Because I sell lots of gear and I show a beginning and ending inventory on taxes I can show higher inventory via large gear purchases in December of any given year.
So last December I loaded up on gear. And my ending inventory was 23000 higher then my beginning inventory . That defers the gain to 2018. I had multiple options in 2018 with the excess inventory.
Return it.
Sell it.
Mine with it then sell it.
Mine with it don’t sell it keep mining.
If 2018 was better then 2017 I would have loaded up on gear in dec 2018 and moved some of the gain forward again.
So if there was four big years my inventory would have grown a lot.
If year after year was up I would have had huge amounts of gear.
Alas 2018 did not do well.
You were selling off a lot of cards at the beginning of the year, if I recall. Wise move.