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The inputs this calculator takes (with units, ranges and defaults), the outputs it returns, and the assumptions and tables behind it.

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  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Run the M&A advisory fee calculator calculator: Fee on the scale, before any minimum; Completion fee after the minimum applies; Retainers paid over the mandate; Balance payable at completion. Missing inputs fall back to their documented defaults.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "dealValue": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 500000000,
      "description": "Deal value (enterprise or headline price, USD)",
      "default": 5000000
    },
    "scale": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "double",
        "lehman",
        "flat"
      ],
      "description": "Fee scale",
      "default": "double"
    },
    "flatRate": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 20,
      "description": "Flat percentage (used only for the flat option)",
      "default": 4
    },
    "minFee": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 5000000,
      "description": "Minimum fee in the engagement letter",
      "default": 0
    },
    "retainerMonthly": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 200000,
      "description": "Monthly retainer or work fee",
      "default": 0
    },
    "retainerMonths": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 36,
      "description": "Months the retainer runs",
      "default": 0
    },
    "retainerCredit": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Are retainers credited against the success fee?",
      "default": "1"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Read first. States plainly what submit_enquiry does on M&A Advisor Fees: it starts an enquiry with human providers who quote directly. Nothing is bought, ordered or paid; no quote is guaranteed; it is free. Also returns who receives the details, the consent wording, and how the person confirms.

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  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Every field of the M&A Advisor Fees enquiry: key, label, type, whether required, help text and the allowed options where there are any. Pass answers to submit_enquiry keyed by field key.

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Submits an enquiry to M&A Advisor Fees — NOT a purchase, NOT a guaranteed quote. Step 1: call with the answers (keyed by field key from enquiry_fields) and consent=true; it validates and returns a summary, the consent line and a confirmation token — show the person the summary and the consent line. Step 2: only if the person agrees, call again with the same answers, consent=true and the confirmation token; the enquiry is then submitted, and the person receives an email with a link they must click before any provider sees it. Consent means the person has read and agreed to: "Happy for my details to go to a relevant corporate finance advisor, who'll contact me directly."

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  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "answers": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": [
          "string",
          "number",
          "boolean"
        ]
      },
      "description": "the person's answers, keyed by field key"
    },
    "consent": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "true only when the person has agreed to: Happy for my details to go to a relevant corporate finance advisor, who'll contact me directly."
    },
    "confirmation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "the confirmation token from step 1, after the person has approved the summary"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "answers",
    "consent"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}