SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549




                                  FORM N-18F-1



                 Notification of Election Pursuant to Rule 18f-1
                    Under the Investment Company Act of 1940




                             FEDERATED INCOME TRUST
                           (Exact Name of Registrant)








                            NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION

    The undersigned registered open-end investment company hereby notifies the
Securities and Exchange Commission that it elects to commit itself to pay in
cash all redemptions by a shareholder of record as provided by Rule 18f-1 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. It is understood that this election is
irrevocable while such Rule is in effect unless the Commission by order upon
application permits the withdrawal of this Notification of Election.


                                    SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 18f-1 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, the Registrant has caused this Notification of Election to be duly
executed on its behalf in the City of Pittsburgh and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on the 7th day of May, 1998.



FEDERATED INCOME TRUST
(Name of Registrant)



By:  /s/Anthony R. Bosch


     Anthony R. Bosch
     Assistant Secretary
    Attorney In Fact
    for John F. Donahue