Discussion from 2021:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26674279">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26674279</a>
> If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it ...<p>"Fair market value" as stolen goods, or if it could be sold with a clean title?<p>What if that value changes between when it's stolen and the end of my tax year, or when I sell it? Should I treat the latter as a short-term capital gain or loss?<p>BTW, can I ask my fence to do tax withholding for me, when I sell my loot?<p>Um...just asking for a friend.<p></joke>