Is it possible to add tags for answers?

@jmoon: have a look at the wp-content/plugins/tags-for-anspress/tags-for-anspress.php file.

In there you’ll finde the following hooks:

add_action('ap_ask_form_fields', array($this, 'ask_from_tag_field'), 10, 2);
add_action('ap_ask_fields_validation', array($this, 'ap_ask_fields_validation'));
add_action( 'ap_processed_new_question', array($this, 'after_new_question'), 0, 2 );
add_action( 'ap_processed_update_question', array($this, 'after_new_question'), 0, 2 );

Simply copy & paste those and the corresponding functions. To make a clear separation between questions & answers, make sure you also copy & rename the function names. I’ve done it like the following:

add_action('ap_answer_form_fields', array($this, 'answer_form_tag_field'), 10, 2);
add_action('ap_answer_fields_validation', array($this, 'ap_answer_fields_validation'));
add_action( 'ap_processed_new_answer', array($this, 'after_new_answer'), 0, 2 );
add_action( 'ap_processed_update_answer', array($this, 'after_new_answer'), 0, 2 );

Also, If you would like to make selecting tags optional you have to remove the ap_ask_fields_validation or the ap_answer_fields_validation hooks.

+1 to see this feature configurable in the official plugin 🙂

Yes, it can be easily implimented. You can have a look at tags plugin and copy form fields of question and add them answer form hook.