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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000940400-18-000220
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180228
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180228
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20180228

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000794685
		IRS NUMBER:				222736509
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04700
		FILM NUMBER:		18652123

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORP CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9149215070
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SIGNATURE   SCOTT R. FUCHS
TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of The Gabelli Equity
Trust Inc.:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements
of The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (hereafter referred to as the
"Fund") as of and for the period ended December 31, 2017, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's
internal control over financial reporting, including controls
over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on
the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of
Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control
over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
controls. A fund's internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A fund's internal
control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of a fund's assets that could have a material effect
on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk
that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists
when the design or operation of a control
does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions, to
prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material
weakness is a deficiency, or a combination
of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of the Fund's annual or interim financial statements
will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose
described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily
disclose all deficiencies in internal control over
financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the
Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 2017.


This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Directors of the
Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.


/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
February 27, 2018



PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers Center,
300 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
T: (646) 471 3000, F: (813) 286 6000, www.pwc.com/us


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