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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000355348-04-000169
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040623
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040624

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879535
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				363793962
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 EAST MONROE ST
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60603
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3122141250

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 MULBERRY STREET
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102-4077

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DUFF & PHELPS UTILITIES TAX FREE INCOME INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MORRIS EVERETT L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001141987

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06416
		FILM NUMBER:		04878952

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS HILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092822000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS HILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-06-23</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000879535</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DTF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001141987</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MORRIS EVERETT L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>800 SCUDDERS HILL ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PLAINSBORO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08536</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>DTF Tax-Free Income Inc.</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-06-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2004-06-23</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.42</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>63986</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jack Benintende, POA for Everett L. Morris</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-99.POA
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>dtfpoa1103.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA FOR EVERETT L. MORRIS
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, being a person required to file statements
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
with respect to DTF Tax-Free Income Inc. (the "Fund"), a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland,
does hereby appoint Jonathan D. Shain, Marguerite E.H. Morrison,
Richard Wirth, Grace Torres and Jack Benintende, and each of
them, as his attorney-in-fact to execute, timely file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and deliver to the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Fund, statements of Form 3, Form 4
and Form 5, as required by the Exchange Act and 1940 Act, and to
take such other actions as such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary
or appropriate in connection with such statements, and hereby
confirms and ratifies all actions that such attorney-in-fact my
take in reliance hereon.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this power
of attorney on the 18th of November 2003.


/s/Francis E. Jeffries
Francis E. Jeffries

/s/E. Virgil Conway
E. Virgil Conway

/s/William W. Crawford
William W. Crawford

/s/William N. Georgeson
William N. Georgeson

/s/Philip R. McLoughlin
Philip R. McLoughlin

/s/Everett L. Morris
Everett L. Morris

/s/Eileen A. Moran
Eileen A. Moran

/s/Richard A. Pavia
Richard A. Pavia

/s/Harry Dalzell-Payne
Harry Dalzell-Payne

/s/Timothy M. Heaney
Timothy M. Heaney

/s/James D. Wehr
James D. Wehr

/s/Alan Meder
Alan Meder

/s/Geraldine M. McNamara
Geraldine M. McNamara



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