**FORM      24F-2**

**Annual      Notice of Securities Sold**

**Pursuant      to      Rule 24f-2**

*Read      instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.*

|  1.    |  Name                and                address of issuer:Capital                Income Builder, Inc.333                South                Hope StreetLos                Angeles,                CA 90071                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|  2.    |  The                name of                each series or class of funds for which this Form is filed (if the                Form is                being filed for all series and classes of securities of the issuer,                check                the box but do not list series or classes): S                                                                           |
|  3.    |  Investment                Company Act File Number:Securities                Act File Number:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |  811-508533-12967 |
|  4(a.) |  Last                day of                fiscal year for which this Form is filed: October 31,                2005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|  4(b.) |  £                Check box if                this notice is being filed late (*i.e.*,                more than                90 calendar days after the end of the issuer’s fiscal year). (See                Instruction A.2)*Note:                If                the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the registration                fee due.* |
|  4(c.) |  £                Check box if                this is the last time the issuer will be filing this                Form.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|  5.    |  Calculation                of registration fee:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        |  (i)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |  Aggregate                sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year pursuant to                section                24(f): |   | $21,808,403,000 |
|        |  (ii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  Aggregate                price of securities redeemed or repurchased during the fiscal                year: | $3,888,621,000 |   |
|        |  (iii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |  Aggregate                price of securities redeemed or repurchased during any prior fiscal                year                ending no earlier than October 11, 1995 that were not previously                used to                reduce registration fees payable to the Commission: | $0 |   |
|        |  (iv)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  Total                available redemption credits [add items 5(ii) and 5(iii)]: |   | $3,888,621,000 |
|        |  (v)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |  Net                sales --                if Item 5(i) is greater than Item 5(iv) [subtract                Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: |   | $17,919,782,000 |
|        |  (vi)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  Redemption                credits available for use in future years - if item 5(i) is less                than Item                5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: | $(0) |   |
|        |  (vii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |  Multiplier                for determining registration fee (See Instruction C.9): |   | x                .0001070 |
|        |  (viii)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  Registration                fee due [multiply Item 5(v) by Item 5(vii)] (enter “0” if no fee is                due): |   | =$1,917,416.67 |

|  6. |  Prepaid                Shares If                the                response to item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of securities                that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to                rule                24e-2 as in effect before October 11, 1997, then report the amount                of                securities (number of shares or other units) deducted here:______.                If there is                a number of shares or other units that were registered pursuant to                rule                24e-2 remaining unsold at the end of the fiscal year for which this                form                is filed that are available for use by the issuer in future fiscal                years,                then state that number here:________. |
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|  7. |  Interest                due                -- if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after the end of                the                issuer’s fiscal year (see Instruction D):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | +$0 |
|  8. |  Total                of the                amount of the registration fee due plus any interest due [line                5(viii)                plus line 7]:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | =$1,917,416.67 |
|  9. |  Date                the                registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the Commission’s                lockbox depository:CIK                #0000811968 January 10, 2006 Method                of                delivery:S                Wire                transfer£                Mail or                other means                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|     |   **SIGNATURES** This                report                has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the issuer                and                in the capacities and on the dates indicated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|     |  By                (Signature                and Title)*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |  /s/                Vincent P. CortiVincent                P.                CortiSecretary |
|     |  Date                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |  January                13, 2006 |
|     |  *                Please                print the name and title of the signing officer below the                signature.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |