Company: TSI
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001193125-25-046168
Chunk: 31

Company: TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 31
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 level of credit enhancement, the vintage of the loan, the geography of the loan, the purpose of the loan (refinance versus purchase versus equity takeout), the borrower’s credit quality (e.g., FICO score), and whether the loan is a first trust deed or a second lien. Counterparty Risk:The Fund may be exposed to counterparty risk, the risk that an entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions may not fulfill its obligations. Note 5 — Federal Income Taxes It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its net taxable income, including any net realized gains on investments, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. 46 TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. December 31, 2024 Note 5 — Federal Income Taxes (Continued) The following table shows character of distributed and undistributed amounts on a tax basis:

|                 |     | Amount Distributed During  
 the Year                   
 Year EndedDecember 31,2024 |            |     | Year EndedDecember 31,2023 |            |     | Undistributed Amount 
 at Year Ended        
 December 31,2024     |         |     | December 31,2023 |   |
|:----------------|:----|:---------------------------|-----------:|:----|:---------------------------|-----------:|:----|:---------------------|--------:|:----|:-----------------|:--|
| Ordinary Income |     | $                          | 18,397,395 |     | $                          | 16,963,831 |     | $                    | 364,734 |     | $                | — |
| Capital Gain    |     |                            |          — |     |                            |          — |     |                      |       — |     |                  | — |
|                 |     | $                          | 18,397,395 |     | $                          | 16,963,831 |     | $                    | 364,734 |     | $                | — |

At December 31, 2024, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes is comprised of the following components:

| Unrealized appreciation                             |     | $ |   8,650,046 |   |
| Unrealized (depreciation)                           |     |   | (36,914,192 | ) |
| Net unrealized depreciation