<p>No.
From ANCUR UFAQ [Michael Boggs]:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Can the additional tag from Acme Consulting be removed?</p>
  
  <p>No. The Runner is considered to have an additional tag during
  encounters with outermost ice, even when they have none, but it does
  not exist for the purposes of being manipulated (such as removing it).</p>
</blockquote>

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Deo
<p>Can I activate <a href="https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/09024" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Keegan Lane</a> (trash+"virtual" tag removal) during the runner's encounter with the outermost piece of ice if the id is <a href="https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/22042" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Acme Consulting</a>? The runner has no tags before the run and the ice does not give them.</p>

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Can I activate Keegan Lane via Acme Consulting ability?
Denis Gladkiy
# Can I activate Keegan Lane via Acme Consulting ability?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-22)

Can I activate [Keegan Lane](https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/09024) (trash+"virtual" tag removal) during the runner's encounter with the outermost piece of ice if the id is [Acme Consulting](https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/22042)? The runner has no tags before the run and the ice does not give them.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-02-23. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

No.
From ANCUR UFAQ [Michael Boggs]:

> Can the additional tag from Acme Consulting be removed?
>
> No. The Runner is considered to have an additional tag during
> encounters with outermost ice, even when they have none, but it does
> not exist for the purposes of being manipulated (such as removing it).


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