TAX26 Young Professionals Track

Set your sights on career growth.🔭

Nov. 16-17, 2026 | Minneapolis Convention Center | 16 CPE
At the Young Professionals (YP) Track, staff with 3-5 years of tax experience can chart their course to advisory level with a dedicated track designed to sharpen expertise and help them navigate the next tax season with confidence.

What's on the agenda?

Seats are limited!
Sign up your staff: Firm administrator registration

Turn staff into advisers

Equip emerging professionals with the technical knowledge needed to contribute to more strategic tax engagements.

Develop critical thinkers

Strengthen tax-saving strategies, spot planning opportunities and connect technical rules to real-world outcomes.

Invest in future leaders

Prepare your next generation of tax professionals for greater responsibility and client impact.

What is the YP Track?

The YP Track is a hands-on, case study-focused experience that helps newer tax pros move from preparation to planning, consulting and client conversations.

Who should attend? Staff with 3-5 years of tax experience.

Staff will explore:

S corps, partnerships and basis calculations.
AI-powered tax research tools.
Client communication and engagement with real-world scenarios.
Minnesota tax developments and emerging issues.
Tax planning concepts and critical thinking strategies that help them move from compliance to consulting.
And more!

View full YP Track agenda

Credits

16 CPE
(8 credits day one, 8 credits day two)

Pricing

Members: $499 — Best deal!
Nonmembers: $799

Location

Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 Second Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Speaker spotlight

Pat Garverick, CPA, MT, CFP®
When it comes to making complex tax topics practical, few speakers do it better than Pat Garverick. A nationally recognized CPA, CFP®, educator and business owner, Pat has spent decades helping tax professionals deepen their technical expertise and apply it confidently in real-world situations.

With experience spanning public accounting, tax planning, financial planning and CPE instruction, Pat brings an engaging teaching style and deep technical knowledge to his high-energy presentations.

Past Young Professionals Track attendees say the same!

“Really like Pat as a presenter, very knowledgeable and relatable from younger perspective.”

“Extremely engaging, Pat really cares about what he teaches.”

“Very engaging, as Pat led a very interactive class.”

“All of the sessions were super engaging; I enjoyed attending the Tax Conference YP Track.”

- 2025 YP Track attendee

Contact us for more information

Questions about the TAX26 YP Track? Contact Emily Stamp at 952-885-5509 or estamp@mncpa.org.

CPE sponsor information

The Minnesota Society of CPAs (MNCPA) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.

CPE sponsor: MNCPA (NASBA ID#: 139884)
NASBA fields of study (FOS): Refer to individual session descriptions.
Technical/non-technical credit classification: Session dependent. Refer to individual session descriptions.
Level: Update
Format: Group live
Prerequisites: None
Advance prep: None
Learning objectives:
- Apply basis calculation principles to S corporations and partnerships to identify tax consequences and planning opportunities.
- Evaluate emerging Minnesota tax developments and leverage AI-powered tax research tools to enhance tax research, analysis and decision-making.
- Develop critical thinking and client communication skills to apply tax knowledge to real-world scenarios and move beyond compliance toward proactive consulting and planning.