August 20-21, 2026 | Cary, NC
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TWO-DAY, CASE-STUDY-DRIVEN ACADEMY

Advanced Tax Strategy Education for Advisors and CPAs

Learn a repeatable process for recognizing tax-sensitive planning opportunities, explaining complex decisions clearly, coordinating professional partners, and moving client cases toward implementation.

Advisor & CPA Focused

Designed for financial and tax professionals

Case-Study Based

Practical client scenarios and planning conversations

Two-Day Format

Live in-person Academy experience

Implementation Driven

A repeatable workflow for professional coordination

why now

Tax-Sensitive Client Decisions Have Become a Sequencing and Coordination Problem

Clients are facing more complex decisions around retirement income, tax exposure, pre-tax assets, capital gains, business income, and timing. Advisors, CPAs, and tax-focused planning professionals who can translate strategy into coordinated action are positioned to become more valuable to clients and referral partners.

11,200 per day

Americans turning 65 during the Peak 65 period

Source: AARP, citing Social Security Administration projections for 2024 through 2027.
$32.0T

Combined IRA and defined contribution plan assets as of March 31, 2026

Source: Investment Company Institute, Quarterly Retirement Market Data, Q1 2026.
Up to 85%

Of Social Security benefits may be included in taxable income, depending on income and filing status

Source: IRS Publication 915, 2025.
The Advisor & CPA Gap

Most Professionals Are Still Working in Silos. The Opportunity Is Coordinated Strategy.

Investment management and tax preparation are both valuable, but when they operate separately, clients can miss planning windows. High-value clients need advisors, CPAs, and professional partners who can coordinate around tax exposure, retirement income sequencing, business-owner planning, charitable strategy, major transactions, and implementation options.

Current State

Siloed Planning Model

A client experience where investment, tax, and legal conversations happen separately and often after major decisions are already made.

Portfolio and tax conversations stay separate
CPA or advisor handoff happens late
Planning windows are missed or rushed
Clients receive fragmented next steps

The Academy is designed to help advisors and CPAs move from disconnected planning conversations to a more repeatable strategy, coordination, and implementation process.

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Professional Results

What Academy Attendees Are Saying

Hear from professionals who have experienced the Academy and changed how they approach strategy, client conversations, and implementation.

Business Owner Training

Learning the business owner strategies showed me opportunities that could make a major impact for me and the clients I serve.

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Differentiation

The Academy gave us a clear differentiator and helped make complex tax planning strategies easier to explain and apply.

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Client Value

The strategies helped me think differently about stacking tax planning concepts and creating more value for clients.

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Testimonials reflect individual attendee experiences and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of results, tax savings, business growth, or client outcomes.

Upcoming Classes

Request Availability for an Upcoming Tax Academy Class

Class sizes are intentionally limited. Review the upcoming Academy windows, then request availability to confirm the best fit for your role, practice, or firm.

Limited Seats
Two-day in-person Academy

Built for advisors, CPAs, tax professionals, and planning-focused teams seeking advanced strategy education.

Enrollment Open
August 20-21, 2026

Raleigh Tax Academy Class

Format
Two-day in-person academy
Audience
For advisors, CPAs, tax professionals, and planning-focused teams
Location
Raleigh Tax Solutions Home Office
Tuition
$12,500 per attendee

Class details, pricing, availability, and discounts should be confirmed directly with the Raleigh team before registration. The Academy is educational in nature and does not provide tax, legal, accounting, or investment advice.

MEET THE Team

Led by Practitioners Who Understand Strategy, Clients, and Implementation

The Tax Academy is led by a team with financial industry experience, advisor practice insight, tax strategy education, and operational support for a serious in-person learning experience.

Why It Matters
Education is stronger when it is taught by practitioners.

The team helps connect strategy education, workshop flow, client-event observation, and implementation planning.

Mikayla Raleigh, RICP®, CFP®

Financial Advisor

Mikayla brings financial industry experience, advisory knowledge, and a planning-focused perspective to the Academy experience.

Shaelyn Raleigh, RICP®

Director of Administration

Shaelyn supports the Academy through coordination, marketing, operations, and the attendee experience.

The Tax Academy is educational in nature. Team credentials and experience are provided for background and should not be interpreted as tax, legal, accounting, or investment advice.

FAQ

Common Questions Before You Apply

Review the most common questions about who the Academy is for, what is included, how registration works, and how the educational content should be used.

Who is the Tax Academy for?
Do CPAs attend the Academy?
Is this tax, legal, accounting, or investment advice?
What is the cost?
How long is the workshop?

Class details, pricing, availability, and policies should be confirmed directly with the Raleigh team before registration.

Take the Next Step

See Whether the August Tax Academy Fits Your Practice

Submit a short application. The Raleigh team will review fit and class availability, then confirm tuition, logistics, registration, and next steps.

Built for advisors, CPAs, tax professionals, advisory firm leaders, and planning-focused teams.

Submitting an application does not register you or reserve a seat. Applications are reviewed within one business day.

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Important Disclosure

Educational Workshop. Independent Professional Review Required.

The Tax Academy provides professional education intended to support informed client conversations. It does not replace advice from a client’s own qualified professionals.

01

Educational Purpose

Examples, case studies, and strategy discussions are illustrative and depend on each client’s individual facts and circumstances.

02

Independent Review

Any strategy should be evaluated by the client’s independent tax, legal, accounting, and financial professionals before implementation.

03

Firm Status

Raleigh Tax Solutions, LLC, doing business as Raleigh Wealth University, is not a law firm, certified public accounting firm, or registered investment adviser.