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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000067590-05-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050504
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050513
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050513

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BEITTEL T BROOKS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001180953

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06416
		FILM NUMBER:		05827067

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC
		STREET 2:		55 E. MONROE ,STEET, 3600
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60603

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
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-05-04</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000879535</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DTF</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001180953</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BEITTEL T BROOKS</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>55 E. MONROE ,STEET, 3600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60603</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Secretary</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jack Benintende, POA for Brooks T. Biettel</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.POA
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>dtfpoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA FOR BROOKS T. BIETTEL
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned does hereby authorize, designate and appoint
Richard Wirth, Grace Torres, Jack Benintende, Marguerite
Morrison and Maria G. Master as attorneys-in-fact to execute
and file, on behalf of the undersigned, statements on Form 3,
Form 4, Form 5 and any successor forms adopted by the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as required by the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules
thereunder, and to take such other actions as any such
attorney-in-fact may deem necessary and appropriate in connection
with such statements, hereby confirming and ratifying all actions
that each such attorney-in-fact has taken or may take in reliance
hereon with respect to DTF Tax-Free Income Inc.  This power of
attorney shall continue in effect until the undersigned no longer
has an obligation to file statements under the sections cited
above, or until specifically terminated in writing by the
undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this power
of attorney on the 28th day of August, 2002.


/s/ Francis E. Jeffries			/s/ E. Virgil Conway
Francis E. Jeffries			E. Virgil Conway

/s/ William W. Crawford			/s/ William N. Georgeson
William W. Crawford			William N. Georgeson

/s/ Philip R. McLoughlin		/s/ Everett L. Morris
Philip R. McLoughlin			Everett L. Morris

/s/ Eileen A. Moran			/s/ Richard A. Pavia
Eileen A. Moran				Richard A. Pavia

/s/ Harry Dalzell-Payne			/s/ Timothy M. Heaney
Harry Dalzell-Payne			Timothy M. Heaney

/s/ James D. Wehr			/s/ Alan Meder
James D. Wehr				Alan Meder

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