Rates of inheritance tax Rate Since its introduction on 15 March 1988, inheritance tax on death is taxed at 40% on the taxable value of the estate that exceeds the exemption. Lifetime transfers are taxed at 20% From 6 April 2012, there is a proposed 36% rate for estates where 10% has been donated to charity.
The Moors. Muslim warriors crossed the narrow Strait of Gibraltar in the eighth century to invade the Iberian Peninsula at the southwest corner of Europe. Muslims controlled part or most of present-day Spain and Portugal for the next 800 years.
The Levant (/lÉËvaent/ ; LÉËvÃ¦nt: arabic /Ø§ÙÙØ´Ø±Ù-Êal/) maÊriq is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern. mediterraneanhe term Levant entered English in the late 15th century from French. It derives from the Italian levante, meaning ârising,â implying the rising of the sun in the east. As such, it is broadly equivalent to the Arabic term Mashriq, 'the land where the sun rises'.