Patrick F. Quan Secretary   The Income Fund of America   Steuart Tower 1 Market Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, California 94105   Mailing address: P.O. Box 7650 San Francisco, California 94120-7650   (415) 393-7110 Tel pfq@capgroup.com  

October 7, 2013

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Division of Investment Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Re:	The Income Fund of America
	File Nos. 811-01880 and 002-33371

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j), I hereby certify that no changes have been made to the forms of prospectus and statement of additional information since the electronic filing on September 30, 2013 of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 75 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 56 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Sincerely,

/s/ Patrick F. Quan

Patrick F. Quan