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
When I was audited by the ATOI was given the wrong advice by my legal and accounting advisers. I was therefore left with a very unfavourable outcome and I had to object
I engaged the team at Waterhouse Lawyers for my audit objection and they were able to successfully reverse some very poor ATO decisions. I wish I had contacted Tania and team as soon as I received the original audit notice rather than trying to deal with the matter myself.
Unfortunately due to the original advice I had, the matter then progressed to something of a very serious nature. I contacted Tania and she very quickly returned my call and was able to give me advice at a time that was terrifying for me personally.
Tax Audit – Objection – grateful thanks
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
Thanks for ATO tax advice
Dear Tania, thanks for your help. You have been instrumental in keeping my spirits high these past few weeks as the ATO enquiry was one of many issues I had to deal with at present.
When it comes to tax correspondence and official dealings with the ATO the usual anecdote is always to seek expert advice, but advice given is only one part of the story. The personable approach, understanding of your clients’ pain points and delivering on that developed empathy is many times more valuable in effect than perhaps the advice itself.
You aced that approach when dealing with my situation, understood my story and went far beyond the mile or service benchmark that I would normally expect any professional consultant would go to.
So, in that regards, I unreservedly am happy to recommend you to any contact I know who wants to get the right advice and in a way that he or she are also satisfied with the interaction.
Bob W—February 2019
In disbelief at the positive ATO experience
I slept well last night for the first time in a long time, after which this morning, feeling rested was almost like a strange experience!
Many many thanks for co-ordinating such a positive and eventful meeting with the ATO. I was still in disbelief after we left, not only at the extraordinariness of the synchronicities that became apparent, but also at how everybody worked collaboratively towards a favourable resolution.
You were right in advising me the way you did beforehand, and I am tremendously grateful for that.
I’m looking forward to resolving all this soon and getting back on track with timely lodgement of my returns as and when they are due from now on.
Thank you again Tania, for your continued good work.
Michael K
Michael K—April 2015
Lamees, You honestly have no idea what this has done for us today, I have been off unwell today but I have just seen this and it has made my entire YEAR…….this WILL get us through and we ARE now going to be able to well and truly do this……I can NOT thank you enough Lamees.
I have just seen this and it has made my entire YEAR


