Provide signed terms and current operating evidence separately from projections or negotiations. Explain cancellation conditions and the basis of financial assumptions.
Keep the evidence dated
If a customer changes or a contract is revised, preserve the original and new terms. Do not describe a forecast as historical performance. The reviewer needs to understand the enterprise proposed at the time of the assessment.
Corporate records for both companies, including share registers and any parent-subsidiary agreements; U.S. bank statements showing funds arriving and being spent; contracts signed on behalf of the U.S. entity; and a written description of who performs which functions in each country. Projections carry weight when something outside the applicant's own spreadsheet supports them: booked contracts, deposits already taken, the previous owner's filed accounts and bank statements, supplier and lease commitments, and industry data for comparable operations. Collect the relative's statements covering each disputed payment, the invoices and receipts they settled, a written declaration of the arrangement, evidence of the relative's own lawful source, and the investor's records showing reimbursement or the funds' origin. The business stack shows what the money is buying and that it is a genuine going concern: three years of financial statements if available, tax returns, the payroll register, customer contracts, supplier agreements, the premises lease, licences and permits.