Last-Minute Tax Tips for U.S. Crypto Investors

A Bitcoin and Dollar note are seen in this illustration picture taken on Sept. 27, 2017. Dado Ruvic/REUTERS

NEW YORK—When accountant Zach Gordon gets calls from clients about how to handle cryptocurrency on their taxes, there is a common theme.

“They have absolutely no idea,” says Gordon, a principal with Grassi Advisors & Accountants in Westchester, New York.