I scrim then fill out the tapers because I had clear channels where they were if i didn't do this. although I aint a plasterer, I just learnt to skim for my own benefit.
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As steve says, I never have had a problem skimming t/e board. if anything it helps if the stud or stcking is a bit off, because the scrim at the joint is a buried.
Blimey that's a lot of replies
As I said I skim the tape over first as I go with the 1st coat. Where I am, it’s availability of taper edge that seems to be in decline. All the work I do usually involves me doing the studwork & I always do my own boarding out. I never get any tape grinning through, it’s either going to be due to the boards not being level or being too tight with the skim
! Obviously lots of individual views here, pay yer money & take yer choice; personally I never use taper edge, can’t see the point of making any more work than you have to. 
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