diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_taxes.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_taxes.bash
index db01876..f399e41 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_taxes.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_taxes.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2026 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ function lib_taxes::__taxes_write()
   if [ -z "$global_arg_year" ]; then
     lib_utils::print_info "Capturing the year of the oldest tagged record ...\n"
 
-    local -r _oldest_year="$("${_base_hledger[@]}" | head -n2 | xan select \"date\" | tail -n1 | cut -d'-' -f1)"
+    local -r _oldest_year="$("${_base_hledger[@]}" | head -n2 | xan select \"date\" | gawk 'END {gsub(/"/, ""); printf $1}' FS=- OFS=-)"
     [ -z "$_oldest_year" ] && lib_utils::die_fatal "No records available to write"
 
   elif [[ "$global_arg_year" -gt "$_current_year" ]]; then