Brenda L. Zent is a Special Advisor with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of International Tax Counsel. Ms. Zent serves on a small team charged with developing and reviewing policy, legislation, regulations, and similar guidance dealing with international tax matters. The team also negotiates and reviews OECD guidance and income tax and estate and gift tax treaties with foreign countries, coordinates tax treaty matters with the State Department and the Congress, and handles various inquiries on a variety of international tax matters. Before joining the Office of International Tax Counsel, Ms. Zent was a managing director in KPMG LLP’s Washington National Tax Corporate practice, where she specialized in cross-border taxation issues, and also consulted generally on Subchapter C issues. Ms. Zent has also worked in the U.S. Corporate Tax practice of KPMG’s Toronto, Canada office and in KPMG’s Minneapolis, Minnesota office, providing a full range of federal, international, and state tax consulting.

Ms. Zent has a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of North Dakota, and a Master of Business Taxation, from the University of Minnesota. Ms. Zent is a Certified Public Accountant.