Index › Finance › Tax and compliance › Corporate tax provision › Small business · November 2026 Edition
Corporate tax provision for small business buyers
Asked as “corporate tax provision software”, and as “income tax compliance software”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
29%
Contested · Bloomberg Tax Provision 12%
29TaxAct Business12Bloomberg Tax Provision10TurboTax Business48others
29% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▲+1Since October 2026: 28% → 29%, +1 point. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.TaxAct Business held the lead, +1 point on 28%, inside the 10-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
TaxAct Business29%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 28% → 29%, +1 point. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
Bloomberg Tax Provision19%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Bloomberg Tax Provision (19%) replaces Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision (21% then, 17% now), 2 points clear, inside the 10-point floor.Standing →Enterprise
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision77%Clear leader▲+31Since October 2026: 46% → 77%, +31 points. Past the 10-point floor: movement.Standing →
TaxAct Business29%Contested▲+1Since October 2026: 28% → 29%, +1 point. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketBloomberg Tax Provision19%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Bloomberg Tax Provision (19%) replaces Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision (21% then, 17% now), 2 points clear, inside the 10-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision77%Clear leader▲+31Since October 2026: 46% → 77%, +31 points. Past the 10-point floor: movement.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01TaxAct Business29%11%37accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 28% → 29%, +1 point. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.28% → 29%
TaxAct Business29%11%37accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 28% → 29%, +1 point. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.28% → 29%02Bloomberg Tax Provision12%29%38criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 15% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.15% → 12%
Bloomberg Tax Provision12%29%38criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 15% → 12%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.15% → 12%03TurboTax Business10%16%31accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 13% → 10%, −3 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.13% → 10%
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Avalara8%13%23accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%
Avalara8%13%23accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%05
Longview Tax6%46%28criticized challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%
Longview Tax6%46%28criticized challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 0% → 6%, +6 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 6%06
QuickBooks Online2%8%12accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%
QuickBooks Online2%8%12accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%07
Exactera Tax Provision2%27%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Exactera Tax Provision2%27%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%08
FreeTaxUSA2%25%12criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
FreeTaxUSA2%25%12criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes0%81%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
10Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision0%59%41criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision0%59%41criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%09
Xero0%0%11accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Xero0%0%11accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 10-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%The floor is 10 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
Bloomberg Tax Provision vs Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionBloomberg Tax Provision vs Longview TaxBloomberg Tax Provision vs Avalara
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Bloomberg Tax Provision vs OneStream Tax ProvisionBloomberg Tax Provision vs Sovos Tax ProvisionBloomberg Tax Provision vs CSC Corptax Accounting for Income TaxesThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs Longview TaxThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs AvalaraThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs OneStream Tax ProvisionThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs Sovos Tax ProvisionThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs CSC Corptax Accounting for Income TaxesLongview Tax vs AvalaraLongview Tax vs OneStream Tax ProvisionLongview Tax vs Sovos Tax ProvisionLongview Tax vs CSC Corptax Accounting for Income TaxesAvalara vs OneStream Tax ProvisionAvalara vs Sovos Tax ProvisionAvalara vs CSC Corptax Accounting for Income TaxesOneStream Tax Provision vs Sovos Tax ProvisionOneStream Tax Provision vs CSC Corptax Accounting for Income TaxesSovos Tax Provision vs CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102T03
04050607080910C11
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01TaxAct Business29%
TaxAct Business29%02Bloomberg Tax Provision12%
Bloomberg Tax Provision12%03TurboTax Business10%
04Avalara8%
Avalara8%05Longview Tax6%
Longview Tax6%06QuickBooks Online2%
QuickBooks Online2%07Exactera Tax Provision2%
Exactera Tax Provision2%08FreeTaxUSA2%
FreeTaxUSA2%09Xero0%
Xero0%10Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision0%
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision0%11CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes0%
What they warned about
Two of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision59%
24 of 41 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Avoid Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE if... For tax return preparation (use UltraTax), small businesses, or if you don't have international tax complexity.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Longview Tax46%
13 of 28 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Don’t Buy Enterprise Provision Software: Tools like Longview Tax, Onesource, or Trullion cost $10,000+/year.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
81%
13 of 16 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Small businesses should generally avoid Enterprise-Level Tax Provision Software, e.g., Corptax (CSC)” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Bloomberg Tax Provision29%
11 of 38 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Bloomberg Tax Provision and Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE should be avoided unless the business has a large staff and a budget exceeding $25k–$50k/year” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 940 links across 223 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 85 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Capterra33 answers · 51 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Thomson Reuters28 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Bloomberg Tax26 answers · 54 citations · 9 models
26 answers · 38 citations · 10 models
vendor site · GetApp24 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Quicken23 answers · 23 citations · 12 models
publisher (Gane)22 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G214 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
21 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 11 models
16 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best corporate tax provision software”, “corporate tax provision software”, “tax provision tools”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TaxAct Business taxact.com | 29% | 43 | 1,900 | 18 | 3,279,089 | $27 | 99 | |
| Bloomberg Tax bloombergtax.com Bloomberg Tax Provision 12% | 12% | 99 | 90 | 0 | 189,229 company | 37 | 1 | |
| TurboTax Business | 10% | 8,100 | 490 | |||||
| Avalara avalara.com Avalara 8%, Avalara Select 2% | 10% | 68 | 27,100 | 703 | 2,604,517 | $21,470 | 108 | |
| Longview longviewsystems.com Longview Tax 6% | 6% | 115 | 50 | 59 | 1,157 company | |||
| Taxfyle taxfyle.com | 4% | 21 | 1,900 | 29 | 149,543 | 11 | ||
| TaxJar taxjar.com | 4% | 160 | 6,600 | 63 | 181,783 | $119 | 55 | |
| QuickBooks quickbooks.ninja QuickBooks Online 2% | 2% | 692 | 1,000,000 | 54,681 | 253 company | |||
| Taxprep | 2% | |||||||
| Exactera Tax Provision exactera.com | 2% | 16 | 0 | 725 | 0 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 15 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (pro.bloombergtax.com, tax.thomsonreuters.com). The first result for “best corporate tax provision software” is theaccessgroup.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best corporate tax provision software for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which income tax compliance software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top tax provision tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best corporate tax provision software for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a corporate tax provision software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which tax provision tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5H&R Block Premium & Business, TurboTax Businessagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provisionno first choiceChangedno first choiceTaxAct Businessno first choicenothing named
One alternative
TaxAct BusinessTwo alternatives
FreeTaxUSA, TaxSlayerGPT-5.4 miniBloomberg Tax ProvisionAvalara SelectChangedThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionagainst: Drake, MyTAXPrepOfficeCCH Axcess Taxagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionno first choiceagainst: Excel
One alternative
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionOne alternative
TaxJarTwo alternatives
Bloomberg Tax Provision, Wolters Kluwer CCH provision productsGemini 3.5 FlashBloomberg Tax Provisionagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionTurboTax BusinessChangedBloomberg Tax ProvisionBloomberg Tax Provisionagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionBloomberg Tax Provisionagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionagainst: Avalara, Bloomberg Tax Provision, CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Longview Tax, TaxJar, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Three alternatives
CCH Axcess Tax, Intuit ProConnect Tax, Tax Series (Provision Module) by Tax Technologies, Inc.Six alternatives
H&R Block Premium & Business, Lettuce Financial, QuickBooks Online, Tax1099, TaxAct Business, TaxfyleFour alternatives
CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, ChatFin, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionOne alternative
ChatFinTwo alternatives
ChatFin, Exactera Tax ProvisionPerplexity SonarLongview Taxagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, H&R Block Small Business, Oracle Tax Reporting, TaxAct Business, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, TurboTax BusinessTaxAct BusinessChangedBloomberg Tax Provisionagainst: Avalara, CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Sovos Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionTaxAct Businessagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Bloomberg Tax ProvisionFour alternatives
FreeTaxUSA, H&R Block Small Business, TaxSlayer Self-Employed, TurboTax BusinessTwo alternatives
Longview Tax, Vertex Tax ProvisionGrok 4.20TaxAct Businessagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, FreeTaxUSA, Longview Tax, TaxSlayer, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionAvalara, TaxJarChangedBloomberg Tax Provision, ChatFinagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Oracle Tax Reporting, Wolters KluwerTaxAct Businessagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Exactera Tax Provision, Longview Taxno first choiceagainst: H&R Block Small Business, TurboTax Business
Two alternatives
Exactera Tax Provision, TurboTax BusinessFour alternatives
TaxAct Business, TaxCloud, TurboTax Self-Employed, Zoho BooksThree alternatives
Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertex Tax ProvisionFour alternatives
FreeTaxUSA, QuickBooks Online, TaxSlayer Self-Employed, XeroSix alternatives
CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Checkpoint, Sovos Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertex, Wolters Kluwer CCH AxcessMistral SmallTaxAct BusinessQuicken Business & Personal, TurboTax BusinessChangedTaxAct Businessagainst: QuickBooks OnlineTaxJar, Taxfyleno first choiceagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Oracle Tax Reporting, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Workiva Tax and Provision
Two alternatives
Avalara, TaxfyleTwo alternatives
Avalara, TaxAct BusinessFour alternatives
Avalara, Bloomberg Tax Provision, Taxfyle, TurboTax BusinessTwo alternatives
Longview Tax, XeroDeepSeek V4 FlashTaxAct BusinessTurboTax BusinessChangedagainst: FreeTaxUSAExactera Tax Provisionagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionno first choiceagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Exactera Tax Provision, Longview Tax, TaxAct Business, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, TurboTax BusinessBloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Taxagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionagainst: Avalara, CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Excel, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, TurboTax Self-Employed, Vertex
Three alternatives
Avalara, Bloomberg Tax Provision, TurboTax BusinessFour alternatives
Avalara, QuickBooks Online Tax, TaxCloud, TaxJarTwo alternatives
Bloomberg Tax Provision, NetSuite Tax ProvisionFour alternatives
Accounting Polka, CCH ProSystem fx, Tax Provision Templates, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionLlama 4 MaverickTaxAct BusinessAvalaraChangedno first choicehellotaxno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Avalara, Bloomberg Tax Provision, TaxSlayer, Taxprep, TurboTax BusinessFour alternatives
H&R Block Small Business, Quicken Business & Personal, TaxAct Business, TurboTax BusinessTwo alternatives
TaxJar, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionQwen 3.7 FlashTribridgeagainst: Oracle, SAP, TaxDome, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, TurboTax for BusinessQuickBooks OnlineChangedTaxfyleagainst: Intuit TurboTax Business, OneStream, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Wolters KlukerTaxAct Online, TurboTax Businessagainst: FreeTaxUSA, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Trullionno first choiceagainst: Oracle, SAPnothing named
Five alternatives
Baker Tilly, GlueTrust, Grant Thornton, Wipfli, Wolters KluaderThree alternatives
H&R Block Advisor, TurboTax Business, XeroThree alternatives
Avalara AvaTax, Corstax, TaxAct BusinessOne alternative
H&R Block OnlineTwo alternatives
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Wolters KluwerKimi K2TaxAct BusinessTaxAct BusinessHeldExactera Tax Provisionagainst: TaxAct Business, TurboTax BusinessExactera Tax Provisionagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertexno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax, TaxDome, TurboTax BusinessFour alternatives
Avalara, FreeTaxUSA, H&R Block Self-Employed, TurboTax BusinessThree alternatives
Bloomberg Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertex O SeriesTwo alternatives
Account Ability, TaxAct BusinessGLM 4.7 FlashXLongview Taxagainst: Oracle Hyperion, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionAvalaraChangedBloomberg Tax ProvisionTaxAct Businessno first choiceagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
Two alternatives
Avalara, TaxAct BusinessFour alternatives
EXEMPTAX, QuickBooks Online, Stripe Tax, TurboTax BusinessTwo alternatives
Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionFour alternatives
Account Ability, TaxJar, Taxprep, TurboTax BusinessMiniMax M2.5TaxfyleAvalaraChangedFloQast Tax Provisionagainst: QuickBooks Tax Tools, TaxAct Business, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, TurboTax BusinessFreeTaxUSAno first choiceagainst: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Longview Tax, Oracle Tax Reporting, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Workiva Tax and Provision
Four alternatives
Avalara, Longview Tax, Taxprep, TurboTax BusinessTwo alternatives
QuickBooks Solopreneur, TaxAct BusinessTwo alternatives
Bloomberg Tax Provision, Exactera Tax ProvisionTwo alternatives
TaxAct Business, TaxJarGPT-6 LunaBloomberg Tax ProvisionTaxAct BusinessChangedBloomberg Tax Provision, Tax Series, Taxstream ProVisionagainst: CSC Corptax AIT, Longview Tax, Oracle Tax Reportingno first choiceagainst: Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionOne alternative
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionOne alternative
Tax Technologies’ Tax SeriesMuse Glimmer 30BTaxAct Businessagainst: Bloomberg Tax ProvisionTaxAct BusinessHeldLongview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax ProvisionAccount Ability, Taxprepagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Exactera Tax Provision, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provisionno first choiceagainst: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Two alternatives
Longview Tax, TaxprepTwo alternatives
Bloomberg Tax Provision, TurboTax BusinessTwo alternatives
Vertex Tax Accounting, Vertex Tax ProvisionThree alternatives
FreeTaxUSA, TaxAct Business, TaxSlayer Self-EmployedBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:28 | yes | 16 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:42 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:16 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:52 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 25 | 52 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 8 | 54 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:11 | yes | 2 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 19 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:46 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:43 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:08 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:29 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:27 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 13 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 23 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 25 | 148 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 17 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 24 | 75 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 23 | 107 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 7 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:15 | yes | 25 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:10 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:49 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 23 | 128 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 15 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:19 | yes | 14 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 1 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:22 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:51 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 8 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:56 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 25 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:04 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:57 | no | 0 | 69 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 2 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:38 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:22 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:16 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 15 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 10 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 18 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 24 | 85 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 23 | 60 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 6 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
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Bloomberg Tax read as Bloomberg Tax Provision
CSC Corptax read as CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
CSC Corptax Provision read as CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
CorpTax read as CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
Corptax read as CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
Corptax (Wolters Kluwer) read as CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
Exactera read as Exactera Tax Provision
Exactera (formerly CrossBorder Solutions) read as Exactera Tax Provision
H&R Block read as H&R Block Small Business
Longview read as Longview Tax
ONESOURCE read as Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Onesource read as Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Oracle Cloud EPM Tax Reporting read as Oracle Tax Reporting
QuickBooks read as QuickBooks Online
Sovos read as Sovos Tax Provision
Thomson Reuters read as Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Thomson Reuters (ONESOURCE Provision) read as Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE read as Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Wolters Kluwer Corptax read as CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes
Workiva read as Workiva Tax and Provision
Unresolved, counted raw
Accounting Polka
Aloha
Anàna (TaxJar)
Avalara Corporate Tax
Baker Tilly
CCH ProSystem fx
Corporate Tax Provision (by Thomson Reuters or Bloomberg Tax)
Corstax (by Insightsoftware)
FlyFin
GlueTrust (formerly Glue)
Grant Thornton
H&R Block Advisor
H&R Block Online
IRS-provided tools
Intuit ProConnect
Lettuce Financial
NetSuite Tax Provision
NetSuite Tax Provision Integrations
ProConnect
QuickBooks Tax Tools (Intuit)
RSM Advisory
Tax Planner Pro
Tax Provision Templates
Tax Series (Provision Module) by Tax Technologies, Inc.
Tax Series provision module
Tax Technologies’ Tax Series
TaxAct Online
TaxTools
TaxTreat
Taxstream ProVision
Tribridge (Tribridge Provision Platform)
TurboTax for Business
Vertex Enterprise Tax
Wipfli
Wolters Kluader (FOLIO Suite)
Wolters Kluker
Wolters Kluwer CCH provision products
Xerox / Accrualent
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.