Except as provided in subsection (b), if property is transferred to a trust in exchange for an interest in other trust property and if the trust would be an investment company (within the meaning of section 351) if it were a corporation, then gain shall be recognized to the transferor.
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any transfer to a pooled income fund (within the meaning of section 642(c)(5)).
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 235; Pub. L. 94–455, title XXI, § 2131(e)(1), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1924.)