Corporate tax provision · October 2026 Edition
Bloomberg Tax Provision vs Longview Tax
Six of fourteen models named Bloomberg Tax Provision first on the direct prompt; one named Longview Tax. Both were named by all fourteen models and Bloomberg Tax Provision carries 52 labels and Longview Tax 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share19%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%29%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels5231A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Bloomberg Tax Provision reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs Bloomberg Tax Provision · Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs Longview Tax · Bloomberg Tax Provision vs TaxAct Business
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the corporate tax provision page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Bloomberg Tax ProvisionFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLongview Tax
Direct612 against Longview Tax
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against Bloomberg Tax Provision
Budget-constrained114 against Bloomberg Tax Provision · 2 against Longview Tax
Scale-constrained30
Negative305 against Bloomberg Tax Provision · 5 against Longview Tax
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Bloomberg Tax Provision and Longview Tax were named in the same answer fifty-four times, of the 118 answers naming Bloomberg Tax Provision and the 89 naming Longview Tax. In those answers Longview Tax took the first choice one time and Bloomberg Tax Provision eleven.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Bloomberg Tax Provision and Longview Tax stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Bloomberg Tax Provision Longview Tax first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Bloomberg Tax Provision on the left and Longview Tax on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Bloomberg Tax Provision and Longview Tax stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.GPT-5.4 miniBloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax
Bloomberg Tax Provision first, Longview Tax an alternative
5 of 14 modelsLongview Tax was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Bloomberg Tax Provision alternatives: Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Gemini 3.5 FlashBloomberg Tax Provision alternatives: Exactera Tax Provision, OneStream, Vena Solutions
Mistral SmallBloomberg Tax Provision alternatives: Oracle Tax Reporting
DeepSeek V4 FlashBloomberg Tax Provision alternatives: TaxPoint, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting
MiniMax M2.5Bloomberg Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting alternatives: Oracle Tax Reporting, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Perplexity SonarThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax, Vertex Tax Accounting, Vertex Tax Provision
Grok 4.1 FastThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertex Corporate Tax alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Sovos Tax Provision
Qwen 3.7 FlashTaxSeries alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, OneStream Tax Provision, Sovos Tax Provision
Kimi K2Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting
Muse Glimmer 30BThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, OneStream Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: CCH Axcess Tax, Vertex Tax Accounting
GPT-6 LunaThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: CSC Corptax
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Bloomberg Tax Provision leads by fifteen points.
Bloomberg Tax Provision15%#2 of 9Longview Tax0%#8 of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Bloomberg Tax Provision leads by fifteen points.
Bloomberg Tax Provision19%#2 of 9Longview Tax4%#4 of 9Enterprise
Bloomberg Tax Provision leads by two points.
Bloomberg Tax Provision4%#3 of 9Longview Tax2%#6 of 9What the models said about Bloomberg Tax Provision
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“"Avoid Bloomberg Tax Provision and Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE unless you have a large staff and a budget exceeding $25k–$50k/year."” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Bloomberg Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, and other enterprise\u2011grade provision platforms” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · hard negative
“Also targeted at large enterprises, this tool is not cost-effective for smaller operations.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“look for mid-market, native-cloud software (such as *Bloomberg Tax Provision* or *TaxProvision.net*) that emphasizes quick, out-of-the-box onboarding” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Mid-Market Specialists (e.g., Bloomberg Tax Provision): Built specifically to replace Excel for mid-market tax teams.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Tools like Bloomberg and ONESOURCE often top mid-size lists for traceable workflows and integrations.” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Longview Tax
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“one source explicitly says to avoid or be cautious about Longview, ONESOURCE, Workiva, Oracle Tax Reporting, and Corptax in certain budget/fit contexts” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“"Avoid for now: OneSource, Corptax, Longview – these are enterprise-grade tools with enterprise-grade price tags."” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“designed for large enterprises and should be avoided by smaller organizations” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“a provision-light SaaS/workpaper tool with Excel import/export and deferred tax mapping, e.g. Longview Tax Provision or Sovos Tax Provision” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Bloomberg Tax Provision or Longview Tax” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Longview Tax is often worth a close look because it's explicitly positioned for midsize and enterprise organizations” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs Bloomberg Tax ProvisionThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs Longview TaxBloomberg Tax Provision vs TaxAct BusinessBloomberg Tax Provision vs VertexBloomberg Tax Provision vs Sovos Tax ProvisionTaxAct Business vs Longview TaxLongview Tax vs VertexLongview Tax vs Sovos Tax ProvisionAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full corporate tax provision standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.