An accountant isn't going to give you the same caliber of advice a tax lawyer can. As for the cost, what part of "The amount they will save you in taxes is much higher than the amount you're going to pay them" do you not understand?
Maybe this is the disconnect: you use a tax lawyer to set up your legal entities to minimize the tax you need to pay. An accountant files your taxes every year. I'm not advocating you pay a tax lawyer to do your taxes every year. That would indeed be overkill and expensive.
Maybe this is the disconnect: you use a tax lawyer to set up your legal entities to minimize the tax you need to pay. An accountant files your taxes every year. I'm not advocating you pay a tax lawyer to do your taxes every year. That would indeed be overkill and expensive.