Quote Originally Posted by PontBlue View Post
Would he keep a paper trail and if there was wouldn't shady companies from Panama and its ilk be involved which means almost no chance of of records being handed over.
If he was operating as self employed and domiciled in the UK then he is obliged to keep all records relating to UK commercial and taxation laws. These have to be kept for 5 years after the relevant tax assessment deadline. The relevant tax year would have been 2019/20 with a submission deadline of Jan 2021, so he cannot legally destroy any such records until Feb 2026.