Tax Agent Bench leaderboard
As of 6 Nov 2026, the top score on Tax Agent Bench is 51.8% by Gemini 4 Carbon (Google), ahead of Qwen3.8 Max Internal at 49.7%, across 79 model configurations with a published result (Vals AI, result dated 5 Nov 2026). Corporate tax questions that require researching the code and regulations with tools, graded by tax professionals. Tax Agent Bench is shown for reference only and does not count toward the BenchLeader Index.
Key facts (as of 6 Nov 2026)
- Gemini 4 Carbon holds the top Tax Agent Bench score at 51.8% (Vals AI, 5 Nov 2026).
- Qwen3.8 Max Internal is second on Tax Agent Bench at 49.7% (Vals AI, 5 Nov 2026).
- Tax Agent Bench: Agentic US corporate tax research. Run by Vals AI (Vals AI).
- 79 model configurations have a published Tax Agent Bench result on BenchLeader (BenchLeader, 6 Nov 2026).
- Tax Agent Bench does not feed the BenchLeader Index; it is shown for reference (BenchLeader methodology).
Agentic US corporate tax research. Run by Vals AI.
- Published by
- Vals AI
- Category
- Agents & tools
- Index weight
- Reference only
- Models
- 79
- Data as of
- 6 Nov 2026
Vals AI (vals.ai).
What the test looks like
Corporate tax questions that require researching the code and regulations with tools, graded by tax professionals.
How it is scored
Accuracy, run by Vals AI.
What to keep in mind
US corporate tax only; rules change yearly.
- 1Gemini 4 Carbon (high)51.8%
- 2Qwen3.8 Max Internal49.7%
- 3Claude Fable 5.149.2%
- 4Claude Opus 5.545.6%
- 5Claude Opus 545.5%
- 6Gemini 4 Argon (high)44.6%
- 7DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (max)44.4%
- 8Muse Wonder Full (max)43.0%
- 9Muse Spark 1.3 (max)42.4%
- 10Claude Sonnet 5.542.0%
- 11GLM 5.3 (max)39.7%
- 12Inkling 2 Small38.9%
- 13Claude Fable 538.3%
- 14Muse Wonder (max)36.3%
- 15Muse Spark 1.3 (xhigh)36.0%
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51.8% | 69.2 | $6.34 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 2 | 49.7% | – | $4.07 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 3 | 49.2% | 66.4 | $13.18 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 4 | 45.6% | 63.4 | $15.09 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 5 | 45.5% | 65.2 | $5.14 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 6 | 44.6% | 66.0 | $3.47 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 7 | 44.4% | 59.2 | $0.459 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 8 | 43.0% | 62.9 | $2.15 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 9 | 42.4% | 62.0 | $0.390 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 10 | 42.0% | – | $9.25 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 11 | 39.7% | 59.0 | $1.80 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 12 | NewInkling 2 Small | 38.9% | 57.4 | $0.144 | 2026-11-05 |
| 13 | 38.3% | 66.5 | $6.70 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 14 | 36.3% | 62.3 | $1.88 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 15 | 36.0% | 58.5 | $0.320 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 16 | 34.4% | 55.7 | $1.69 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 17 | 34.2% | 58.3 | $1.80 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 18 | 33.4% | 62.1 | $2.79 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 19 | 33.1% | 60.5 | $0.978 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 20 | 32.8% | 61.7 | $0.269 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 21 | 32.4% | 57.3 | $0.134 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 22 | 32.1% | 53.0 | $0.321 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 23 | 32.1% | 62.0 | $0.857 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 24 | 32.1% | 58.8 | $1.55 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 25 | 31.9% | – | $1.16 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 26 | 31.6% | 54.2 | $0.138 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 27 | 31.1% | 65.4 | $7.51 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 28 | Ember-1 | 31.1% | – | $2.97 | 2026-11-05 |
| 29 | 30.9% | 52.5 | $0.815 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 30 | 30.7% | – | $0.503 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 31 | 30.4% | 49.5 | $1.39 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 32 | 30.0% | 60.7 | $4.83 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 33 | 30.0% | 60.0 | $1.69 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 34 | 29.4% | 55.9 | $1.79 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 35 | 28.5% | 55.0 | $0.049 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 36 | 28.1% | 57.3 | $0.156 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 37 | 27.3% | 54.9 | $0.553 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 38 | 26.8% | 57.0 | $0.729 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 39 | 26.6% | 59.0 | $0.135 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 40 | 26.3% | 54.0 | $0.884 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 41 | 25.8% | 58.2 | $1.19 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 42 | 24.9% | – | $3.64 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 43 | 24.9% | 56.9 | $0.474 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 44 | 24.8% | 56.3 | $0.465 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 45 | 23.7% | 63.1 | $1.27 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 46 | 22.8% | 62.2 | $0.484 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 47 | 21.8% | 64.3 | $4.07 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 48 | 21.8% | 67.3 | $1.32 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 49 | 21.6% | 62.5 | $0.860 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 50 | 20.7% | 67.8 | $5.80 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 51 | 20.6% | – | $0.025 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 52 | 20.6% | 56.4 | $0.164 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 53 | 19.9% | 56.7 | $0.191 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 54 | 18.2% | – | $0.046 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 55 | 18.0% | 61.2 | $0.356 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 56 | 17.1% | 65.3 | $2.16 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 57 | 15.8% | 60.3 | $0.435 | 2026-11-05 | |
| 58 | Inkling Smallopen ↗ | 15.4% | 52.1 | $0.092 | 2026-11-05 |
| 59 | Inklingopen ↗ | 15.3% | 47.5 | $0.354 | 2026-11-05 |
| 60 | 15.0% | 63.3 | $2.28 | 2026-11-05 |
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Cite as: BenchLeader, “Tax Agent Bench leaderboard”, data as of 6 Nov 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/benchmarks/vals_tax_agent.
Tax Agent Bench: questions
- What does Tax Agent Bench measure?
- Corporate tax questions that require researching the code and regulations with tools, graded by tax professionals. Scores are reported in percent of tasks solved; higher is better.
- What is the top score on Tax Agent Bench?
- As of 6 Nov 2026, the highest score on Tax Agent Bench is 51.8% by Gemini 4 Carbon (result dated 5 Nov 2026), ahead of Qwen3.8 Max Internal at 49.7%. Scores come from Vals AI and are re-read daily.
- Which AI model leads Tax Agent Bench?
- Gemini 4 Carbon leads Tax Agent Bench with 51.8% as of 6 Nov 2026 (result dated 5 Nov 2026), ahead of Qwen3.8 Max Internal at 49.7%.
- How many models have Tax Agent Bench results?
- 79 model configurations have a Tax Agent Bench result on BenchLeader, all taken from Vals AI.
- Who runs Tax Agent Bench and how often is it updated?
- Tax Agent Bench is published by Vals AI. BenchLeader re-reads the published results once a day and records the date each result was published.
- Does Tax Agent Bench count toward the BenchLeader Index?
- No. Tax Agent Bench is shown for reference but left out of the composite index.