[Nolug] Why you shouldn't be afraid of asking geeks about taxes and the law

Scott Cotton writes:
> To be honest any questions in reference to 1099 forms and other
> financial questions should be directed to a attorney or a accountant.

Plenty of people on the list have experience with 1099 questions. You
shouldn't rely on us to make sure you've filled out a form correctly,
but people shouldn't assume that you need a specialized degree in order
to answer a question.

If you have tax questions, the IRS ha empowered you to find out the
answers by putting all of the information on IRS.gov. But don't take my
word for it. My wife works with the IRS's VITA
(http://www.irs.gov/app/vita/) and that is what *she* says.

Telling people "those questions should go to X type of person" is simply
antithetical to the curiousness and agility not to mention ability of
the geek nature. If you have a question, we'd like to answer it if we
can. Please do not relegate an entire class of questions away from the
list.

Mark.

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