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Our virtual seminars are the easiest and most affordable way to earn CPE credits.
Our seminar fees WILL NOT increase in 2026 as industry prices continue to rise.
And our membership fees haven’t increased since we DECREASED them in 2015 from $160 to $97 for Active members and from $60 to $27 for Associate (employee) Members!
It’s hard enough to make ends meet in these challenging times.
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Our GEAR UP Seminars are presented by experts who do the exact same thing you do: prepare taxes.
Educational seminars are not created equal. Our virtual events feature engaging and compelling speakers. They are packed full of value so you gain much more than your CPE credits. You gain tangible tips, practical action steps, and new connections that ensure optimum value.
✓ Learn from expert instructors who service the same kinds of clients you do.
✓ Confidential Q&A option for answering “sticky” client issues.
✓ User-friendly login and platform, easy registration, and secure payment process (learn more).
✓ MTAP-sponsored virtual seminars qualify for CPE Credit in EVERY state.
Check Out MTAP’s Virtual Seminar Line-up Below and Secure Your Seat NOW!
GEAR UP 1040 Tax Seminar - Nov 18-19, 2026
About the GEAR UP 1040 Virtual Seminar . . .
The two-day GEAR UP 1040 Virtual Seminar navigates through all 1040 tax changes contained in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” and any of its subsequent revisions. It also covers all 2026 federal tax changes and applicable prior year changes, IRS guidance and administrative actions, court decisions, and any developments that impact advising 1040 clients and preparing their returns. Presenters who do exactly what you do - prepare taxes - provide expert analysis to insure you can effectively counsel clients on their reporting and tax management options. They also answer your questions in real time by monitoring the Q&A throughout each session. Questions are sent privately and often solve those unique client issues that can take hours to research!
GEAR UP 1040 presentations are supported by a PDF of the 700-plus page reference guide for use during the sessions, along with any available presenter slides or aids elaborating on the presentations.
NOTE: THERE ARE NO PAPER COPIES OF THE WORKBOOK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FOR THIS SEMINAR. This seminar includes a PDF of the workbook in your seminar fee. Registrants will receive the PDF approximately 2 weeks prior to the event and are free to make a paper copy of it if they choose.
MTAP Seminar Refund Policy: Cancellation of a registration to this webinar must be received before PDF materials for the event are emailed out to receive a full refund. If the cancellation is made after the registrant has received a PDF link of the workbook, $100 will be deducted from the registration fee. “No Shows” to an event forfeit the entire fee.
Meet Your Presenter . . .
This session is presented by GEAR UP Tax Seminars, MTAP’s longtime partner in providing federal tax, accounting, and specialty service education. The course includes important reference aids to insure your mastery of the information and confidence in using it to service your clients.
CPE Credits: 16 CPEs (8 CPEs Each Day)
(3 CPEs in tax law update; 11 in federal tax education; 2 in ethics)
Seminar Fees:
We’re holding the line! No price increases in 2026!
Active Member: $339
Associate Member: $339
Education Member: $339 (when $50 out-of-state membership is paid)
Member Employee $366 (includes Associate Membership)
Non-Member: $409
To Register: 2026 November 18-19 GEAR UP 1040
NOTE: To register more than 3 members from your firm, call MTAP at 517-641-7505. Please have each individual’s name, email address, and PTIN (if applicable) available when calling.
Michigan Treasury Individual Income Tax Updates - Dec 3, 2026
Seminar Overview
The Michigan Department of Treasury and MTAP are sponsoring an information-packed 2-hour CPE event that will prepare you for a successful 2026 filing season while also showing you how to most effectively navigate the new online system and interactions with the Department.
Topics to be covered at the event include the qualified tips and overtime deduction, form updates, Michigan adjustments for decoupling from the IRS, retirement and pension benefits and the standard deduction, the Flow-Through Entity (FTE) Tax Credit, an overview of Michigan Treasury eServices, and recently published Revenue Administrative Bulletins, Treasury Notices and Tax Policy Newsletters. The session will also review practitioner-department communications and taxpayer advocate services. Treasury presenters will also address questions whenever possible.
CPE Credits: 2 CPEs in Taxation
Seminar Fees:
Active and Associate Members: $50
Education Members: $50
Active Member Employees: $77 (includes Associate membership)
Non-Members: $75
REGISTER HERE: 2026 Michigan Treasury Individual Income Tax Updates Seminar
NOTE: To register 3 or more people from your firm, call MTAP at 517-641-7505. Please have each individual’s name, email address, and PTIN (if applicable) available when calling.
GEAR UP 1040 Tax Seminar - Dec 9-10, 2026
About the GEAR UP 1040 Virtual Seminar . . .
The two-day GEAR UP 1040 Virtual Seminar navigates through all 1040 tax changes contained in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” and any of its subsequent revisions. It also covers all 2026 federal tax changes and applicable prior year changes, IRS guidance and administrative actions, court decisions, and any developments that impact advising 1040 clients and preparing their returns. Presenters who do exactly what you do - prepare taxes - provide expert analysis to insure you can effectively counsel clients on their reporting and tax management options. They also answer your questions in real time by monitoring the Q&A throughout each session. Questions are sent privately and often solve those unique client issues that can take hours to research!
GEAR UP 1040 presentations are supported by a PDF of the 700-plus page reference guide for use during the sessions, along with any available presenter slides or aids elaborating on the presentations.
NOTE: THERE ARE NO PAPER COPIES OF THE WORKBOOK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FOR THIS SEMINAR. This seminar includes a PDF of the workbook in your seminar fee. Registrants will receive the PDF approximately 2 weeks prior to the event and are free to make a paper copy of it if they choose.
MTAP Seminar Refund Policy: Cancellation of a registration to this webinar must be received before PDF materials for the event are emailed out to receive a full refund. If the cancellation is made after the registrant has received a PDF link of the workbook, $100 will be deducted from the registration fee. “No Shows” to an event forfeit the entire fee.
Meet Your Presenter . . .
This session is presented by GEAR UP Tax Seminars, MTAP’s longtime partner in providing federal tax, accounting, and specialty service education. The course includes important reference aids to insure your mastery of the information and confidence in using it to service your clients.
CPE Credits: 16 CPEs (8 CPEs Each Day)
(3 CPEs in tax law update; 11 in federal tax education; 2 in ethics)
Seminar Fees:
We’re holding the line! No price increases in 2026!
Active Member: $339
Associate Member: $339
Education Member: $339 (when $50 out-of-state membership is paid)
Member Employee $366 (includes Associate Membership)
Non-Member: $409
To Register: 2026 December 9-10 GEAR UP 1040
NOTE: To register more than 3 members from your firm, call MTAP at 517-641-7505. Please have each individual’s name, email address, and PTIN (if applicable) available when calling.
GEAR UP Last Minute Tax Update - Jan 7, 2027
Seminar Overview
The GEAR UP Last Minute Tax Update Virtual Seminar is a fast-paced update presented by tax professionals for tax professionals. GEAR UP speakers operate the same type of practice and they service the same sized clients as you. Presentations are fast-paced and supported with relatable examples and case studies that insure maximizing tax savings and federal tax compliance for clients.
The seminar navigates through all late-year federal tax changes, administrative actions, court decisions, and other developments that impact your individual 1040 and business clients, along with analysis to insure you can effectively counsel clients on their reporting and tax management options. It also reviews how you can provide clients with tax minimization and management advantages.
The session also provides multiple opportunities to confidentially ask questions on those unique and not-often managed business tax issues to insure your clients are in full compliance.
Presentations are supported by a PDF of the reference guide that you can use and reproduce if you so choose.
Meet Your Presenter:
This session is presented by GEAR UP Tax Seminars, MTAP’s longtime partner in providing federal tax, accounting, and specialty service education. The course includes important reference aids to insure your mastery of the information and confidence in using it to service your clients.
CPE Credits: 4 CPEs in Taxation
Seminar Fees:
We’re holding the line! No price increases in 2026!
Active Member: $150
Associate Member: $150
Education Member: $150 (when $50 out-of-state membership is paid)
Member Employee: $177 (includes associate membership)
Non-Member: $220
REGISTER HERE: 2027 GEAR UP Last Minute Tax Update Seminar
NOTE: To register 3 or more people from your firm, call MTAP at 517-641-7505. Please have each individual’s name, email address, and PTIN (if applicable) available when calling.
GEAR UP Business Entities Tax Seminar - Oct 20, 2026
Seminar Overview
The GEAR UP Business Entities Virtual Seminar is a fast-paced federal tax update and entity review presented by tax professionals for tax professionals. Our speakers operate the same type of practice and they service the same sized clients as you. Presentations are in depth and supported with relatable examples and case studies that insure maximizing tax savings and federal tax compliance for clients.
The seminar navigates through all of the federal business tax changes contained in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” and its subsequent revisions, as well as other tax changes occurring since last year. It reviews administrative actions, court decisions, and other developments that impact your business clients, along with analysis to insure you can effectively counsel clients on their reporting and tax management options. It also reviews how applicable entities can provide tax minimization and management advantages based on the business type.
The session provides multiple opportunities to confidentially ask questions on those unique and not-often managed business tax issues to insure your clients are in full compliance.
Presentations are supported by a PDF of the reference guide that you can use and reproduce if you so choose. If presenter slides for the seminar are available, these will also be forwarded to you prior to the event.
NOTE: THERE ARE NO PAPER COPIES OF THE WORKBOOK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FOR THIS SEMINAR. This seminar includes a PDF of the workbook in your seminar fee. Registrants will receive the PDF approximately 2 weeks prior to the event and are free to make a paper copy of it if they choose.
MTAP Seminar Refund Policy: Cancellation of a registration to this webinar must be received before PDF materials for the event are emailed out to receive a full refund. If the cancellation is made after the registrant has received a PDF link of the workbook, $100 will be deducted from the registration fee. “No Shows” to an event forfeit the entire fee.
Meet Your Presenter:
This session is presented by GEAR UP Tax Seminars, MTAP’s longtime partner in providing federal tax and specialty service education. The course includes important reference aids to insure your mastery of the information and confidence in using it to service your clients.
CPE Credits: 8 CPEs in Taxation
Seminar Fees:
We’re holding the line! No price increases in 2026!
Active Member: $209
Associate Member: $209
Education Member: $209 (when $50 out-of-state membership is paid)
Member Employee: $236 (includes associate membership)
Non-Member: $279
REGISTER HERE: 2026 GEAR UP Business Entities Virtual Seminar
NOTE: To register 3 or more people from your firm, call MTAP at 517-641-7505. Please have each individual’s name, email address, and PTIN (if applicable) available when calling.
MTAP Evolving IRS Individual and Business Issues Seminar - Sept 16, 2026
Seminar Overview
With the 2025 filing season over, there is still doubt and confusion about whether returns have been done correctly. Did your clients properly calculate “no tax on tips” for employees? Were credit card tips included as tax free? If not, should issues be re-visited and affected client returns amended? With multiple revisions in IRS guidance on tax free overtime, did you calculate that deduction properly? Or could the IRS flag it? And what about the avalanche of CP53E notices? Should you really ignore them as the IRS advises? Or should you delve deeper into them to insure they won’t become a headache with 2026 returns?
Now is the time to revisit those issues and more with our IRS expert, GEAR UP’s Rick Oelerich, as he brings clarity to how these and other IRS reporting issues are handled, how and IF you should amend returns, and most importantly, what to do now to insure 2026 reporting is “audit proof.” Rick will also offer tax planning advice to help clients minimize what they pay, and he’ll answer your questions in this fast-paced virtual CPE event.
Meet Your Presenter:
GEAR UP’s Rick Oelerich has been a presenter for GEAR UP Seminars for over 25 years. He is an expert on IRS issues having provided timely seminars and updates on IRS issues for GEAR UP. The course includes important reference aids to insure your mastery of the information and confidence in using it to service your clients.
CPE Credits: 2 CPEs in Taxation
Seminar Fees:
We’re holding the line! No price increases in 2026!
Active Member: $80
Associate Member: $80
Education Member: $80 (when $50 out-of-state membership is paid)
Member Employee: $107 (includes associate membership)
Non-Member: $150
REGISTER HERE: 2026 MTAP Tax Season Review and Tax Planning Seminar
NOTE: To register 3 or more people from your firm, call MTAP at 517-641-7505. Please have each individual’s name, email address, and PTIN (if applicable) available when calling.
FAQs About Our Virtual Seminars.
I don’t live in Michigan, can I still attend and earn CPE credits?
Yes! GEAR UP is a registered CPE provider with the IRS and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), and MTAP is an Approved CPE provider with the Internal Revenue Service. So CPE credits earned at each event qualify for IRS and CPA requirements in every state.
When will I receive my CPE certificate?
Certificates of Completion are issued via email within a week after the event. If you provide your Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) on your registration, the credits you earn will be automatically uploaded into your IRS PTIN account within 2-4 weeks after the event.
If you report CPEs to your state board of accountancy, simply use your emailed Certificate of Completion to upload your credits into your CPA-designated portal and/or as part of any random audit you may be asked to fulfill.
Is it easy to log in and access the virtual seminar?
Yes! One of the concerns practitioners have about virtual webinars is logging in and accessing sound through their computing system. GEAR UP’s virtual webinar platform is, by far, the easiest to use that we have tested. By the end of the 2020 virtual seminar season, MTAP didn’t receive any calls from participants having log-in or participation trouble. It’s that easy.
How is my attendance monitored?
To comply with continuing education requirements and verify your attendance, we will conduct quizzes throughout the presentation. Quizzes are simply intended to make sure you are paying attention. The correctness of your answers is not taken into consideration when issuing CE credit.
Can multiple members from our firm watch the virtual seminar from a conference room television or monitor?
Yes! Multiple people may watch from a large screen projection. HOWEVER, each registrant must log in to the virtual seminar from an individual, separate device (smartphone, iPad, tablet, laptop computer) to individually answer polling questions to track time in the virtual room and prove participation. The device must be able to access a Chrome or Firefox browser. Log in must be done using the log-in information emailed to that individual's provided email address.