Trafalgar:You also seem to have missed my point! In my almost 25 years in HK, the vast majority of my colleagues managed their tax planning successfully however, there was always a small minority who chose the strategy of not planning adequately and then relying on the usual 13th. month to settle their tax bill. To put it mildly, that is unwise as you now know. Monthly planning means that the tax fund is ready whether or not the 13th. month is paid.
You are wrong to asume my sympathies do not lie with the crew involved but that has litytle to do with tax planning.
PS if you would like to pm mr with your bank account details I will see if I can arrange a loan, at suitable interest rate, to help you out from my Cayman Islands account.
PPS the vitriol coming out of your postings suggest to me that perhaps you would be happier away from CX?