flags Rule ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
FTC Privacy Rule ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Adverse Actions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Risk-Based Pricing Rule ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Installment Sale Contracts ✓ ✓ ✓    
Penciling ✓ ✓ ✓    
Quoting Payments ✓   ✓ ✓  
Negative Equity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
F&I Menus ✓   ✓    
F&I Menu Vocabulary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
GAP ✓   ✓    
Conditional (Spot) Delivery ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Customer Signatures ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Accounting Checklist ✓ ✓ ✓    
Preventing In-Dealership Theft ✓ ✓   ✓  
FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule ✓ ✓   ✓  
FTC Disposal Rule ✓   ✓    
FTC Holder in Due Course Rule ✓        

Why ACE?

ACE keeps you up to speed on regulatory, statutory, practical and legal requirements.

ACE modules include Red Flags, Safeguards, Privacy, Telemarketing and Used Car Rule, IRS Form 8300, Magnuson-Moss, Regs M and Z, FCRA, ECOA and UDAP. 

F&I and sales modules include adverse actions, spot delivery, credit applications, signatures, menus, RISCs, GAP, negative equity and quoting payments. 

All ACE certifications include modules dedicated to legal standards for ethics, discrimination and sexual harrassment.

What about the FTC CARS Rule?

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The CARS Rule was struck down by a federal court in January 2025. It will likely return in some form as the FTC seeks the ability to fine dealers directly.

How does it work?

Earn your ACE certification on your schedule, at your pace, at work or at home.

Click here to create an ACE account and start training.
I’m a dealer.     I’m an agent.

Earn your ACE certification when and where you want.
I’m a dealer.     I’m an agent.

Stay certified with ACE’s Year-End Review and exam.
I’m a dealer.     I’m an agent.

What do dealers say about ACE?

Not only does ACE deliver quality compliance content at a lower cost than other programs, but its web-based platform also allows employees to maximize their time because they don’t have to travel and can complete the training modules in small chunks. More »
Lori Church, Holman Automotive


Not only does ACE deliver quality compliance content at a lower cost than other programs, but its web-based platform also allows employees to maximize their time because they don’t have to travel and can complete the training modules in small chunks. More »

Lori Church, Holman Automotive

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Gil Van Over III is the founder and executive director of ACE, a 30-year industry veteran and a nationally recognized compliance and auditing expert, trainer, author and witness.

Who is ACE?

ACE is led by compliance expert Gil Van Over III.+

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