Javea Green Bowls Club

from five different clubs, and 36 ends per player, it was a big ask for the bowlers, but as ever, determined not to let the side down, there was some very competitive bowling.

But there has to be a winner and with dropping only two points out of a maximum of 27, a Javea Green BC team ‘3Gs’ Greg Sperring, Christina

Harris and Brenda Burgess claimed the trophy.

In second place ‘Alfie’s Lot’, Chris Salter, Jean McLaughlin and Hazel Brown from El Cid Bowls club, and in third and fourth places were teams from Bonalba Bowls Club.

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The 2022/23 tax year proved to be yet another record year for UK inheritance tax (IHT) receipts. HM Revenue & Customs received an extra £1 billion over the last tax year, generating a total of £7.1 billion. The number of people paying this tax jumped 24%, up from 33,000 the previous year to 41,000.

The government expects IHT revenue to continue to increase, bringing in £38 billion over the next five years.

Frozen reliefs and rising property prices

The standard inheritance tax nil rate band has been frozen at £325,000 since 2009. It is scheduled to remain fixed until April 2028, by which time it would have been frozen for 19 years. In contrast, house prices have risen over this long period, pushing more estates into the IHT net.

The residential nil-rate band (RNRB) was introduced in 2017 to help protect families, but has limitations. It only applies to a main residential home directly passed to children and grandchildren, and where the estate is valued under £2 million. Higher value estates are