Aside from having it drilled into my head by my accountant (I actually pay my taxes), I have sustained two large audits by the IRS (I did well in both of them) where the rules were very clearly explained.
And to top it all off, Modern Portfolio Theory, which is drilled into the head of every finance major and, more to the point, every Certified Financial Analyst exam taker, tells them that finance has no discernible causal relationship with economics.