“If you think you are going to get away with not paying taxes…they will find you. And they will screw you.”
It’s called tyranny.
No argument there. But I just got finished with a four year audit. It included some gold and silver sales. They accepted my records, but I learned how bad it can be when you don’t have a record of a purchased asset.
I did not get “charged.” But others in my “cohort” tried to be snarky. They got fines.
Follow their rules when they knock at your door.