He sits across the desk from clients forty hours a week,
He knows their structures better than their spouses and their kids,
He knows the offshore accounts, the entities, the peak,
Of what the asset protection strategy forbids.
He has his own structures, modest by comparison,
He learned from his most sophisticated clients over years,
He built his own offshore setup with a garrison,
Of entities that keep his modest wealth in gears.
He tells me nothing I did not ask him specifically,
He answers the question I ask without the broader view,
He is not obligated to advise me biblically,
On every structure I might use or legal avenue.
I ask him once about offshore accounts for my situation,
He said at my level the cost exceeds the benefit,
He said at a certain level the optimization,
Of the structure makes economic sense, not yet.
The accountant knows, the accountant always knows,
The accountant knows which way the hidden river flows,
The accountant keeps the confidentiality of the client,
The accountant knows the system and remains compliant.