Air Hong Kong tax debacle
AHK crew based in SIN and PEN being told the HKIRD maybe seeking upto 6 years in tax arrears with some facing bills of over US$100k. Well thought out basing strategies by masterminds who haven't got a clue about tax, immigration, legal or social responsibilities.
Latest email from the company to staff indicates that they were employed by a branch of AHK (Hong Kong), not the so called registered companies in Singapore and Malaysia. How so?? In so doing AHK are implying that those employees always had a HKG tax liability (but didn't know it), but at the same time when recruiting also said you fall outside of any tax liability because they were so smart to set up such companies so they could bond the ass off some the new joiners.
So now these pilots have a liability that was sold to them as a benefit, in order that AHK didn't have PAY for higher salaries in a taxed environment to make the job attractive - sponging off the rest of society in order to eek out miserable profits without any social or moral conscience to any community. Well it's not very attractive now, and shame on you AHK management for schirking your responsibilities in this regard.
It's reeks of CX basings amateurism again. Oh that's right, ex CX managers working their magic again over at AHK.
So if you want the pilots to accept the fact that they were always under HKIRD then it would be appropiate they have the work permits too, oh and that would invalidate your ****ty bonding scheme, or you can try and keep up the deception of being employed by Sinapore or Malsysian companies so you can go chasing after those naughty bond breakers. BTW guys when you collect the bond money, did you declare that as earnings. Something else the HKIRD needs to follow up; you might be paying for more than you realize.
Good luck chaps.
Last edited by Bob Hawke; 25th Jun 2012 at 17:17.