# Tds Deduction Query

- Task ID: tds-deduction-query
- Domain: Finance
- Split: public
- Difficulty: Medium-Hard
- Reviewer: Sanjay Prasad
- Redaction level: public-redacted-sample

## Source Packet

Answer a vendor's TDS deduction query using policy, invoice, and payment ledger evidence.

- **TDS policy:** Redacted sample excerpt for TDS policy; enough context for methodology review without exposing client data.
- **payment ledger:** Redacted sample excerpt for payment ledger; enough context for methodology review without exposing client data.
- **invoice total:** Redacted sample excerpt for invoice total; enough context for methodology review without exposing client data.

## Gold Answer

Explain deduction basis and identify whether finance escalation is needed. The answer must cite TDS policy, payment ledger, invoice total and avoid adding facts outside the source packet.

## Reviewer Notes

- Primary reviewer: Sanjay Prasad.
- Accept only if the response explicitly uses TDS policy and at least one other evidence item.
- Public packet: safe to expose as a methodology sample after redaction.
- Reject responses that overpromise, invent policy, skip escalation boundaries, or omit evidence.

## Scoring Checklist

- **Outcome correctness (35%):** Meets the outcome correctness standard for Finance workflows.
- **Evidence citation (25%):** Cites the relevant source packet artifacts by label: TDS policy, payment ledger, invoice total.
- **Escalation judgment (20%):** Escalates only when the packet evidence leaves a policy, finance, legal, or operations decision unresolved.
- **Localization and tone (10%):** Meets the localization and tone standard for Finance workflows.
- **Cost-aware brevity (10%):** Meets the cost-aware brevity standard for Finance workflows.