I do a mix of corporate governance and securities law. Is it wrong to pass on tax questions? I truly don’t understand tax law and feel incompetent to answer tax questions with any accuracy.

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Not at all. I’m in the same practice area and Partners at my prior firm and new firm did this routinely. Helps to have a good attorney to refer to whether in or outside of your firm.

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I practice tax law and I still pass things off to the accountants at times or say I need to look into something and get back to them.

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Tax is an area where the cost of being wrong can be extremely high.

You're correct in not guessing.

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Then of course. Nobody is going to tell you to just guess.

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