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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000902561-09-000119.txt : 20090511
<SEC-HEADER>0000902561-09-000119.hdr.sgml : 20090511
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090511171110
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000902561-09-000119
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090508
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090511

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			POLLARD CARL F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001180718

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06416
		FILM NUMBER:		09816075

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 CENTRAL AVE
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40208

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:		200 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-243-4361

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DUFF & PHELPS UTILITIES TAX FREE INCOME INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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    <periodOfReport>2009-05-08</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000879535</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DTF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001180718</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>POLLARD CARL F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DUFF &amp; PHELPS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 S WACKER DR, STE 500</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-05-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>12.75</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Nathan I. Partain, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-05-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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  <p style="page-break-after: avoid" align="center"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
  constitutes and appoints each of Nathan I. Partain, T. Brooks Beittel, Alan M.
  Meder and Joyce B. Riegel, signing singly, the undersigned's attorney-in-fact
  to:</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;
  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
  an officer and/or director of the registered investment company(ies) listed on
  Schedule A hereto (the &quot;Fund&quot; or the &quot;Funds,&quot; as the case may be), Forms&nbsp;3, 4
  and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  and the rules thereunder;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;
  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may
  be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form&nbsp;3, 4, or 5, to
  complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and to timely file
  such forms and/or amendments with the United States Securities and Exchange
  Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;
  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
  which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
  best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
  that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
  undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
  contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
  attorney-in-fact's discretion.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
  power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
  requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
  and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
  undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
  substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
  attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
  rights and powers herein granted.&nbsp; The undersigned acknowledges that the
  foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
  undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Fund or any of its advisors
  assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
  until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4 and 5 with
  respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued
  by any Fund, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
  delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
  Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of May, 2008.</p>
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      &nbsp;</td>
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      /s/ Carl F. Pollard</td>
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      <td width="50%" valign="top" style="width:50.0%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
      &nbsp;</td>
      <td width="50%" valign="top" style="width: 50.0%; border: medium none; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
      Carl F. Pollard</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
 <p style="page-break-before:always">
  <p align="center"><b>SCHEDULE A</b></p>
  <p>DNP Select Income Fund Inc.<br>
  DTF Tax-Free Income Inc.<br>
  Duff &amp; Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;
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