Pub. L. 111-325, tit. III, sec. 303
PASS-THRU OF EXEMPT-INTEREST DIVIDENDS AND FOREIGN TAX CREDITS IN FUND OF FUNDS STRUCTURE.
SEC. 303. PASS-THRU OF EXEMPT-INTEREST DIVIDENDS AND FOREIGN TAX CREDITS IN FUND OF FUNDS STRUCTURE.(a) In General.—Section 852 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(g) Special Rules for Fund of Funds.—“(1) In general.—In the case of a qualified fund of funds—“(A) such fund shall be qualified to pay exempt-interest dividends to its shareholders without regard to whether such fund satisfies the requirements of the first sentence of subsection (b)(5), and“(B) such fund may elect the application of section 853 (relating to foreign tax credit allowed to shareholders) without regard to the requirement of subsection (a)(1) thereof.“(2) Qualified fund of funds.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified fund of funds’ means a regulated investment company if (at the close of each quarter of the taxable year) at least 50 percent of the value of its total assets is represented by interests in other regulated investment companies.”.(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.