https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/form-8300-and-reporting-cash-payments-of-over-10000If you're concerned about filling out the IRS form, then break up the deposit.
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/form-8300-and-reporting-cash-payments-of-over-10000Edited to remove bad advice. Thanks for the better info, ketchup!
If you really value your privacy you can go to a grocery store and buy $100-$500 Visa giftcards with cash like drug dealers do. You pay a bit of an "anonymity fee" of 2-3% for the privilege, but nothing is free. If it helps, the government and your bank already know way more about you than whatever was on that form.
Yep, I did (didn't like the cash hanging around)-but ugh, I felt like it was a total invasion of privacy 🙁 - thanks for the reply!