The kicker: The burden of proof falls on you,
not the government. If you don't prove the funds
were clean, Her Majesty may be presumed entitled
to keep the goodies.
That doesn't sound too goo- oh,
The asset must be worth at least £50,000
Given that the average annual income of someone in the UK is 22,000£, and there are currently 4 million children in the UK that
cannot afford to eat (
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/05/four-million...), with a preliminary study from the UN claiming that 8.4 million people in the UK are affected by food shortages, this just falls under 'rich people problems'.
Besides, if you buy something that is over 50,000£, surely you would keep the reciept for insurance reasons, or just plain book-keeping. If you don't, and the taxman shows up and asks where you got it, then that's your fault for not having possession of those records. If you can afford to buy a single thing that is twice the average salary, then you can afford to pay someone to do that book-keeping for you, surely.
Besides, if you buy something that is over 50,000£, surely you would keep the reciept for insurance reasons, or just plain book-keeping. If you don't, and the taxman shows up and asks where you got it, then that's your fault for not having possession of those records. If you can afford to buy a single thing that is twice the average salary, then you can afford to pay someone to do that book-keeping for you, surely.