Expert Tax Lawyers
When you engage a tax lawyer from Waterhouse Tax Lawyers, you’ll benefit from years of experience working within the Australia Tax Office (ATO), and expertise that is second to none. With senior staff from previous high-ranking roles in the ATO, we bring unique insights into how the ATO deals with tax disputes, tax audits, tax debts and tax fraud or evasion matters. Tania Waterhouse was also a solicitor with top tier law firm Mallesons.
We care about our clients and only accept work if we genuinely believe we can help with their tax law matter.
As shown by our testimonials, our clients are always grateful that they have engaged a tax lawyer at Waterhouse Tax Lawyers.

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Our tax lawyers can liaise with the ATO if you are being audited; obtain a payment plan for a tax debt; and represent you in a tax court case.
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About Us
OUR EXPERTISE
Waterhouse Lawyers is a boutique law firm specialising in all tax law matters.

Our tax lawyers are passionate about tax and are at the forefront of the constantly changing tax laws. We have high level legal technical skills necessary to resolve your matter. You can rest assured you are in the best possible hands with a Waterhouse tax lawyer.
We can help you with any problems with the ATO, such as:

Tax Lawyer Tania Waterhouse

Testimonials
SATISFIED CLIENTS
Saving my life and company
Hello Tania,
I hope this note finds you well.
You may or may not recall our case.
I will keep this short, as I can imagine you are very busy, but wanted to update you of the outcome. After you went into bat for me against the ATO in 2018, due to them issuing a garnishee over the company leaving me nowhere to go.
With your persistence we reached an agreement…saving my life and my company!
In our last conversation you asked me to let you know how we ended up and told me “show them that we would make it”!
Today I am emailing you with an enormous smile on my face…our ATO Super Guarantee Account debt was finalised in August, 2020 and today we received the attached statement from the ATO…as of 8th December, 2020 this is also finalised.
It has not been an easy journey, especially with the additional challenges of COVID…but we survived!
Thankyou Tania from the bottom of my heart, as without you I would not be sitting here typing this email.
May I wish you, your family and colleagues a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year.
Warm Regards,
Trisha F
Trisha F – December 2020
Very fortunate to find her
Tania, thank you sincerely for the result you have achieved with the ATO who carried out an audit on my 2002 return (in 2014!). This was an incredibly stressful time with no records, living in another country and an accountant who was very unhelpful.
You have achieved an amazing result, one which I could not have achieved without your professional help. My final ATO account was a mere 1.3% of the original ATO invoice. Now I can resume a normal life.
Sincerely,
Jasmine
Jasmine A—April 2015
Professional team with solid tax law experience
Hi Tania
Many thanks to you and your team for resolving the issue we had with the tax office. It was a long standing issue that had escalated. The matter was resolved quickly and efficiently by Waterhouse Lawyers.
We can’t recommend Waterhouse Tax Lawyers highly enough. They are a professional team with solid experience in tax law. We were in constant communication and supported through the whole process. What was a stressful situation was calmed by good communication with all parties and clear actions.
Thank you again,
Andrew
Andrew H—March 2017
Superannuation Guarantee – thank you
Good morning Tania,
Thank you again for all your help with the AustralianTaxation Office (ATO) Super Guarantee negotations.
I would like to thank you and your associates from the bottom of my heart, for your tireless work and efforts without I have no doubt I would not be sitting here today.
Majorie L—July 2018
Some sanity returns to my life
For many years I have lived overseas and paid tax in my country of family residence and employment. You can imagine my surprise when I received a letter from ATO suggesting I might owe a return for the past 2 years including a list of overseas income. Alarm bells rang as I did indeed owe some returns, but fixing the issue opened a whole Pandora’s Box of issues that I knew could only be solved by a professional expert in Taxation Law.
I trolled the Internet for hours looking for a Tax Lawyer in my home city, most of whom were from very big firms. When I came upon Waterhouse Lawyers I immediately felt that I had found the right people even though we were miles apart. I engaged Tania and her team without a moment’s hesitation and was on board as a client minutes after discussion with one of her team.
Tania and her team have exceeded my expectations in all respects. At last I can sleep at night and find speaking to them a bright spot in my day. They quickly put me at ease by breaking down my issues into separate parts and providing solutions for each. Their honesty and really profession approach to client interactions is enhanced with their ability to make you feel that they are part of your family and really do care about outcomes that are in your best interest rather than feeding the corporate revenue stream.
I unreservedly commend Tania and her team to anyone with a Tax related issue.
Philip K—November 2015


