Company: TSI
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form Type: N-CSRS
Source: 0001193125-25-195336
Chunk: 30

Company: TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC
Filing Date: 2025-09-04
Form: N-CSRS
Chunk 30
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 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. 44

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. June 30, 2025 Note 5 — Federal Income Taxes (Continued) At June 30, 2025, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for federal income tax purposes is comprised of the following components:

| Unrealized appreciation                             |     | $ |  13,113,020 |   |
| Unrealized (depreciation)                           |     |   | (35,480,327 | ) |
| Net unrealized appreciation                         |     | $ | (22,367,307 | ) |
| Cost of Investments for Federal Income Tax Purposes |     | $ | 306,665,743 |   |

The Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits at June 30, 2025, nor were there any increases or decreases in unrecognized tax benefits for the period then ended; and therefore no interest or penalties were accrued. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. Federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the prior three and four fiscal years, respectively. The following table shows the character of distributed and undistributed amounts on a tax basis for the year ended December 31, 2024.

|                 |     | Amount Distributed Duringthe Year Ended | December 31,2024 |     | Undistributed Amount 
 at Year Ended        | December 31,2024 |
|:----------------|:----|:----------------------------------------|-----------------:|:----|:---------------------|-----------------:|
| Ordinary Income |     | $                                       |       18,397,395 |     | $                    |          364,734 |
| Capital Gain    |     |                                         |                — |     |                      |                — |
|                 |     | $                                       |       18,397,395 |     | $                    |          364,734 |

Note 6 — Investment Advisory and Service Fees As compensation for the investment advisory services rendered, facilities provided, and expenses borne, the Advisor is paid a monthly fee by the Fund computed at the annual rate of 0.75% of the first $100 million of the Fund’s average managed assets and 0.50% of the Fund’s average managed assets in excess of $100 million. Note 7