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Every Meranti engagement starts with clarity. These diagnostics are designed to help you understand where you stand — and where the highest-leverage work lives in your financial architecture.

Diagnostic tools

Three short reads
of your architecture.

Each diagnostic produces a written brief — a tangible deliverable, not a marketing follow-up. Begin with the Clarity Checkup if you're unsure where to start.

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Clarity Checkup™

Meranti Clarity Checkup

Eight questions that map where you stand across all seven chapters of your financial architecture. Takes three minutes. Results are immediate.

Output: Chapter Pathway Report™

Begin the Checkup

What you receive

Chapter Pathway Report™

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Where to begin.

Primary chapter

Ch. 06Estate & Legacy
Estate & Legacy88
Tax Positioning72
Investment Architecture58

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Estate & Legacy

Family Authority Check™

Family Authority Check

A focused diagnostic on household financial authority — who has legal standing, what is documented, and where the structure has gaps.

Output: Authority Gap Brief™

Begin the Check

What you receive

Authority Gap Brief™

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Who has standing — and who doesn't.

Authority Index

54/ 100

  • ·Power of attorney is outdated.
  • ·Beneficiaries inconsistent across accounts.

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Tax Positioning

Tax Positioning Snapshot™

Tax Positioning Snapshot

A structural assessment of your current tax approach — identifying the gaps between compliance and deliberate positioning.

Output: Tax Drag Brief™

Begin the Snapshot

What you receive

Tax Drag Brief™

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Where tax is working against you.

Tax Drag Index

62/ 100

  • ·Asset location partially optimized.
  • ·Income timing not coordinated across years.

Sample output · Meranti

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