Inheritance Tax

	2010/11	2009/10
Nil-rate band*	£325,000	£325,000
Rate of tax on excess	40%	40%
Lifetime transfers to and from certain trusts	20%	20%
Exemption for overseas domiciled spouse/civil partner	£55,000	£55,000

100% relief: businesses, unlisted/AIM companies, certain farmland/buildings
50% relief: certain other business assets

Reduced tax charge on gifts within 7 years of death
Years before death:	0-3	3-4	4-5	5-6	6-7
% of death tax charge:	100	80	60	40	20
Annual exempt gifts:				£3,000 per donor	£250 per donee

* Up to 100% of the unused proportion of a deceased spouse’s/civil partner’s nil-rate band can be claimed on the surviving spouse’s/civil partner’s death after 8 October 2007

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