Welcome to the world of crypto, where you have to pay more to transfer your funds than what you actually received. Looks like ETH fees are taking more money from you than the IRS. Have you considered putting your crypto in a piggy bank instead?
I remember an ugly experience back then with Ethereum where I have to pay fees that is higher than the amount I want to send At that point, I thought what the difference is between Ethereum and traditional banks since we pay high fees and have to wait for long for the transactions to get confirmed some time it takes days if the networks are congested. This have been the measure of scalability issues with Ethereum network and even with the multiple networks migration and upgrades same issues hace remain unsolved.
This have made many to consider some other coins that have less fees and faster networks, currently there are several coins that have taken over in the scalability of networks with low fees and faster transaction time..