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I guess you could try to argue it is a 1031 exchange (but that's now real estate only, basically). I suspect it's much more that less-than-fully-compliant exchanges will only show "inputs and outputs" and not any trades in-between.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...




The IRS has offered clear guidance that these sorts of exchanges are taxable events. You could argue all you want, but ultimately it is taxable.




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