@BLAT27 wrote:
Or is there a way to properly report the funds as an individual filing taxes, and be able to claim/deduct/report that I made no profit on these sales and not pay income taxes on those funds...
Yes, you simply report the transactions as sales of capital assets, which is precisely what has actually occurred.
See https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc409
As @NCperson stated, these are personal items and, as a result, losses are not deductible but then, apparently, you have no (capital) gains either so you will essentially have no income tax liability from the sales that you made.
