When Jill Lemon’s mother died earlier this year, as well as dealing with the grief , she had to deal with another hurdle – sorting out paying a “wicked” £148,000 tax bill.

Jill, 71, who lives in North Wales, lost her mother, Audrey Lemon, at the age of 97 in April. Her father Alan, had died six years earlier at the age of 94.

When Audrey and Alan bought their house in Oxshott, Surrey, 60 years ago, it cost them just £21,000. New Feature

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Now, the four-bedroom property, which has a third of an acre of land and a swimming pool, is valued at £1.2m.

The house, along with Audrey’s other assets, went to Jill and her two brothers – but to their horror, they were landed with a £148,000 inheritance tax bill .

“It is wicked,” said Jill, who

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