Crypto Tax | Tax Controversy
Andrew Gordon
Managing Partner, Tax Attorney and CPA
- (847) 580-1279
- [email protected]
- Skokie, Illinois
About Andrew
Andrew Gordon is a tax attorney and Certified Public Accountant and the Managing Partner of Gordon Law Group. He founded the firm in 2012 after clerking at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel during law school and working in tax at a Big Four accounting firm, with a simple idea: the strategies large firms use to resolve tax problems should be available to people who cannot afford large firms.
In 2014 an Ethereum developer asked Andrew for help with cryptocurrency taxes at a time when almost no tax professional would touch the subject. That matter became the start of a crypto tax practice that now makes up the majority of the firm’s work, and Andrew has represented crypto investors and businesses before the IRS through every market cycle since. He has testified before the IRS and Treasury on the digital asset broker reporting rules that became Form 1099-DA, and his commentary on crypto tax has appeared on CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, NerdWallet, USA Today, and The Washington Post.
Andrew’s practice covers tax controversy, cryptocurrency tax law, offshore disclosure, and opinion letters. Holding both a law license and a CPA shapes how he works a matter: the legal strategy and the numbers come from the same desk.
He teaches as an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law in the Emerging Technologies program, serves as a director of Digital Asset Tax Action, and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. He writes about crypto tax policy and his work in Washington on his Substack.
At a glance
Education
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
Master in Accounting Science, University of Illinois
B.S. in Accounting, University of Illinois
Admissions and licenses
Illinois attorney
Certified Public Accountant
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Tax Court
Organizations
Director, Digital Asset Tax Action
Adjunct Professor, Emerging Technologies, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Board Member, West Loop Community Organization
Member, Chicago Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association
Practice areas
Where Andrew can help
Crypto Audit Defense
IRS Crypto Letters
IRS Audit Defense
IRS Voluntary Disclosure
Crypto Transaction Opinions
Tax Opinion Letters
Video
Andrew on video
Writing and media
In the media
A selection since 2023, most recent first. For press inquiries, contact [email protected].
Bloomberg Tax | December 2025
First batch of tax forms for crypto transactions sow confusion
Quoted on what Form 1099-DA will and will not tell the IRS in its first year.
IRS and Treasury | Public hearing
Testimony on digital asset broker reporting
Andrew testified on the Form 1099-DA rules. Transcript published by Tax Notes.
99Bitcoins | November 2025
Crypto tax, regulation, and policy
Interview recorded at Bitcoin 2025 on audits, offshore wallets, and where policy is heading.
Fortune | June 2025
IRS crypto letters are back
Quoted on the rise in IRS notices to crypto investors and what triggers them.
CryptoCurrencyWire | May 2025
Crypto tax compliance and IRS enforcement
Audio interview on recordkeeping, amended returns, and the Voluntary Disclosure Program.
CNBC | February 2025
The crypto tax loss harvesting rules
Quoted on why crypto investors can still harvest losses that stock investors cannot.
Yahoo Finance | Wealth
Guest segments on crypto tax
Year-end strategy, broker reporting, and what changes for investors.
Law of Code podcast | March 2023
The most common crypto tax questions
A 55-minute episode on buys, swaps, staking, airdrops, and stolen crypto.
Substack
Andrew Gordon's Substack
Ongoing commentary on crypto tax policy and his meetings with lawmakers and Treasury.
Speaking
Talks and panels
Las Vegas | April 2026
Bitcoin 2026
Listed speaker at the largest annual Bitcoin conference.
Chicago | July 2025 and 2026
Web3 Investor Day
Speaker in 2025 and participant in 2026 at Decasonic’s invitation-only summit during TechChicago Week.
Las Vegas | May 2025
Bitcoin 2025
Panelist, “Maximize Your Bitcoin Gains With Tax-Advantaged Strategies.”
University of Illinois Gies College of Business | October 2025
Conversation with Leaders
Guest speaker in the college’s leadership series.
Strafford | 2023
Webinar presenter
New IRS guidance for the taxation of NFTs: rules, transactions, and issues for attorneys and taxpayers.
NFT NYC | 2023
Panelist
Big NFT tax changes and how to save money.
Client reviews
Reviews describe the firm as a whole, not an individual attorney. Every matter is different, and past results do not predict the outcome of a future matter.
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