Yvonne R. Cort

Yvonne R. Cort
Counsel

Ms. Cort is Counsel at Karen J. Tenenbaum, P.C. concentrating in the resolution of federal and New York State tax controversies. She has extensive experience handling issues involving income tax, sales tax audits, residency audits, responsible person assessments, installment agreements and offers in compromise.

Ms. Cort has been quoted in Newsday and interviewed for News 12 Long Island with respect to negotiating with the IRS. She has an AV® Preeminent™ rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Admissions: 

• Admitted to practice in New York and Pennsylvania.

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western and Southern Districts of New York; Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Education: 

• University of Pennsylvania, J.D.

• University of Rochester, B.A., magna cum laude

Chair: 

• Past Chair, Tax Law Committee, Nassau County Bar Association (2010-2012)

• Past Co-Vice Chair, Tax Law Committee, Nassau County Bar Association (2008-2010)

• Past Chair, IRS Long Island Practitioner Liaison Group (2005-2007)

Memberships: 

• Long Island Tax Professionals Symposium Committee

• Nassau County Bar Association (Tax Law Committee)

• Suffolk County Bar Association (Taxation Law Committee)

Author: 

• “New York State 2012 Guidelines Clarify Residency Rules”, NYSSCPA, Nassau Chapter Newsletter (October 2012)

“NYS Residency: Non-resident Filers Should Be on Alert”, 61 Nassau Lawyer 7, at 11 (March 2012)

• “Federal Offers in Compromise: Is This a Good Time? Recent Changes May Help”, NYSSCPA, Nassau Chapter Newsletter (September 2011)

Lecturer: 

• Nassau Academy of Law

• The Tax and Accounting Institute (Long Island University at C.W. Post)

• Long Island Tax Professionals Symposium