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INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 (3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection— (A) The term "gross income" does not include gain from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities. (B) The term "aggregate dividends received" includes only dividends received from domestic corporations other than dividends described in section 116(b) (relating to dividends excluded from gross income). In determining the amount of any dividend for purposes of this subparagraph, the rules provided in section 116 (c) (relating to certain distributions) shall apply.
SEC. 855. DIVIDENDS PAID BY REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY AFTER CLOSE OF TAXABLE YEAR. (a) GENERAL RULE. — For purposes of this chapter, if a regulated
investment company— (1) declares a dividend prior to the time prescribed by law for the filing of its return for a taxable year (including the period of any extension of time granted for filing such return), and (2) distributes the amount of such dividend to shareholders in the 12-month period following the close of such taxable year and not later than the date of the first regular dividend payment made after such declaration, the amount so declared and distributed shall, to the extent the company elects in such return in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate, be considered as having been paid during such taxable year, except as provided in subsections (b), (c) and (d). (b) R E C E I P T BY SHAREHOLDER.—Amounts to which subsection (a) is applicable shall be treated as received by the shareholder in the taxable year in which the distribution is made. (c) NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.—In the case of amounts to which subsection (a) is applicable, any notice to shareholders required under this subchapter with respect to such amounts shall be made not later than 30 days after the close of the taxable year in which the distribution is made. (d) FOREIGN T A X ELECTION.—If an investment company to which section 853 is applicable for the taxable year makes a distribution as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the shareholders shall consider the amounts described in section 853(b)(2) allocable to such distribution as paid or received, as the case may be, in the taxable year in which the distribution is made.
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