About Stratum

Strategically layered financial planning

Our Story

Stratum was born from a simple observation: financial advisors are forced to choose between tax planning and financial planning. This is often an awkward segmentation because real financial planning should be tax-aware.

    Forecasting asset values and income streams is commoditized. The high-value work is in the details:
  • Setting a spending goal is interesting, but often arbitrary guessing.
  • How much to save is easy; where to save it is powerful.
  • The accumulation phase self-solves; distributions are high touch.
  • Taxes are not an input; taxes drive the decisioning.

That's where Stratum comes in. It combines the power of modern technology with deep tax planning expertise to help advisors deliver exceptional value to their clients with tax-aware financial plans.

Today, Stratum helps financial advisors across the country create sophisticated financial planning scenarios and present clear, actionable recommendations to their clients.

Our Mission

To transform basic financial planning from a flat-tax exercise into an intuitive, powerful, tax-aware experience that helps financial advisors deliver measurable value to their clients.

We believe every advisor should have access to professional-grade tax-aware planning tools that are easy to use, accurate, and designed specifically for the challenges they face in serving their clients.

Our Values

Accuracy First

Tax-aware planning requires precision. We obsess over accuracy in our calculations and stay current with tax law changes to ensure advisors can trust our platform.

Speed & Efficiency

Time is valuable. We leverage AI and automation to eliminate manual data entry and streamline workflows, so advisors can focus on strategy and client relationships.

Continuous Learning

We listen to our users and constantly improve. Your feedback shapes our roadmap, and we're committed to evolving alongside the needs of financial advisors.

Client-Centric Design

Everything we build is designed to help advisors serve their clients better. From interactive visualizations to presentation-ready reports, we make complex planning simple.

Why Tax-aware Planning Matters

Taxes are often the largest expense in a client's financial life. Yet many advisors lack the tools to effectively model tax optimization strategies and demonstrate their value.

Strategic tax planning can save clients tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetime through techniques like Roth conversions, strategic withdrawals, deduction bunching, and charitable giving optimization.

Stratum makes it easy to model these strategies, compare scenarios, and show clients exactly how much they can save—transforming tax planning from an afterthought into a core value proposition for your practice.

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