As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2016

File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	☒
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,703	☒
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	☒
Amendment No. 1,703	☒

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

iShares Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With Copies to:

MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.	DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP	BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE	400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099	SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

☐       Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)	☒       On January 13, 2017, pursuant to paragraph (b)
☐       60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)	☐       On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
☐       75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)	☐       On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

If appropriate, check the following box:

☒ The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,703 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until January 13, 2017, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares iBonds Dec 2024 Term Muni Bond ETF (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,633 on May 18, 2016, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

PEA No.	Date Filed	Automatic Effective Date
1,664	July 29, 2016	August 26, 2016
1,673	August 25, 2016	September 23, 2016
1,683	September 22, 2016	October 21, 2016
1,687	October 20, 2016	November 18, 2016
1,695	November 17, 2016	December 16, 2016

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,703 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,633.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,703 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 15^th day of December, 2016.

iSHARES TRUST
By:
	Martin Small*
	President
	Date: December 15, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,703 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

By:
	Mark Wiedman*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016
	John E. Martinez*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016
	Cecilia H. Herbert*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016
	Charles A. Hurty*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016
	John E. Kerrigan*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016

	Robert S. Kapito*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016
	Madhav V. Rajan*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016
	Jane D. Carlin*
	Trustee
	Date: December 15, 2016
	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee*
	Treasurer and Chief
	Financial Officer
	Date: December 15, 2016
*By:	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Attorney-in-fact
	Date: December 15, 2016

* Powers of Attorney, each dated October 15, 2016, for Martin Small, Jane D. Carlin, Mark Wiedman, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan, Robert S. Kapito and Jack Gee are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,690, filed October 31, 2016.