August 20-21, 2026 | Cary, NC
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THE ACADEMY EXPERIENCE

Advanced Tax Strategy Education Built for Practical Application

Explore a two-day, case-study-driven Academy for advisors, CPAs, tax professionals, and planning-focused firms. Learn how to recognize planning windows, communicate complex choices clearly, coordinate qualified professionals, and bring a repeatable process back to your practice or firm.

Brian Raleigh teaching Tax Academy attendees
curriculum

A Curriculum Built Around Advanced Client Scenarios

The curriculum combines advanced planning categories with case-study application, client communication, professional coordination, and practice implementation. The emphasis is on recognizing planning windows and organizing appropriate next steps, not memorizing isolated tax rules.

Retirement

Retirement Tax Sequencing

Learn how retirement income, tax exposure, and timing can shape coordinated client conversations.

Business Owner

Business Owner Tax Strategy

Understand planning categories advisors and CPAs commonly evaluate for business owners and high-income clients.

Major Transaction

Major Transaction Planning

Learn how capital gains, business sales, and real estate exits can create coordinated planning needs.

Case Study

Case Study Workshops

Work through client scenarios that show how strategies, tax review, and partner coordination may interact.

Client Event

Client Event Observation

See how strategy concepts are communicated in a real educational event setting.

Implementation

Practice Implementation

Learn a repeatable workflow for fact finding, analysis, recommendation, implementation, and follow-up.

The curriculum preview is educational and high level. Specific strategies discussed inside the Academy should be evaluated with each client’s independent tax, legal, and financial professionals before implementation.

case study lab

Learn Through Client Scenarios, Not Theory Alone

The Academy walks through scenarios that help advisors, CPAs, and planning professionals see how timing, client profile, tax exposure, strategy selection, and professional coordination may interact in real client conversations.

01
Scenario 01

Retirement Tax Scenario

Examine how income timing, retirement distributions, client priorities, and tax-sensitive planning windows affect the professional coordination conversation.

02
Scenario 02

Business Owner Income Scenario

Review how business income, owner goals, entity considerations, and professional review may interact across a planning case.

03
Scenario 03

Major Transaction Planning Scenario

Explore the timing, tax exposure, professional roles, and follow-up considerations surrounding a business sale, real estate exit, or other major transaction.

Case studies are educational and illustrative. Strategy outcomes depend on each client’s facts and should be reviewed with qualified tax, legal, and financial professionals before implementation.

Implementation Framework

A Repeatable Workflow for Client Decisions and Professional Coordination

The Academy teaches a practical framework advisors, CPAs, and planning professionals can bring back to their practice to help organize client conversations, evaluate planning windows, coordinate partners, and follow up intentionally.

1

Fact Finding

Understand client goals, tax exposure, assets, timing, and who or what matters most to them.

2

Analysis

Model tax impact, replacement options, sequencing, and planning windows.

3

Recommendation

Present strategies through a clear comparison framework that helps clients understand their options.

4

Implementation

Coordinate execution across advisors, CPAs, attorneys, sponsors, and professional partners.

5

Follow-Up

Monitor outcomes, revisit planning windows, and identify the next strategic opportunity.

The framework is educational and designed to support professional coordination. Strategy implementation should be reviewed with each client’s independent tax, legal, and financial professionals.

WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE

Two Days of Strategy, Case Studies, and Professional Implementation

The Academy is structured as an intensive in-person experience for financial and tax professionals, combining instruction, case-study work, Q&A, client-event observation, and implementation planning.

Format

Two-Day In-Person Academy

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

Day One

Strategy Foundations and Client Event Observation

Day One introduces advanced strategy concepts, guided discussion, guest instruction, Q&A, and a case-study workshop before attendees observe a live educational client event.

Academy orientation and strategy foundation
Advanced tax strategy education
Guest speaker session
Q&A and guided discussion
Case study workshop
Client event observation and dinner

This public Academy overview is educational and high level. Strategy implementation should be reviewed with each client’s independent tax, legal, accounting, and financial professionals.

Brian Raleigh presenting during a live Tax Academy client event.
Live Observation
Watch the room, the framing, the Q&A, and the follow-up model.

A practical observation component designed to show how strategy education is communicated in a client-facing setting.

Client Event Observation

See How Strategy Is Communicated in a Real Educational Setting

The Academy includes an applied client-event component where advisors, CPAs, and planning professionals can observe how strategy concepts are framed, presented, discussed, and followed up in a live educational environment.

4:00 - 4:30 PM
Guest Arrival and Networking

Observe the room, guest arrival experience, seating flow, and how conversations begin before the presentation.

4:30 - 5:30 PM
Educational Presentation

See how strategy concepts are introduced, framed, and explained in a client-facing educational setting.

5:30 - 6:00 PM
Q&A and Follow-Up Notes

Watch how questions are handled and capture glows, grows, and follow-up observations for next-day discussion.

What to Observe

The goal is not only to watch a presentation. The goal is to study how the environment, message, Q&A, and follow-up model work together.

01
Room Flow

Watch how guests are seated, welcomed, and guided into the presentation environment.

02
Strategy Framing

Observe how complex concepts are introduced without overwhelming the room.

03
Q&A Dynamics

See how client questions are handled in a live educational setting.

04
Glows and Grows

Capture notes on what worked, what could improve, and what can be applied in your own practice or firm.

The client event component is included for educational observation. Attendees should not treat observed examples as tax, legal, accounting, or investment advice.

Practice Growth

Turn Tax Strategy Education Into a Practice and Firm Differentiator

The Academy is designed to help advisors, CPAs, tax professionals, and planning-focused teams create more valuable client conversations, identify planning opportunities, and coordinate more effectively with professional partners.

Strategic Outcome
More coordinated client conversations

Designed to help professionals turn strategy education into practical conversations, partner alignment, and next-step planning.

What This Can Support

The Academy is designed to help professionals build more intentional conversations, stronger coordination, and a more repeatable client experience.

01
Deeper Client Conversations

Move beyond product or tax-return conversations into broader planning discussions.

02
Advisor-CPA Alignment

Create a clearer bridge between planning strategy, tax review, and professional coordination.

03
Referral Partner Value

Position the practice or firm as a more strategic resource for high-value clients.

04
Repeatable Follow-Up

Use a defined process to track next steps, future planning windows, and ongoing opportunities.

Practice growth concepts are educational and should be adapted to each professional’s role, firm model, compliance requirements, and client facts.

FAQ

Common Questions About the Tax Academy

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?
Is food provided?
Where is the class held?
How do I request a seat?
What is the cancellation policy?

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

AUGUST 20-21, 2026

See Whether the August Tax Academy Fits Your Practice

Review the August class details and submit a short application. The Raleigh team will review fit and availability, then provide tuition, logistics, registration, and next-step information.

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

Requesting availability starts a fit and logistics conversation. It does not automatically register you for a class. Applications are reviewed within one business day.