Regulation M

Regulation M

An IRS regulation that allows regulated investment companies to pass taxes from capital gains, dividends, and interest distributions onto individual investors.

Notes:

This is done to avoid "double taxing" on distributions.

See also: IRS, Regulation FD (Reg FD), Regulated Investment Company (RIC)

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Regulation M

Federal Reserve Board regulation that currently requires member banks to hold reserves against theirnet borrowings from their foreign branches over a 28-day averaging period. Reg M has also required member banks to hold reserves against Eurodollars lent by their foreign branches to domestic corporations for domestic purposes.