Everyone I know makes fun of me for claiming my gains. I'm just trying to stay out of trouble. At the end of 2017 it was obvious that not claiming would be a seriously criminal offense if I got caught. Good news is I had a lot of losses to offset my gains in 2018! Same here though, accountants either come right out and say "I don't know how to deal with that", "I'm not messing with that", or wanted a ridiculous amount of money!