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This isn't a thread to debate whether or not you should pay taxes on crypto. If you think you can get away without, be my guest. I'm a bit of a pussy so I'm just playing it safe and reporting my trades.

Here's the issue: I'm going back and making amendments to my 2017, 2018, and 2019 tax returns. I'm intending to report all the crypto to crypto and crypto to fiat trades I've done since then. The issue is that I've been through a number of exchanges that have since gone defunct. QuadrigaCX, Coinsmarkets, Cryptopia, EtherDelta, maybe others, I don't know. Between non-recoverable trade history and the insane volume of trades I made during ICO mania, there is no feasible way I can honestly report the trades I made. What does one honestly do in this situation. I was going to improvise some numbers in order to get my current balances on my return to match (as close as I can) my actual balances.

I'm a leaf if that matters.