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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230208
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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DWS MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000839533
		IRS NUMBER:				363605060
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

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		STREET 1:		875 THIRD AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022-6225
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-454-4500

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		STREET 1:		875 THIRD AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022-6225

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DEUTSCHE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140811

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DWS MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20060206

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SCUDDER MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010123
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<p align=center style="margin:0in;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">To
the Shareholders and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">&#160;Board
of Trustees of DWS Municipal Income Trust:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">In planning
and performing our audit of the financial statements of &#160;DWS Municipal Income
Trust (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) as of and for the year ended November 30, 2022 in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund&#8217;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-CEN, but
not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund&#8217;s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such
opinion. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">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 company&#8217;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 U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles. A company&#8217;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 company; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and
directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of a company&#8217;s assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">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. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">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&#8217;s
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a
timely basis. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font color=black face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Our
consideration of the Fund&#8217;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 that might be material weaknesses
under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in
the Fund&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting and its operation,
including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a
material weakness as defined above as of November 30, 2022. </font></p>


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use of management and the Board of Trustees of DWS Municipal Income Trust and
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not
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<p align=left style="margin:0in;text-align:left;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">/s/ ERNST &amp; YOUNG, LLP</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;"><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;">Boston, Massachusetts</font></p>

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