Crypto tax returns that reconcile to what the IRS receives, prepared by attorneys and CPAs.

Form 1099-DA now sends your sale proceeds to the IRS, often without cost basis, and the IRS matches every form against your return. A return that does not reconcile produces a notice. Our accountants reconstruct every wallet and exchange, our attorneys review the positions, and the same team answers the IRS if it writes. The firm has prepared more than 1,500 crypto tax reports since 2014.

  • More than 1,500 crypto tax reports prepared
  • Led by a tax attorney and CPA
  • Focused on crypto tax since 2014
Crypto tax returns and accounting | Gordon Law and Gordon Tax

More accurate than software, because someone checks the software.

Crypto tax software is a starting point. It labels transfers between your own wallets as sales, assigns zero basis to anything it cannot trace, mishandles liquidity pools and staking, and double-counts across integrations. We work with whichever tool you use, then reconcile its output against the chain and the broker forms: internal transfers identified, missing basis resolved, income classified, and totals tied to what the IRS received. The result is a return that holds up, and the records to prove it.

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Activity we work with
  • Trading and swaps
  • Staking and liquid staking
  • Mining and validators
  • NFTs
  • DeFi and liquidity pools
  • Airdrops and forks
  • Business payments in crypto
  • DAO participation
  • Margin, perpetuals, and bot trading

What is included

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Trading, staking, mining, NFTs, DeFi, airdrops, and offshore exchange activity, reported on Forms 8949, Schedule D, and Schedule 1 with wallet-level records. Prepared by Gordon Tax and reviewed by Gordon Law attorneys.

Past years corrected with amended returns for non-willful omissions. Where the omission may have been willful, the attorneys advise on the Voluntary Disclosure Practice first, under privilege, before anything is filed. Crypto tax

Accounts on Binance, Bybit, KuCoin, and other foreign platforms may create FBAR and Form 8938 obligations when they hold fiat alongside crypto, and offshore perpetuals generate no tax forms at all. Foreign reporting is prepared with the return. FBAR for crypto on foreign exchanges

Wrapping, bridging, liquid staking, and liquidity pool deposits have no direct IRS guidance. We explain the conservative and the more assertive position, document the one you choose, and provide a written opinion when the amounts justify it. Tax opinion letters

Accounting for crypto businesses and funds

  • Individual and business crypto tax returns
  • Bookkeeping in crypto and dollars
  • Financial statements and P&L
  • Fund and treasury accounting
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Andrew Gordon, Esq., CPA

Managing Partner, tax attorney and CPA

“I am so grateful I can go to them with all of my high volume crypto transactions. They're top notch, A-class, and one of, if not the, best in the business when it comes to crypto.”
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Crypto tax returns and accounting | Skokie, Illinois and nationwide

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The people who prepare and defend the return

Returns are prepared by our accounting team and reviewed by attorneys who defend returns for a living.
Meet our team

Andrew Gordon

MANAGING PARTNER

Jennifer Keegan

MANAGING ATTORNEY | TAX CONTROVERSY

How the engagement works

1. Records. You give us access to your exchanges and wallet addresses, or exports from your software. Nothing needs to be organized first.

2. Reconciliation. Our accountants rebuild the history wallet by wallet, with basis tracked the way the IRS requires since 2025, and flag the positions that need a decision.

3. Review and filing. An attorney reviews the positions, the return is prepared and filed, and you receive the reconciliation report to keep. If the IRS writes about the year, the attorney answers.

Prior unreported years are handled the same way, as amended returns or through a disclosure program where the facts call for one.

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Why unreported crypto costs more than reported crypto

Exchanges report your sales to the IRS on Form 1099-DA, but many report proceeds without the basis you paid. If you do not file, or file without reconciling, the IRS computes tax on the full proceeds and sends a notice for it. A reconciled return replaces that number with your real gain, which is often a fraction of it, and sometimes a loss. Reporting is how you keep your basis.

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