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Jack Karagulleyan

Tax Principal; National Leader - Blockchain & Digital Assets; Southern California Tax Market Leader

CPA

Executive Summary

Jack is a Tax Market Leader and trusted advisor with extensive experience helping companies navigate complex tax, accounting, and business challenges across traditional and emerging industries. He advises public and private companies, founders, investors, and executive leadership teams on corporate, partnership, and individual tax matters, with a particular focus on digital assets, blockchain, financial services, and high-growth technology companies.

Jack is known for delivering practical, business-oriented solutions that extend beyond tax compliance and technical analysis. He works closely with clients to develop strategies that align tax planning with broader business objectives, including growth initiatives, capital transactions, global expansion, operational efficiency, risk management, and shareholder value creation. By bringing together insights across tax, accounting, regulatory, finance, and transaction disciplines, he helps organizations make informed decisions while navigating an increasingly complex business environment.

Jack leads BDO’s National Blockchain and Digital Assets group. As a recognized leader in the digital asset industry, Jack has advised crypto-native startups from formation through international expansion and has helped Fortune 500 organizations develop and launch blockchain and digital asset initiatives. His experience spans tokenized business models, digital asset taxation, entity structuring, cross-border operations, mergers and acquisitions, and emerging tax considerations.

Jack also assists clients in improving cash flow through strategic tax planning, identifying federal and state incentives and credits, generating tax refund opportunities, and proactively managing tax risks. His collaborative and multidisciplinary approach enables him to serve as a long-term advisor to management teams, helping organizations address both immediate challenges and long-term strategic objectives.

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • AICPA Digital Asset Tax Task Force Member

  • MBT, USC
  • B.S., Accounting and Business, CSUN