I bet it is. The question I have for you is; how do you file your taxes ? I'm looking to buy a $5K worth of Ripple and possibly 2 other altcoins via Kraken or Bitstamp, and want to know the best way to "optimize" my taxes, when the need arises to sell? I have a friend who sold ETH + LTC for 10k and gifted it to his father to avoid paying taxes on it.