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68 CODIFICATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS SEC. 166. REVOCABLE TRUSTS. Where at any time the power to revest in the grantor title to any part of the corpus of the trust is vested- (1) in the grantor, either alone or in conjunction with any per- son not having a substantial adverse interest in the disposition of such part of the corpus or the income therefrom, or (2) in any person not having a substantial adverse interest in the disposition of such part of the corpus or the income therefrom, then the income of such part of the trust shall be included in com- puting the net income of the grantor. SEC. 167. INCOME FOR BENEFIT OF GRANTOR. (a) Where any part of the income of a trust- (1) is, or in the discretion of the grantor or of any person not having a substantial adverse interest in the disposition of such part of the income may be, held or accumulated for future distribution to the grantor; or (2) may, in the discretion of the grantor or of any person not having a substantial adverse interest in the disposition of such part of the income, be distributed to the grantor; or (3) is, or in the discretion of the grantor or of any person not having a substantial adverse interest in the disposition of such part of the income may be, applied to the payment of premiums upon policies of insurance on the life of the grantor (except poli- cies of insurance irrevocably payable for the purposes and in the manner specified in section 23 (o), relating to the so-called "chari- table contribution" deduction); then such part of the income of the trust shall be included in com- puting the net income of the grantor. (b) As used in this section the term "in the discretion of the grantor" means "in the discretion of the grantor, either alone or in conjunction with any person not having a substantial adverse interest in the disposition of the part of the income in question." SEC. 168. TAXES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND POSSESSIONS OF UNITED STATES. The amount of income, war-profits, and excess-profits taxes imposed by foreign countries or possessions of the United States shall be allowed as credit against the tax of the beneficiary of an estate or trust to the extent plovided in section 131. SEC. 169. COMMON TRUST FUNDS. (a) DEFINITIONS.- The term "common trust fund" means a fund maintained by a bank (as defined in section 104)- (1) exclusively for the collective investment and reinvestment of moneys contributed thereto by the bank in its capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator, or guardian; and (2) in conformity with the rules and regulations, prevailing from time to time, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System pertaining to the collective investment of trust funds by national banks. (b) TAXATION OF COMMON TRUST FUNDS.- A common trust fund shall not be subject to taxation under this chapter, subchapters A or B of chapter 2, or section 105 or 106 of the Revenue Act of 1935, 49 Stat. 1017, 1019, or chapter 6 and for the purposes of such chapters and subchapters shall not be considered a corporation. (c) INCOME OF PARTICIPANTS IN FUND. - (1) INCLUSIONS IN NET INCOME. -Each participant in the com- mon trust fund in computing its net income shall include, whether or not distributed and whether or not distributable- (A) As a part of its short-term capital gains or losses, its proportionate share of the net short-term capital gain or loss of the common trust fund;