<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001304943-12-000005.txt : 20120104
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001304943-12-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Fagan Timothy M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001304943

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05440
		FILM NUMBER:		12504227

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O 101 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02199

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000826735
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON ST
		STREET 2:		15TH FL
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		18006372929

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON STREET
		STREET 2:		15TH FL
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MFS MULTI GOVERNMENT INTERMEDIATE TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880308

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880211
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000826735</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MIN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001304943</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Fagan Timothy M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>500 BOYLSTON STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02116</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>Officer of Advisor</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Susan S. Newton, By Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-01-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poafagan.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned on his or her own behalf and on behalf of his or her estate,
heirs and assigns hereby constitutes and appoints Susan S. Newton, Christopher
R. Bohane, Susan A. Pereira and Brian E. Langenfeld and each of them singly as
true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them, to execute,
on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity listed below, any and all
statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of reportable securities
issued by MFS California Municipal Fund, MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS
Government Markets Income Trust, MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield
Municipal Trust, MFS InterMarket Income Trust I, MFS Intermediate High Income
Fund, MFS Intermediate Income Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, MFS
Multimarket Income Trust, MFS Municipal Income Trust and MFS Special Value Trust
including, without limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership on
Form 3, all statements of changes of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all
annual statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5, and any and all other
documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments or
supplements to any such statements or forms, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney, full power and
authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned (or his or her estate, heirs and assigns) might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or
any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand on this
________ day of ________________, 2011.



--------------------------------
TIMOTHY M. FAGAN
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