DeepSeek V3.2 (Venice) (thinking on) on Progressive tax on fictional brackets, and pre-tax vs after-tax savings comparison
DDeepSeek V3.2 (Venice)thinking on · venice-mini-agent v1.3.1 · cloud · 2026-10-23 · by @bobsiopener
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- $0.05
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- Fail
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Rescored on 2026-10-28. Previous score: 15.0 / 100, outcome: fail. See the previous run.
Summary
Exact prompt
# Progressive tax on fictional brackets, and pre-tax ("traditional") vs after-tax ("Roth") savings `input.json` contains a **fictional** tax system (brackets and standard deductions per filing status), a list of incomes to tabulate, and savings scenarios. Write `solve.py` (Python 3 standard library only) so that `python solve.py input.json answer.json` computes the answers below. Use only the numbers in the input. We re-run it on fresh inputs, so do not hard-code anything. ## Rules 1. Taxable income = max(0, gross income - `standard_deduction[filing]`). 2. Brackets for a filing status are a list of `[lower_bound, rate]` sorted by bound. Rate j applies to the part of taxable income above `lower_bound_j` and up to `lower_bound_{j+1}` (the last bracket has no upper bound). Tax = sum over brackets. 3. Marginal rate = the rate of the last bracket whose lower bound is strictly below taxable income; if taxable income is 0, the first bracket's rate. 4. `tax_table`: for each `[filing, income]` in input order output `{"filing", "income", "tax", "effective_rate", "marginal_rate"}`; effective_rate = tax / income (0 when income is 0), 6 decimals. 5. Scenarios (each has `name`, `filing`, `wages`, `contribution`, `years`, `growth`, `retire_filing`, `retire_other_income`): - `tax_now_traditional` = tax on (wages - contribution); `tax_now_roth` = tax on wages; `tax_saved_now` = their difference; `marginal_rate_now` = marginal rate (rule 3) at the taxable income of (wages - contribution). - `traditional_balance` F = contribution * (1 + growth) ** years. `withdrawal_tax` = tax(retire_other_income + F) - tax(retire_other_income), both with `retire_filing`, taken as one withdrawal in a single year. `traditional_after_tax` = F - withdrawal_tax. - Same out-of-pocket cost: the after-tax account receives (contribution - tax_saved_now), so `roth_after_tax` = (contribution - tax_saved_now) * (1 + growth) ** years. - `winner` = "traditional" or "roth", whichever after-tax value is larger, or "tie" if they differ by less than 0.005. 6. Round money to 2 decimals and rates to 6 only when writing (bracket rates are written as given). ## Output `answer.json`: `{"tax_table": [...], "scenarios": [{"name", "tax_now_traditional", "tax_now_roth", "tax_saved_now", "marginal_rate_now", "traditional_balance", "withdrawal_tax", "traditional_after_tax", "roth_after_tax", "winner"}, ...]}` in input order. ## Scoring Hidden checks (partial credit = fraction passed; all must pass), money within 0.011, rates within 0.000001, winners exact: `tax_table_amounts`, `effective_and_marginal`, `scenario_tax_now`, `scenario_future_values`, `scenario_winners` on the given input; `fresh_run_1`, `fresh_run_2`: the whole answer on fresh inputs (tolerance 0.011). Each run has a 60-second limit.
Incomes placed exactly on bracket boundaries test the strict marginal-rate rule; the equal out-of-pocket comparison and the lump-withdrawal tax at retirement decide winners. Result: recorded as a fail. The run stopped at the 25-turn limit before finishing; its leftover output scored 7/7 on the hidden scorer. Original benchmark task written for usecaserank.com (not based on a specific public post). Headless, offline run on a reproducible fixture. Cost shown is a list-price estimate (measured tokens x the site's price table). Run ended early: max turns reached. Recorded as a fail: the run stopped at the 25-turn limit before finishing; its leftover output scored 7/7 on the hidden scorer. A run that hits its turn limit counts as a fail.
These are synthetic test cases for comparing AI models, not financial advice.
Success criteria: 1. tax_table_amounts 2. effective_and_marginal 3. scenario_tax_now 4. scenario_future_values 5. scenario_winners 6. fresh_run_1 7. fresh_run_2
Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch 9 case j05-tax-brackets-roth-vs-traditional (offline fixture). Prepared with the case's setup script; hidden key/tests kept outside the agent's work dir. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim. Scored automatically with the scout's scorer. Tools: list_files/read_file/write_file/run_shell (venice-mini-agent v1.3), web disabled. Single run, no retries. Harness: venice-mini-agent v1.3.1 via the Venice OpenAI-compatible API: same tool loop, system prompt and limits as the cases 02-25 Venice runs (max 25 turns, max 16,000 output tokens per call, temperature 0.2, Venice system prompt and web search off, per-run cost cap $0.05, thinking on (model default)). Same task text, work-dir layout and scorer as the Claude runs of this case. Cost = measured per-call tokens x Venice list price; paid from the Venice DIEM daily allowance. Run ended early: max turns reached. Recorded as a fail: the run stopped at the 25-turn limit before finishing; its leftover output scored 7/7 on the hidden scorer. Tokens and cost are as measured up to the stop. Harness: venice-mini-agent v1.3.1 via Venice OpenAI-compatible API (16000 max tokens/call, $0.05 run cap). Score: 7/7. Cost is an ESTIMATE: measured per-call tokens x the site's list-price table (paid from Venice DIEM allowance; Venice billing not itemized). input tokens include cached reads. Single run.
Estimated cost List-price estimate; not actually billed.
Metrics
- Estimated cost
- $0.05
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- 20m
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- 0
- Turns
- 25
| Model | Input tok | Output tok | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDeepSeek V3.2 (Venice)venice/deepseek-v3.2thinking on | 203,765 | 19,585 | $0.05 |
Reproduce this run
- Use the use case prompt on the use case page.
- Same setup: DeepSeek V3.2 (Venice) (venice/deepseek-v3.2, thinking on) via
venice-mini-agent v1.3.1, cloud. - It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: 1. tax_table_amounts 2. effective_and_marginal 3. scenario_tax_now 4. scenario_future_values 5. scenario_winners 6. fresh_run_1 7. fresh_run_2
- Log model, tokens, wall time, human step-ins and the evidence log, then submit it as a reproduction. A different model? Submit a head-to-head rerun.
How runs are scored: Methodology.
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Automated checks
Trust 80% comes from these checks (how Trust % works).
- Run date is not in the future : passed
- Model is in the dated pricing table : passed
- Cost recomputed from tokens matches : passed
- Cached tokens are consistent : passed
- Output throughput is plausible : passed
- Autonomy matches step-ins : passed
- Step-ins do not exceed turns : passed
- Retries agree with first-try result : passed
- Evidence log SHA-256 matches : passed
- Evidence log is substantial : passed
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So we should compute with full precision and round only final outputs.\n\nNow let's compute tax for first tax_table entry: filing joint, income 0. Standard deduction joint 31200. Taxable = max(0, 0-31200) = 0. Tax = 0. Effective rate = 0. Marginal rate = first bracket rate 0.08. That's correct.\n\nSecond: joint, income 15600. Taxable = max(0, 15600-31200) = 0. Tax = 0. Effective = 0. Marginal = 0.08. Good.\n\nThird: single, income 28080. Standard deduction single 15600. Taxable = 28080-15600 = 12480. Brackets single: [0,0.08], [12480,0.14], [49920,0.21]... Wait taxable exactly equals lower bound of second bracket. According to rule, tax applies to part above lower bound up to next bound. Since taxable equals lower bound, there is no amount above 12480, so tax only from first bracket: amount from 0 to 12480 at 0.08 = 12480*0.08 = 998.4. That's what we have. 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Good.\n\nTraditional balance: contribution 23000 * (1+0.0401)^16 = 23000 * (1.0401)^16. Let's compute approximate: 1.0401^16 = exp(16*ln(1.0401)). ln(1.0401)\u22480.0393, times 16 = 0.6288, exp = 1.875. Multiply by 23000 = 43125. Wait we got 43144.89. Let's compute more precisely: 1.0401^2=1.0816, ^4=1.1699, ^8=1.3687, ^16=1.8729. 23000*1.8729=43076.7. Hmm maybe we need more precision. Let's compute using Python quickly. But our code uses Python's pow, which should be accurate. We'll trust.\n\nWithdrawal tax: retire_filing joint, retire_other_income 57000, plus traditional_balance 43144.89 = total 100144.89. Tax on that minus tax on 57000.\n\nCompute tax on 57000 joint: standard deduction 31200, taxable = 25800. Brackets joint: 0-24960 at 0.08 = 1996.8, remainder 25800-24960=840 at 0.14 = 117.6, total = 2114.4.\n\nTax on 100144.89: taxable = 100144.89-31200=68944.89. Brackets: 0-24960 at 0.08=1996.8, 24960-68944.89 at 0.14 = (68944.89-24960)*0.14 = 43984.89*0.14=6157.8846. 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Taxable traditional = max(0, (349000-23000) - 15600) = 326000 - 15600? Wait compute: wages - contribution = 326000. Taxable = 326000 - 15600 = 310400. Let's compute tax manually using brackets single.\n\nBrackets single: [0,0.08], [12480,0.14], [49920,0.21], [109200,0.27], [208000,0.33], [499200,0.39].\n\nTaxable 310400.\n\nCompute tax:\nBracket1: amount = min(310400,12480)-0 = 12480*0.08 = 998.4\nBracket2: taxable >12480 yes, amount = min(310400,49920)-12480 = (49920-12480)=37440*0.14 = 5241.6\nBracket3: taxable >49920 yes, amount = min(310400,109200)-49920 = (109200-49920)=59280*0.21 = 12448.8\nBracket4: taxable >109200 yes, amount = min(310400,208000)-109200 = (208000-109200)=98800*0.27 = 26676.0\nBracket5: taxable >208000 yes, amount = min(310400,499200)-208000 = (310400-208000)=102400*0.33 = 33792.0\nBracket6: taxable >499200? no.\n\nSum: 998.4+5241.6+12448.8+26676+33792 = 79156.8. 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