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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-22-002515
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220114
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220113
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20220114

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879535
		IRS NUMBER:				363793962
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-CEN
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06416
		FILM NUMBER:		22530007

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-263-2610

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 S. WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DUFF & PHELPS UTILITIES TAX FREE INCOME INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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<p align=center style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-align:center;"><b><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></b></p>

<p align=center style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-align:center;"><b><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">To the
Shareholders and Board of Directors of DTF Tax-Free Income Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">In planning
and performing our audit of the financial statements of DTF Tax-Free Income
Inc. (the Fund) as</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">of and for
the year ended October 31, 2021, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund&#8217;s internal control over
financial reporting,</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">including
controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing
procedures for the</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">N-CEN, but
not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund&#8217;s
internal control</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">The
management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
effective internal control over</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company&#8217;s internal control
over financial</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">reporting is
a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">accounting
principles. A company&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">procedures
that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with U.S.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
company are being made</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
(3) provide</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use or disposition</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">of a
company&#8217;s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">Because of
its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
subject to the risk that</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">policies or procedures
may deteriorate.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">A deficiency
in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or
operation of a control does</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions, to prevent</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">deficiencies,
in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable
possibility that a</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">material
misstatement of the company&#8217;s annual or interim financial statements will not
be prevented or</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">detected on
a timely basis.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">Our
consideration of the Fund&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting was for
the limited purpose described</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal
control that might be</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">material
weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">(United
States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund&#8217;s internal control over
financial reporting and</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">its operation,
including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a
material weakness as</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">defined
above as of October 31, 2021.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">This report
is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of
Directors of DTF</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">Tax-Free
Income Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to
be and should not</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">/s/ Ernst
&amp; Young LLP</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:normal;">Chicago,
Illinois</font></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font face=arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:107%;">December 17, 2021</font></p>




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