N-CSR 1 mimntff4112831-ncsr.htm CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-03850
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Delaware Group® Tax-Free Fund
 
Address of principal executive offices: 610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
 
Name and address of agent for service: David F. Connor, Esq.
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 523-1918
 
Date of fiscal year end: August 31
 
Date of reporting period: August 31, 2022


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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

Annual report

Fixed income mutual funds

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

August 31, 2022

Carefully consider the Funds’ investment objectives, risk factors, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Funds’ prospectus and their summary prospectuses, which may be obtained by visiting delawarefunds.com/literature or calling 800 523-1918. Investors should read the prospectus and the summary prospectus carefully before investing.

You can obtain shareholder reports and prospectuses online instead of in the mail.
Visit delawarefunds.com/edelivery.


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Experience Delaware Funds by Macquarie®

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is a global asset manager that aims to deliver positive impact for everyone. MAM Public Investments traces its roots to 1929 and partners with institutional and individual clients to deliver specialist active investment capabilities across global equities, fixed income, and multi-asset solutions using a conviction-based, long-term approach to investing. In the US, retail investors recognize our Delaware Funds by Macquarie family of funds as one of the oldest mutual fund families.

If you are interested in learning more about creating an investment plan, contact your financial advisor.

You can learn more about Delaware Funds or obtain a prospectus for Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund at delawarefunds.com/literature.

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Visit delawarefunds.com/account-access.

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is the asset management division of Macquarie Group. MAM is a full-service asset manager offering a diverse range of products across public and private markets including fixed income, equities, multi-asset solutions, private credit, infrastructure, renewables, natural assets, real estate, and asset finance. The Public Investments business is a part of MAM and includes the following investment advisers: Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT), Macquarie Funds Management Hong Kong Limited, Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG, Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited, Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited, and Macquarie Investment Management Europe S.A.

The Funds are distributed by Delaware Distributors, L.P. (DDLP), an affiliate of MIMBT and Macquarie Group Limited.

Other than Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (“Macquarie Bank”), any Macquarie Group entity noted in this document is not an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia). The obligations of these other Macquarie Group entities do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank. Macquarie Bank does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of these other Macquarie Group entities. In addition, if this document relates to an investment, (a) the investor is subject to investment risk including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and principal invested and (b) none of Macquarie Bank or any other Macquarie Group entity guarantees any particular rate of return on or the performance of the investment, nor do they guarantee repayment of capital in respect of the investment.

The Funds are governed by US laws and regulations.

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Portfolio management reviews 1
Performance summaries 6
Disclosure of Fund expenses 21
Security type / sector / state / territory allocations 24
Schedules of investments 30
Statements of assets and liabilities 105
Statements of operations 107
Statements of changes in net assets 109
Financial highlights 116
Notes to financial statements 134
Report of independent registered public accounting firm 152
Other Fund information 153
Board of trustees / directors and officers addendum 159
About the organization 169

Unless otherwise noted, views expressed herein are current as of August 31, 2022, and subject to change for events occurring after such date.

The Funds are not FDIC insured and are not guaranteed. It is possible to lose the principal amount invested.

Advisory services provided by Delaware Management Company, a series of MIMBT, a US registered investment advisor.

All third-party marks cited are the property of their respective owners.

© 2022 Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc.


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Portfolio management review  
Delaware Funds by Macquarie® national tax-free funds August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)
   
Performance preview (for the year ended August 31, 2022)              
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund (Institutional Class shares)  1-year return  -12.48%
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund (Class A shares)  1-year return  -12.65%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index (benchmark)  1-year return  -8.63%
Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Average  1-year return  -10.24%

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

For complete, annualized performance for Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, please see the table on page 6.

Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors. In addition, Institutional Class shares pay no distribution and service fee.

The performance of Class A shares excludes the applicable sales charge. The performance of both Institutional Class shares and Class A shares reflects the reinvestment of all distributions.

The Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Average compares funds that either invest primarily in municipal debt issues in the top three credit ratings or invest primarily in municipal debt issues insured as to timely payment.

Please see page 9 for a description of the index. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund (Institutional Class shares)      1-year return      -10.17%
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund (Class A shares)  1-year return  -10.33%
Bloomberg 3-15 Year Blend Municipal Bond Index (benchmark)  1-year return  -7.09%
Lipper Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Average  1-year return  -7.70%

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

For complete, annualized performance for Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, please see the table on page 11. Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors. In addition, Institutional Class shares pay no distribution and service fee. The performance of Class A shares excludes the applicable sales charge. The performance of both Institutional Class shares and Class A shares reflects the reinvestment of all distributions. The Lipper Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Average compares funds that invest in municipal debt issues with dollar-weighted average maturities of 5 to 10 years.

Please see page 14 for a description of the Index. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Institutional Class shares)      1-year return      -10.22%
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund (Class A shares)  1-year return  -10.49%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index (benchmark)  1-year return  -8.63%
Lipper High Yield Municipal Debt Funds Average  1-year return  -11.00%

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

For complete, annualized performance for Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, please see the table on page 16.

Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors. In addition, Institutional Class shares pay no distribution and service fee.

The performance of Class A shares excludes the applicable sales charge. The performance of both Institutional Class shares and Class A shares reflects the reinvestment of all distributions.

The Lipper High Yield Municipal Debt Funds Average compares funds that invest at least 50% of assets in lower-rated municipal debt issues.

Please see page 19 for a description of the index. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

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Delaware Funds by Macquarie® national tax-free funds

Investment objectives

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund seeks as high a level of current interest income exempt from federal income tax as is available from municipal obligations and as is consistent with prudent investment management and preservation of capital.

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund seeks as high a level of current interest income exempt from federal income tax as is available from municipal obligations and as is consistent with prudent investment management and preservation of capital.

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund seeks a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax primarily through investment in medium- and lower-grade municipal obligations.

Economic backdrop

As the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, progressed, investors’ initial optimism about US economic growth gradually gave way to concern that new COVID-19 variants – first Delta, then Omicron – would delay the country’s emergence from the pandemic. Over time, however, as it became evident that Omicron infections were milder for many people, day-to-day concerns about COVID-19 appeared to ease, and economic and health restrictions were gradually lifted.

An ultimately more worrisome development for policymakers and investors alike, however, was the sharp rise in US inflation. Much higher energy prices, exacerbated by Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, combined with supply chain challenges to trigger an across-the-board increase in prices. In August 2022, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose an annualized 8.3%, still very high historically but an improvement from the June 2022 peak of 9.1%, which was the largest such 12-month increase in 40 years.

As the US Federal Reserve became increasingly concerned about inflation’s threat to the US economy, the central bank sought to slow the cycle of rising prices by moving aggressively to raise short-term interest rates.

The Fed initiated several such rate hikes between March and August 2022. At the end of this fiscal year, the federal funds rate stood at 2.50%, up from zero just several months earlier. In addition, as of the end of August, the Fed was widely expected to continue raising rates later in 2023.

Against this backdrop, the US economy began the Funds’ fiscal year on a strong upswing but finished it on a downward path. In the third quarter of 2021, US gross domestic product (GDP) – a measure of all goods and services produced by the nation in a year – grew by an annualized 2.3%, followed by a fourth-quarter 2021 increase of 6.9%. As economic challenges mounted, however, US GDP turned negative, contracting by 1.6% in the first quarter of 2022 and an estimated 0.6% in the year’s second quarter.

Despite the deteriorating economic environment, US employment trends continued to improve throughout most of the fiscal year. At the start of the 12-month time frame, the country’s jobless rate was 5.2%, well below the pandemic-era peak of 14.7% in April 2020. By the end of the fiscal year, the rate was 3.7%, near an all-time low.

Sources: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Bloomberg.

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Municipal bond market conditions

Overall, the municipal bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, returned -8.63% for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022.

An unfavorable technical backdrop for municipal bonds weighed significantly on the asset class, especially in the first seven months of 2022, when essentially all the negative return seen in the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index occurred. After five months of positive investment flows into municipal bond mutual funds, market conditions dramatically shifted in 2022. As rates rose sharply and investors feared that significantly higher inflation would eventually lead to even more Fed rate hikes, municipal fund inflows turned to substantial outflows, pushing down bond values.

Against this backdrop, bonds with longer maturities and higher durations (meaning more interest rate sensitivity) tended to underperform their intermediate- and shorter-dated counterparts. Meanwhile, bonds with lower-investment-grade credit ratings generally lagged higher-quality issues. High yield municipal debt (bonds with credit ratings below BBB-) also struggled, though they modestly outperformed their lower-investment-grade counterparts, perhaps due to the volatility-dampening effect of their higher income.

The following tables show municipal bond returns by maturity length and by credit quality for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022.

Returns by maturity       
1 year  -1.59%
3 years  -3.94%
5 years  -5.81%
10 years  -7.56%
22+ years  -14.09%
    
Returns by credit rating       
AAA  -8.23%
AA  -8.30%
A  -8.93%
BBB  -10.61%

Source: Bloomberg.

Maintaining a consistent strategy

For the three Funds profiled in this report, our overarching management approach remained consistent, as it does regardless of market conditions. We follow a bottom-up investment approach, meaning we depend on our team’s deep credit research to select securities on an issuer-by-issuer basis. Our strategy regularly emphasizes tax-exempt bonds that provide the Funds’ shareholders with what we believe is a favorable balance between the securities’ risk and return potential.

As we pursue this approach for the Funds, we typically maintain relatively less exposure to highly rated, lower yielding bonds. Instead, we tend to emphasize lower-rated, higher yielding bonds with what we believe is solid underlying credit, as we believe these securities tend to offer more attractive risk-reward opportunity for shareholders. Following this strategy, in Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, we continued to favor bonds with lower-investment-grade credit ratings (A and BBB), while also maintaining a portion of each Fund’s portfolio in high yield tax-exempt debt (bonds rated below BBB-).

As of the end of the Funds’ fiscal year on August 31, 2022, approximately 43% of the net assets of Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund was invested in bonds with lower-investment-grade credit ratings, while about 36% of the net assets of Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund was invested in these

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same credit tiers. Both Funds also maintained sizable allocations to high yield municipal bonds. By prospectus, both Funds may hold up to 20% of their net assets in high yield debt.

Consistent with its mandate, Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund maintained the largest high yield exposure of the three Funds. As of August 31, 2022, about 68% of its portfolio was held in bonds with credit ratings below BBB-, including non-rated bonds.

Responding to market conditions

As municipal market conditions weakened in 2022, many mutual funds experienced net shareholder redemptions, including both Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund. At various times, then, we had to sell bonds held by the Funds to generate proceeds to fund these redemptions. We were careful to sell bonds in a disciplined way, so that we could preserve the Funds’ balanced positioning as much as possible.

In Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, we instead experienced net shareholder inflows. Accordingly, we more often bought bonds than sold them throughout the fiscal year. Our strategy for this Fund entailed evaluating bonds for purchase on a case-by-case basis, choosing bonds that we found most attractive when we had proceeds available to invest. The charter school sector was a notable area of opportunity during the fiscal year, in our view. We have long favored this market segment for investment, and many of the bonds in this area of the market offered what we believed was their strongest risk-reward trade-off in several years.

Given the municipal bond market’s struggles in 2022, we took advantage of the opportunity to engage in tax-loss swaps in all three Funds.

Pursuing this strategy, we exchanged lower yielding bonds for higher yielding ones, finding the most value in the higher credit tiers. These swaps allowed us to take advantage of the opportunity to secure better yields for the Funds at a similar level of risk, while generating tax losses that we will be able to apply against future capital gains.

Individual performance effects

As we discussed, longer-duration bonds generally underperformed shorter-duration bonds for the fiscal year. Additionally, higher-coupon structured bonds tended to outperform. Accordingly, many of the Funds’ strongest and weakest performers over the 12-month period reflected these performance trends.

In Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, for example, the weakest-performing bonds were for the expansion project of McCormick Place, a large Chicago convention center. As zero-coupon bonds, these securities are highly sensitive to changes in interest rates. In addition, the bonds came into the fiscal year priced at a relative high point and subsequently declined from that high, declining nearly 50% for the Fund as market conditions steadily weakened. Also weighing on performance were bonds for Stanford University (down more than 30%), whose longer maturity date and relatively low coupon made them unattractive to investors in a rising-rate environment.

Turning to Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, the weakest individual performer was a Southern California tobacco bond issue that declined more than 30%. As with the McCormick Place bonds, these zero-coupon bonds struggled as rates rose, while they also lost value from a relatively high price to begin the fiscal year. Another

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noteworthy detractor was an investment in Tapestry Moon. Bonds for this Pittsburgh-area senior-living facility experienced substantial and ongoing financial challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, a bond investment in Cardinal Bay, a Texas-based system of senior-housing facilities, returned declined more than 40%, as the system has struggled financially in recent years. Queens Baseball Stadium Project bonds also detracted from performance. These bonds for Citi Field, home to the New York Mets, declined more than 25% for the 12-month period, reflecting their low coupon and relatively long maturity date.

In contrast, the strongest-performing securities in Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund were bonds for a student housing project at Macon State College (Ga.) These bonds rose more than 5%, benefiting from their relatively high coupon and short-term call date, which helped insulate the securities from market volatility. Erie County (N.Y.) tobacco-securitization bonds, which benefited from their relatively low price to begin the fiscal year, as well as their attractive yield in a challenging market environment also added value. The bonds gained 5% for the 12 months.

In Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, the most notable contributors were California charter school bonds for the Green Dot Public Schools (up 7%), as well as Dallas (Texas) Convention Center Hotel Development Corp. bonds (up 5%). In both cases, the bonds’ relatively high coupons and short call dates were desirable characteristics for investors.

Finally, in Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, bonds for the Albany Place (N.Y.) senior housing project added value, gaining 8%. As this financially challenged issuer has improved its fiscal position and made progress with its operations, investors found the bonds more attractive. Another contributor was the Fund’s investment in Fresno County (Calif.) tobacco bonds (up close to 8%), which benefited from what we viewed as their attractive yield and relatively attractive price coming into this fiscal year.

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Performance summaries  
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 800 523-1918 or visiting delawarefunds.com/performance.

Fund and benchmark performance1,2  Average annual total returns through August 31, 2022
       1 year      5 year      10 year      Lifetime
Class A (Est. January 11, 1984)            
Excluding sales charge  -12.65%  +1.60%  +2.37%  +5.91%
Including sales charge  -16.57%  +0.68%  +1.90%  +5.78%
Class C (Est. November 29, 1995)            
Excluding sales charge  -13.31%  +0.84%  +1.60%  +3.26%
Including sales charge  -14.15%  +0.84%  +1.60%  +3.26%
Institutional Class (Est. December 31, 2008)            
Excluding sales charge  -12.48%  +1.85%  +2.62%  +4.77%
Including sales charge  -12.48%  +1.85%  +2.62%  +4.77%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index  -8.63%  +1.28%  +2.25%  +3.89%*

*The benchmark lifetime return is for Institutional Class share comparison only and is calculated using the last business day in the month of the Fund’s Institutional Class inception date.

1Returns reflect the reinvestment of all distributions and are presented both with and without the applicable sales charges described below. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.

Expense limitations were in effect for certain classes during some or all of the periods shown in the “Fund and benchmark performance” table. Expenses for each class are listed in the “Fund expense ratios” table on page 8. Performance would have been lower had expense limitations not been in effect.

Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors. In addition, Institutional Class shares pay no distribution and service (12b-1) fee.

Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50%, and have an annual 12b-1 fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets. The Fund’s Class A shares are currently subject to a blended 12b-1 fee equal to the sum of: (i) 0.10% of average daily net assets representing shares acquired prior to June 1, 1992, and (ii) 0.25% of average daily net assets representing shares acquired on or after June 1, 1992. All Class A shares currently bear 12b-1 fees at the same rate, the blended rate, currently 0.25% of average daily net assets, based on the formula described above. This method of calculating Class A 12b-1 fees may be discontinued at the sole discretion of the Board. Performance for Class A shares, excluding sales charges, assumes that no front-end sales charge applied.

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Class C shares are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% if redeemed during the first 12 months. They are also subject to an annual 12b-1 fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets. Performance for Class C shares, excluding sales charges, assumes either that CDSCs did not apply or that the investment was not redeemed.

Fixed income securities and bond funds can lose value, and investors can lose principal, as interest rates rise. They also may be affected by economic conditions that hinder an issuer’s ability to make interest and principal payments on its debt. This includes prepayment risk, the risk that the principal of a bond that is held by a portfolio will be prepaid prior to maturity, at the time when interest rates are lower than what the bond was paying. A portfolio may then have to reinvest that money at a lower interest rate.

High yielding, non-investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve higher risk than investment grade bonds. The high yield secondary market is particularly susceptible to liquidity problems when institutional investors, such as mutual funds and certain other financial institutions, temporarily stop buying bonds for regulatory, financial, or other reasons. In addition, a less liquid secondary market makes it more difficult to obtain precise valuations of the high yield securities.

Substantially all dividend income derived from tax-free funds is exempt from federal income tax. Some income may be subject to state or local and/or the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) that applies to certain investors. Capital gains, if any, are taxable.

Duration number will change as market conditions change. Therefore, duration should not be solely relied upon to indicate a municipal bond fund’s potential volatility.

IBOR risk is the risk that changes related to the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or similar rates (such as EONIA) could have adverse impacts on financial instruments that reference these rates. The abandonment of these rates and transition to alternative rates could affect the value and liquidity of instruments that reference them and could affect investment strategy performance.

The disruptions caused by natural disasters, pandemics, or similar events could prevent the Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and could negatively impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and the value of the Fund’s investments.

This document may mention bond ratings published by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch, Inc. For securities rated by an NRSRO other than S&P, the rating is converted to the equivalent S&P credit rating. Bonds rated AAA are rated as having the highest quality and are generally considered to have the lowest degree of investment risk. Bonds rated AA are considered to be of high quality, but with a slightly higher degree of risk than bonds rated AAA. Bonds rated A are considered to have many favorable investment qualities, though they are somewhat more susceptible to adverse economic conditions. Bonds rated BBB are believed to be of medium-grade quality and generally riskier over the long term. Bonds rated BB, B, and CCC are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics, with BB indicating the least degree of speculation of the three.

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2The Fund’s expense ratios, as described in the most recent prospectus, are disclosed in the following “Fund expense ratios” table. The expense ratios below may differ from the expense ratios in the “Financial highlights” since they are based on different time periods and the expense ratios in the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses, if any. See Note 2 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional details. Please see the most recent prospectus and any applicable supplement(s) for additional information on these fee waivers and/or reimbursements. Please see the “Financial highlights” section in this report for the most recent expense ratios.

Fund expense ratios      Class A      Class C      Institutional Class  
Total annual operating expenses (without fee waivers)  0.91%  1.66%  0.66%  
Net expenses (including fee waivers, if any)  0.80%  1.55%  0.55%  
Type of waiver  Contractual  Contractual  Contractual  

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Performance of a $10,000 investment1

For the period August 31, 2012 through August 31, 2022

   Starting value      Ending value
 Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund — Institutional Class shares            $10,000               $12,947      
 Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index    $10,000      $12,493  
 Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund — Class A shares    $9,550      $12,073  

1The “Performance of a $10,000 investment” graph assumes $10,000 invested in Institutional Class and Class A shares of the Fund on August 31, 2012, and includes the effect of a 4.50% front-end sales charge (for Class A shares) and the reinvestment of all distributions. The graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholders would pay on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. Expense limitations were in effect for some or all of the periods shown. Performance would have been lower had expense limitations not been in effect. Expenses are listed in the “Fund expense ratios” table on page 8. Please note additional details on pages 6 through 10.

The graph also assumes $10,000 invested in the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index as of August 31, 2012. The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index measures the total return performance of the long-term, investment grade tax-exempt bond market.

The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of inflation that is calculated by the US Department of Labor, representing changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households

Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Performance of other Fund classes will vary due to different charges and expenses.

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       Nasdaq symbols      CUSIPs
Class A  DMTFX  245909106
Class C  DUSCX  245909700
Institutional Class  DTFIX  24610H104

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Performance summaries  
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 800 523-1918 or visiting delawarefunds.com/performance.

Fund and benchmark performance1,2  Average annual total returns through August 31, 2022
       1 year      5 year      10 year      Lifetime
Class A (Est. January 7, 1993)            
Excluding sales charge  -10.33%  +1.10%  +1.71%  +4.14%
Including sales charge  -12.81%  +0.54%  +1.42%  +4.04%
Class C (Est. November 29, 1995)            
Excluding sales charge  -11.04%  +0.25%  +0.85%  +2.95%
Including sales charge  -11.91%  +0.25%  +0.85%  +2.95%
Institutional Class (Est. December 31, 2008)            
Excluding sales charge  -10.17%  +1.26%  +1.86%  +3.41%
Including sales charge  -10.17%  +1.26%  +1.86%  +3.41%
Bloomberg 3–15 Year Blend Municipal Bond Index  -7.09%  +1.32%  +2.13%  +3.45%*

*The benchmark lifetime return is for Institutional Class share comparison only and is calculated using the last business day in the month of the Fund’s Institutional Class inception date.

1Returns reflect the reinvestment of all distributions and are presented both with and without the applicable sales charges described below. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.

Expense limitations were in effect for certain classes during some or all of the periods shown in the “Fund and benchmark performance” table. Expenses for each class are listed in the “Fund expense ratios” table on page 13. Performance would have been lower had expense limitations not been in effect.

Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors. In addition, Institutional Class shares pay no distribution and service (12b-1) fee.

Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 2.75%, and have an annual 12b-1 fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets. This fee was contractually limited to 0.15% of average daily net assets from December 4, 2020 through December 29, 2022.* Performance for Class A shares, excluding sales charges, assumes that no front-end sales charge applied.

Class C shares are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% if redeemed during the first 12 months. They are also subject to an annual 12b-1 fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets. Performance for Class C shares, excluding sales charges, assumes either that CDSCs did not apply or that the investment was not redeemed.

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

Fixed income securities and bond funds can lose value, and investors can lose principal, as interest rates rise. They also may be affected by economic conditions that hinder an issuer’s ability to make interest and principal payments on its debt. This includes prepayment risk, the risk that the principal of a bond that is held by a portfolio will be prepaid prior to maturity, at the time when interest rates are lower than what the bond was paying. A portfolio may then have to reinvest that money at a lower interest rate.

High yielding, non-investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve higher risk than investment grade bonds. The high yield secondary market is particularly susceptible to liquidity problems when institutional investors, such as mutual funds and certain other financial institutions, temporarily stop buying bonds for regulatory, financial, or other reasons. In addition, a less liquid secondary market makes it more difficult to obtain precise valuations of the high yield securities.

Substantially all dividend income derived from tax-free funds is exempt from federal income tax. Some income may be subject to state or local and/or the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) that applies to certain investors. Capital gains, if any, are taxable.

Duration number will change as market conditions change. Therefore, duration should not be solely relied upon to indicate a municipal bond fund’s potential volatility.

IBOR risk is the risk that changes related to the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or similar rates (such as EONIA) could have adverse impacts on financial instruments that reference these rates. The abandonment of these rates and transition to alternative rates could affect the value and liquidity of instruments that reference them and could affect investment strategy performance.

The disruptions caused by natural disasters, pandemics, or similar events could prevent the Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and could negatively impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and the value of the Fund’s investments.

This document may mention bond ratings published by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch, Inc. For securities rated by an NRSRO other than S&P, the rating is converted to the equivalent S&P credit rating. Bonds rated AAA are rated as having the highest quality and are generally considered to have the lowest degree of investment risk. Bonds rated AA are considered to be of high quality, but with a slightly higher degree of risk than bonds rated AAA. Bonds rated A are considered to have many favorable investment qualities, though they are somewhat more susceptible to adverse economic conditions. Bonds rated BBB are believed to be of medium-grade quality and generally riskier over the long term. Bonds rated BB, B, and CCC are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics, with BB indicating the least degree of speculation of the three.

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2The Fund’s expense ratios, as described in the most recent prospectus, are disclosed in the following “Fund expense ratios” table. The expense ratios below may differ from the expense ratios in the “Financial highlights” since they are based on different time periods and the expense ratios in the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses, if any. See Note 2 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional details. Please see the most recent prospectus and any applicable supplement(s) for additional information on these fee waivers and/or reimbursements. Please see the “Financial highlights” section in this report for the most recent expense ratios.

Fund expense ratios      Class A      Class C      Institutional Class  
Total annual operating expenses (without fee waivers)  0.88%  1.63%  0.63%  
Net expenses (including fee waivers, if any)  0.75%  1.50%  0.50%  
Type of waiver  Contractual  Contractual  Contractual  

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Performance summaries

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

Performance of a $10,000 investment1

For the period August 31, 2012 through August 31, 2022

   Starting value       Ending value
 Bloomberg 3–15 Year Blend Municipal Bond Index             $10,000                $12,344       
 Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund — Institutional Class shares    $10,000      $12,021  
 Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund — Class A shares    $9,725      $11,518  

1The “Performance of a $10,000 investment” graph assumes $10,000 invested in Institutional Class and Class A shares of the Fund on August 31, 2012, and includes the effect of a 2.75% front-end sales charge (for Class A shares) and the reinvestment of all distributions. The graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholders would pay on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. Expense limitations were in effect for some or all of the periods shown. Performance would have been lower had expense limitations not been in effect. Expenses are listed in the “Fund expense ratios” table on page 13. Please note additional details on pages 11 through 15.

The graph also assumes $10,000 invested in the Bloomberg 3–15 Year Blend Municipal Bond Index as of August 31, 2012. The Bloomberg 3–15 Year Blend Municipal Bond Index measures the total return performance of investment grade, US tax-exempt bonds with maturities from 2 to 17 years.

Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Performance of other Fund classes will vary due to different charges and expenses.

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       Nasdaq symbols      CUSIPs
Class A  DMUSX  245909304
Class C  DUICX  245909882
Institutional Class  DUSIX  24610H203

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Performance summaries  
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 800 523-1918 or visiting delawarefunds.com/performance.

Fund and benchmark performance1,2  Average annual total returns through August 31, 2022
       1 year      5 year      10 year      Lifetime
Class A (Est. September 22, 1986)            
Excluding sales charge  -10.49%  +2.76%  +3.71%  +5.80%
Including sales charge  -14.53%  +1.81%  +3.23%  +5.66%
Class C (Est. May 26, 1997)            
Excluding sales charge  -11.18%  +1.99%  +2.93%  +4.10%
Including sales charge  -12.04%  +1.99%  +2.93%  +4.10%
Institutional Class (Est. December 31, 2008)            
Excluding sales charge  -10.22%  +3.02%  +3.97%  +7.17%
Including sales charge  -10.22%  +3.02%  +3.97%  +7.17%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index  -8.63%  +1.28%  +2.25%  +3.89%*

*The benchmark lifetime return is for Institutional Class share comparison only and is calculated using the last business day in the month of the Fund’s Institutional Class inception date.

1Returns reflect the reinvestment of all distributions and are presented both with and without the applicable sales charges described below. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.

Expense limitations were in effect for certain classes during some or all of the periods shown in the “Fund and benchmark performance” table. Expenses for each class are listed in the “Fund expense ratios” table on page 18. Performance would have been lower had expense limitations not been in effect.

Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors. In addition, Institutional Class shares pay no distribution and service (12b-1) fee.

Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50%, and have an annual 12b-1 fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets. Performance for Class A shares, excluding sales charges, assumes that no front-end sales charge applied.

Class C shares are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% if redeemed during the first 12 months. They are also subject to an annual 12b-1 fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets. Performance for Class C shares, excluding sales charges, assumes either that CDSCs did not apply or that the investment was not redeemed.

Fixed income securities and bond funds can lose value, and investors can lose principal, as interest rates rise. They also may be affected by economic conditions that hinder an issuer’s ability to make interest and principal payments

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on its debt. This includes prepayment risk, the risk that the principal of a bond that is held by a portfolio will be prepaid prior to maturity, at the time when interest rates are lower than what the bond was paying. A portfolio may then have to reinvest that money at a lower interest rate.

High yielding, non-investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve higher risk than investment grade bonds. The high yield secondary market is particularly susceptible to liquidity problems when institutional investors, such as mutual funds and certain other financial institutions, temporarily stop buying bonds for regulatory, financial, or other reasons. In addition, a less liquid secondary market makes it more difficult to obtain precise valuations of the high yield securities.

Substantially all dividend income derived from tax-free funds is exempt from federal income tax. Some income may be subject to state or local and/or the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) that applies to certain investors. Capital gains, if any, are taxable.

Duration number will change as market conditions change. Therefore, duration should not be solely relied upon to indicate a municipal bond fund’s potential volatility.

IBOR risk is the risk that changes related to the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or similar rates (such as EONIA) could have adverse impacts on financial instruments that reference these rates. The abandonment of these rates and transition to alternative rates could affect the value and liquidity of instruments that reference them and could affect investment strategy performance.

The disruptions caused by natural disasters, pandemics, or similar events could prevent the Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and could negatively impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and the value of the Fund’s investments.

This document may mention bond ratings published by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch, Inc. For securities rated by an NRSRO other than S&P, the rating is converted to the equivalent S&P credit rating. Bonds rated AAA are rated as having the highest quality and are generally considered to have the lowest degree of investment risk. Bonds rated AA are considered to be of high quality, but with a slightly higher degree of risk than bonds rated AAA. Bonds rated A are considered to have many favorable investment qualities, though they are somewhat more susceptible to adverse economic conditions. Bonds rated BBB are believed to be of medium-grade quality and generally riskier over the long term. Bonds rated BB, B, and CCC are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics, with BB indicating the least degree of speculation of the three.

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Performance summaries

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

2The Fund’s expense ratios, as described in the most recent prospectus, are disclosed in the following “Fund expense ratios” table. The expense ratios below may differ from the expense ratios in the “Financial highlights” since they are based on different time periods and the expense ratios in the prospectus include acquired fund fees and expenses, if any. See Note 2 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional details. Please see the most recent prospectus and any applicable supplement(s) for additional information on these fee waivers and/or reimbursements. Please see the “Financial highlights” section in this report for the most recent expense ratios..

Fund expense ratios      Class A      Class C      Institutional Class  
Total annual operating expenses (without fee waivers)  0.88%  1.63%  0.63%  
Net expenses (including fee waivers, if any)  0.85%  1.60%  0.60%  
Type of waiver  Contractual  Contractual  Contractual  

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Performance of a $10,000 investment1

For the period August 31, 2012 through August 31, 2022

   Starting value      Ending value
 Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund — Institutional Class shares             $10,000                $14,765       
 Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund — Class A shares    $9,550      $13,745  
 Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index    $10,000      $12,493  

1The “Performance of a $10,000 investment” graph assumes $10,000 invested in Institutional Class and Class A shares of the Fund on August 31, 2012, and includes the effect of a 4.50% front-end sales charge (for Class A shares) and the reinvestment of all distributions. The graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholders would pay on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. Expense limitations were in effect for some or all of the periods shown. Performance would have been lower had expense limitations not been in effect. Expenses are listed in the “Fund expense ratios” table on page 18. Please note additional details on pages 16 through 20.

The graph also assumes $10,000 invested in the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index as of August 31, 2012. The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index measures the total return performance of the long-term, investment grade tax-exempt bond market.

The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of inflation that is calculated by the US Department of Labor, representing changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Performance of other Fund classes will vary due to different charges and expenses.

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Performance summaries

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

       Nasdaq symbols      CUSIPs
Class A  CXHYX  928928241
Class C  DVHCX  928928225
Institutional Class  DVHIX  24610H302

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Disclosure of Fund expenses

For the six-month period from March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. The following examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period from March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022.

Actual expenses

The first section of the tables shown, “Actual Fund return,” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second section of the tables shown, “Hypothetical 5% return,” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in each Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher. The Funds’ expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers in effect and assume reinvestment of all dividends and distributions.

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Disclosure of Fund expenses

For the six-month period from March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

Expense analysis of an investment of $1,000

       Beginning
Account Value
3/1/22
      Ending
Account Value
8/31/22
      Annualized
Expense Ratio
      Expenses
Paid During Period
3/1/22 to 8/31/22*
Actual Fund return                                              
Class A   $1,000.00    $907.90   0.79%   $3.80 
Class C   1,000.00    903.70   1.54%   7.39 
Institutional Class   1,000.00    908.20   0.54%   2.60 
Hypothetical 5% return (5% return before expenses)         
Class A   $1,000.00    $1,021.22   0.79%   $4.02 
Class C   1,000.00    1,017.44   1.54%   7.83 
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,022.48   0.54%   2.75 

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund
Expense analysis of an investment of $1,000

       Beginning
Account Value
3/1/22
      Ending
Account Value
8/31/22
      Annualized
Expense Ratio
      Expenses
Paid During Period
3/1/22 to 8/31/22*
Actual Fund return                                              
Class A   $1,000.00    $929.30   0.74%   $3.60 
Class C   1,000.00    925.70   1.50%   7.28 
Institutional Class   1,000.00    930.40   0.50%   2.43 
Hypothetical 5% return (5% return before expenses)          
Class A   $1,000.00    $1,021.48   0.74%   $3.77 
Class C   1,000.00    1,017.64   1.50%   7.63 
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,022.68   0.50%   2.55 

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund
Expense analysis of an investment of $1,000

       Beginning
Account Value
3/1/22
      Ending
Account Value
8/31/22
      Annualized
Expense Ratio
      Expenses
Paid During Period
3/1/22 to 8/31/22*
Actual Fund return                                              
Class A   $1,000.00    $917.50   0.85%   $4.11 
Class C   1,000.00    914.40   1.60%   7.72 
Institutional Class   1,000.00    919.60   0.60%   2.90 
Hypothetical 5% return (5% return before expenses)          
Class A   $1,000.00    $1,020.92   0.85%   $4.33 
Class C   1,000.00    1,017.14   1.60%   8.13 
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,022.18   0.60%   3.06 

*“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the relevant Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Because actual returns reflect only the most recent six-month period, the returns shown may differ significantly from fiscal year returns.

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Security type / sector / state / territory allocations
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund As of August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

Sector designations may be different from the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

Security type / sector      Percentage of net assets
Municipal Bonds*                      95.99%                    
Corporate Revenue Bonds    12.58%  
Education Revenue Bonds    5.24%  
Electric Revenue Bonds    3.42%  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds    12.50%  
Lease Revenue Bonds    7.18%  
Local General Obligation Bonds    4.27%  
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds    1.23%  
Resource Recovery Revenue Bond    0.14%  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds    19.04%  
State General Obligation Bonds    12.99%  
Transportation Revenue Bonds    16.21%  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds    1.19%  
Short-Term Investments    3.07%  
Total Value of Securities    99.06%  
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities    0.94%  
Total Net Assets    100.00%  

*As of the date of this report, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund held bonds issued by or on behalf of territories and the states of the US as follows:

State / territory      Percentage of net assets
Alabama                      1.50%                    
Arizona    3.47%  
California    12.46%  
Colorado    3.35%  
Connecticut    0.78%  
District of Columbia    0.59%  
Florida    3.81%  
Georgia    1.70%  
Guam    0.98%  
Idaho    0.29%  
Illinois    10.62%  
Indiana    0.34%  
Iowa    0.62%  
Kansas    0.26%  
Kentucky    0.54%  
Louisiana    0.16%  
Maine    0.50%  

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State / territory      Percentage of net assets
Maryland                      0.92%                    
Massachusetts    0.88%  
Michigan    0.49%  
Minnesota    0.49%  
Mississippi    0.69%  
Missouri    0.28%  
Nebraska    0.42%  
New Jersey    2.72%  
New York    11.49%  
North Carolina    1.89%  
Ohio    2.06%  
Oregon    0.64%  
Pennsylvania    2.63%  
Puerto Rico    17.75%  
Rhode Island    0.10%  
Tennessee    0.44%  
Texas    6.89%  
US Virgin Islands    0.71%  
Utah    1.00%  
Virginia    2.33%  
Washington    1.77%  
Wisconsin    0.50%  
Total Value of Securities    99.06%  

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Security type / sector / state / territory allocations
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund As of August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

Sector designations may be different from the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

Security type / sector      Percentage of net assets
Municipal Bonds*                      96.48%                    
Corporate Revenue Bonds    12.80%  
Education Revenue Bonds    5.71%  
Electric Revenue Bonds    5.80%  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds    7.98%  
Lease Revenue Bonds    8.24%  
Local General Obligation Bonds    3.64%  
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds    3.96%  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds    15.55%  
State General Obligation Bonds    15.55%  
Transportation Revenue Bonds    15.07%  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds    2.18%  
Short-Term Investments    2.83%  
Total Value of Securities    99.31%  
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities    0.69%  
Total Net Assets    100.00%  

*As of the date of this report, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund held bonds issued by or on behalf of territories and the states of the US as follows:

State / territory      Percentage of net assets
Alabama                      0.92%                    
Arizona    6.40%  
California    12.06%  
Colorado    3.08%  
Connecticut    0.65%  
District of Columbia    0.70%  
Florida    4.48%  
Georgia    2.05%  
Guam    0.73%  
Hawaii    0.30%  
Idaho    0.67%  
Illinois    9.33%  
Iowa    0.54%  
Kansas    0.09%  
Kentucky    0.47%  
Louisiana    1.28%  
Maine    0.26%  
Maryland    0.66%  

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State / territory      Percentage of net assets
Massachusetts                      2.23%                    
Michigan    1.21%  
Minnesota    0.33%  
Mississippi    0.21%  
Missouri    0.72%  
Montana    0.04%  
Nebraska    0.03%  
New Hampshire    0.19%  
New Jersey    4.96%  
New York    16.11%  
Ohio    1.27%  
Oklahoma    0.74%  
Oregon    0.76%  
Pennsylvania    3.49%  
Puerto Rico    11.79%  
South Carolina    0.35%  
Tennessee    0.13%  
Texas    3.63%  
US Virgin Islands    0.17%  
Utah    2.00%  
Virginia    2.92%  
Washington    0.87%  
Wisconsin    0.49%  
Total Value of Securities    99.31%  

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Security type / sector / state / territory allocations
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund As of August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

Sector designations may be different from the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

Security type / sector      Percentage of net assets
Municipal Bonds*                      97.86%                    
Corporate Revenue Bonds    22.87%  
Education Revenue Bonds    15.38%  
Electric Revenue Bonds    4.02%  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds    16.35%  
Housing Revenue Bond    0.04%  
Lease Revenue Bonds    2.64%  
Local General Obligation Bonds    2.88%  
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds    2.30%  
Resource Recovery Revenue Bonds    0.59%  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds    13.31%  
State General Obligation Bonds    11.25%  
Transportation Revenue Bonds    3.25%  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds    2.98%  
Short-Term Investments    1.43%  
Total Value of Securities    99.29%  
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities    0.71%  
Total Net Assets    100.00%  

*As of the date of this report, Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund held bonds issued by or on behalf of territories and the states of the US as follows:

State / territory      Percentage of net assets
Alabama                      3.17%                    
Arizona    5.86%  
Arkansas    0.11%  
California    10.08%  
Colorado    1.46%  
Delaware    0.06%  
District of Columbia    1.14%  
Florida    5.04%  
Georgia    1.08%  
Guam    0.80%  
Hawaii    0.17%  
Idaho    0.77%  
Illinois    6.09%  
Indiana    0.57%  
Iowa    0.53%  
Kansas    0.23%  

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State / territory      Percentage of net assets
Kentucky                      0.47%                    
Louisiana    1.33%  
Maine    0.48%  
Maryland    0.43%  
Massachusetts    1.18%  
Michigan    1.10%  
Minnesota    0.68%  
Mississippi    0.32%  
Missouri    1.25%  
Montana    0.07%  
Nevada    0.43%  
New Hampshire    0.23%  
New Jersey    2.42%  
New Mexico    0.26%  
New York    7.50%  
North Carolina    1.41%  
Ohio    4.68%  
Oklahoma    0.11%  
Oregon    0.30%  
Pennsylvania    3.11%  
Puerto Rico    17.85%  
South Carolina    0.50%  
Tennessee    0.35%  
Texas    6.23%  
US Virgin Islands    0.15%  
Utah    0.57%  
Virginia    4.70%  
Washington    1.46%  
West Virginia    0.14%  
Wisconsin    2.42%  
Total Value of Securities    99.29%  

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Schedules of investments  
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund August 31, 2022
   
        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds — 95.99%         
Corporate Revenue Bonds — 12.58%         
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Legacy Cares, Inc. Project)
Series A 144A 7.75% 7/1/50 #
   6,400,000   $6,815,424
Buckeye, Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority
(Senior)
Series A-2 4.00% 6/1/48
   8,860,000    7,941,307
Series B-2 5.00% 6/1/55   4,000,000    3,809,880
Central Plains, Nebraska Energy Project
(Project No. 3)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/31
   2,050,000    2,210,351
Series A 5.00% 9/1/35   1,525,000    1,627,846
Erie, New York Tobacco Asset Securitization
(Capital Appreciation-Asset-Backed)
Series A 144A 1.456% 6/1/60 #, ^
   65,340,000    3,743,982
Finance Authority of Maine Revenue
(Go Lab Madison, LLC Project)
144A 8.00% 12/1/51 (AMT) #
   5,660,000    4,560,828
Florida Development Finance Surface Transportation Facilities Revenue
(Brightline Passenger Rail Project)
Series B 144A 7.375% 1/1/49 (AMT) #
   7,075,000    6,749,055
(Virgin Trains USA Passenger Rail Project)
Series A 144A 6.50% 1/1/49 (AMT) #, •
   2,555,000    2,320,323
George L Smith II Georgia World Congress Center Authority
(Convention Center Hotel 1st Tier)
Series A 4.00% 1/1/54
   10,215,000    8,774,379
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Settlement Revenue
(Capital Appreciation)
Series B-2 1.089% 6/1/66 ^
   15,370,000    1,817,656
Hoover, Alabama Industrial Development Board
(United States Steel Corporation Project)
5.75% 10/1/49 (AMT)
   3,825,000    3,982,552
Inland, California Empire Tobacco Securitization
(Capital Appreciation-Turbo-Asset-Backed)
Series E 144A 0.93% 6/1/57 #, ^
   122,985,000    7,003,996
Series F 144A 1.347% 6/1/57 #, ^   80,485,000    3,840,744
Iowa Finance Authority
(Iowa Fertilizer Company Project)
5.00% 12/1/50 •
   2,355,000    2,415,618

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Iowa Finance Authority
(Iowa Fertilizer Company Project)
5.00% 12/1/50
   3,230,000   $3,273,702
Kentucky Public Energy Authority
Series A-1 4.00% 8/1/52 •
   5,000,000    4,961,900
Lower Alabama Gas District         
Series A 5.00% 9/1/34   3,440,000    3,674,161
Series A 5.00% 9/1/46   2,265,000    2,365,203
Michigan Finance Authority Revenue
Series B-1 5.00% 6/1/49
   575,000    587,823
M-S-R Energy Authority, California Gas Revenue         
Series A 6.125% 11/1/29   1,360,000    1,510,212
Series B 6.50% 11/1/39   4,015,000    4,851,164
Series C 6.50% 11/1/39   1,905,000    2,301,735
New York Transportation Development Corporation Special Facilities Revenue
(Delta Air Lines, Inc. - LaGuardia Airport Terminals C&D Redevelopment Project)
5.00% 1/1/34 (AMT)
   2,290,000    2,362,295
Public Authority for Colorado Energy Natural Gas Revenue
6.50% 11/15/38
   4,745,000    5,789,991
Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin
(Grand Hyatt San Antonio Hotel Acquisition Project)
Series A 5.00% 2/1/62
   2,975,000    3,055,087
Salt Verde, Arizona Financial Senior Gas Revenue
5.00% 12/1/37
   1,440,000    1,520,568
Shoals, Indiana
(National Gypsum Co. Project)
7.25% 11/1/43 (AMT)
   1,575,000    1,609,949
Suffolk Tobacco Asset Securitization
Series A-2 4.00% 6/1/50
   2,000,000    1,809,960
Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California
(Capital Appreciation-2nd Subordinate Lien)
Series C 0.585% 6/1/46 ^
   13,510,000    2,130,932
(Capital Appreciation-3rd Subordinate Lien)
Series D 0.382% 6/1/46 ^
   2,255,000    277,478

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Industrial Development Authority
(Hunt Refining Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 5/1/44 #
   3,955,000   $3,620,011
Valparaiso, Indiana
(Pratt Paper, LLC Project)
7.00% 1/1/44 (AMT)
   1,360,000    1,414,767
         114,730,879
Education Revenue Bonds — 5.24%         
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(GreatHearts Arizona Projects)
Series A 2.25% 7/1/46
   1,295,000    852,797
Series A 2.375% 7/1/52   1,295,000    817,119
(Leman Academy of Excellence Projects)
Series A 4.50% 7/1/54
   2,240,000    1,986,611
Bibb County, Georgia Development Authority Revenue
(Macon State College Student Housing Project)
Series A 5.75% 7/1/40 (AGM)
   1,905,000    1,908,600
California Community College Financing Authority Student Housing Revenue
(Napa Valley College Project)
Series A 144A 5.75% 7/1/60 #
   5,000,000    4,806,200
California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(Loma Linda University)
Series A 5.00% 4/1/47
   760,000    801,169
(Stanford University)         
Series T-1 5.00% 3/15/39   6,110,000    7,189,148
Series V-1 5.00% 5/1/49   1,145,000    1,358,394
Series V-2 2.25% 4/1/51   1,830,000    1,158,134
Camden, New Jersey County Improvement Authority
(Camden Prep High School Project)
         
144A 5.00% 7/15/52 #   865,000    855,260
144A 5.00% 7/15/62 #   520,000    496,408
District of Columbia Revenue
5.00% 6/1/50
   760,000    758,427
(KIPP DC Issue)         
4.00% 7/1/44   380,000    346,032
4.00% 7/1/49   610,000    542,454

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Florida Development Finance Surface Transportation Facilities Revenue
(Mater Academy Projects)
Series A 4.00% 6/15/52
   1,535,000   $1,314,666
Idaho Housing & Finance Association
(Sage International School of Boise Project)
Series A 4.00% 5/1/50
   425,000    408,234
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Illinois at Chicago Project)
         
Series A 5.00% 2/15/47   1,415,000    1,359,022
Series A 5.00% 2/15/50   415,000    395,931
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
(Provident Group - Montclair State University)
5.00% 6/1/42 (AGM)
   955,000    1,013,570
Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Revenue
(University of Rhode Island)
Series B 5.25% 9/15/29 (AGC)
   945,000    946,304
Town of Davie, Florida
(Nova Southeastern University Project)
5.00% 4/1/38
   2,290,000    2,399,760
University of Texas System Board of Regents
Series B 5.00% 8/15/49
   13,670,000    16,081,115
         47,795,355
Electric Revenue Bonds — 3.42%         
California Community Choice Financing Authority
(Clean Energy Project)
Series B-1 4.00% 2/1/52 •
   195,000    196,843
Electric and Gas Systems Revenue San Antonio, Texas
5.25% 2/1/24
   1,905,000    1,980,000
Guam Power Authority Revenue
(Tax-Exempt Forward Delivery)
         
Series A 5.00% 10/1/41   3,830,000    4,017,057
Series A 5.00% 10/1/42   3,265,000    3,414,243
Long Island, New York Power Authority Electric System Revenue
5.00% 9/1/47
   1,235,000    1,324,365
Series B 5.00% 9/1/41   2,290,000    2,458,109
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue         
Series A 5.00% 7/1/42 ‡   3,665,000    2,977,812
Series A 5.05% 7/1/42 ‡   100,000    81,000

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Electric Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue         
Series A 6.75% 7/1/36 ‡   1,725,000   $1,457,625
Series AAA 5.25% 7/1/25 ‡   60,000    48,750
Series CCC 5.25% 7/1/27 ‡   2,005,000    1,629,063
Series TT 5.00% 7/1/32 ‡   2,705,000    2,197,812
Series WW 5.25% 7/1/33 ‡   2,485,000    2,019,063
Series XX 4.75% 7/1/26 ‡   205,000    165,794
Series XX 5.25% 7/1/40 ‡   3,165,000    2,571,562
Series ZZ 4.75% 7/1/27 ‡   160,000    129,400
Series ZZ 5.25% 7/1/24 ‡   80,000    65,000
Salt River, Arizona Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District Electric Systems Revenue
(Salt River Project Electric System)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/30
   4,000,000    4,481,240
         31,214,738
Healthcare Revenue Bonds — 12.50%         
Alachua County, Florida Health Facilities Authority
(Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, Inc. Project)
4.00% 10/1/46
   1,750,000    1,497,738
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Hospital Development Authority Revenue
(Allegheny Health Network Obligated Group Issue)
Series A 5.00% 4/1/47
   1,410,000    1,449,818
Apple Valley Senior Living Revenue
(Minnesota Senior Living LLC Project)
         
Series B 5.00% 1/1/47   1,815,000    1,124,955
Series D 7.25% 1/1/52   1,980,000    1,303,949
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC Project 2nd Tier)
Series B 5.00% 1/1/49
   300,000    190,233
(Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC Project 4th Tier)
Series D-2 144A 7.75% 1/1/54 #
   225,000    145,726
(Phoenix Children’s Hospital)
Series A 4.00% 2/1/50
   460,000    420,348
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue
(CommonSpirit Health)
         
Series A 4.00% 4/1/44   3,510,000    3,293,995
Series A 4.00% 4/1/49   5,000,000    4,598,050

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)         
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue
(Kaiser Permanente)
Series A-2 5.00% 11/1/47
   21,265,000   $24,204,673
California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue
(Community Medical Centers)
Series A 5.00% 2/1/42
   2,025,000    2,134,411
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(AdventHealth Obligated Group)
Series A 4.00% 11/15/46
   4,310,000    4,078,639
(American Baptist)
8.00% 8/1/43
   1,660,000    1,701,517
(CommonSpirit Health)         
Series A-1 4.00% 8/1/37   700,000    677,131
Series A-2 4.00% 8/1/49   2,485,000    2,258,716
Series A-2 5.00% 8/1/44   2,290,000    2,368,799
(Mental Health Center Denver Project)
Series A 5.75% 2/1/44
   1,430,000    1,457,513
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
(The Metro Health System)
         
5.25% 2/15/47   1,710,000    1,760,992
5.50% 2/15/57   2,290,000    2,371,753
Glendale, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Royal Oaks Inspirata Pointe Project)
Series A 5.00% 5/15/56
   1,905,000    1,798,415
Henrico County, Virginia Economic Development Authority
(Westminster Canterbury Richmond)
Series A 5.00% 10/1/52
   1,130,000    1,181,562
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(NorthShore - Edward-Elmhurst Health Credit Group)
         
Series A 5.00% 8/15/47   3,510,000    3,735,623
Series A 5.00% 8/15/51   3,265,000    3,453,031
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority Revenue
(The Glen Retirement System Project)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/49
   1,905,000    1,440,237
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Senior Living Facility Revenue
(Christian Care Surprise, Inc. Project)
144A 6.00% 1/1/48 #
   915,000    686,726

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(Adventist Healthcare Obligated)
Series A 5.50% 1/1/46
   1,530,000   $1,602,308
Miami-Dade County, Florida Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Project)
5.00% 8/1/42
   1,150,000    1,197,553
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Higher Education and Health Authority
(Thomas Jefferson University)
Series B 4.00% 5/1/52
   4,950,000    4,552,267
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Foulkeways At Gwynedd Project)
5.00% 12/1/46
   715,000    725,074
Moon, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
(Baptist Homes Society Obligation)
6.125% 7/1/50
   1,725,000    1,590,243
New Hope, Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance
(Cardinal Bay, Inc. - Village on the Park/Carriage Inn Project)
Series A1 5.00% 7/1/46 ‡
   95,000    70,300
(Legacy Midtown Park Project)
Series A 5.50% 7/1/54
   1,725,000    1,463,697
New York State Dormitory Authority
(Northwell Health Obligated Group)
Series A 5.00% 5/1/52
   3,000,000    3,120,330
(Orange Regional Medical Center)         
144A 5.00% 12/1/34 #   300,000    303,789
144A 5.00% 12/1/35 #   945,000    954,280
144A 5.00% 12/1/37 #   695,000    699,066
Norfolk Economic Development Authority Revenue, Virginia
(Sentara Healthcare)
Series B 5.00% 11/1/43
   760,000    762,774
Ohio State Hospital Facilities Revenue
(Cleveland Clinic Health System Obligated Group)
Series B 4.00% 1/1/42
   2,000,000    1,949,300
Orange County, New York Funding Corporation Assisted Living Residence Revenue
6.50% 1/1/46
   2,135,000    1,824,400

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority UPMC Revenue
Series A 4.00% 11/15/42
   3,300,000   $3,140,346
Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(Thomas Jefferson University)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/45
   1,530,000    1,563,507
Rochester, Minnesota
(The Homestead at Rochester)
Series A 6.875% 12/1/48
   1,790,000    1,825,120
Salem, Oregon Hospital Facility Authority Revenue
(Capital Manor Project)
         
4.00% 5/15/47   865,000    729,999
4.00% 5/15/57   865,000    690,772
(Salem Health Projects)
Series A 4.00% 5/15/49
   500,000    457,325
Seminole County, Florida Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Legacy Pointe at UCF Project)
Series A 5.50% 11/15/49
   3,055,000    2,709,632
Tarrant County, Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation Retirement Facility Revenue
(Buckner Senior Living - Ventana Project)
6.625% 11/15/37
   840,000    875,423
Tempe, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Mirabella at ASU Project)
Series A 144A 6.125% 10/1/52 #
   1,395,000    1,313,937
Union County Hospital Facility Authority
(Grande Ronde Hospital Project)
         
5.00% 7/1/40   1,000,000    1,025,640
5.00% 7/1/42   1,185,000    1,210,560
5.00% 7/1/47   500,000    508,015
5.00% 7/1/52   1,125,000    1,130,715
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5.00% 2/1/46
   380,000    392,361
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority Revenue
(LifeSpire of Virginia)
4.00% 12/1/41
   2,500,000    2,303,625

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
(Heron’s Key Senior Living)
Series A 144A 7.00% 7/1/45 #
   3,890,000   $4,030,312
         114,057,220
Lease Revenue Bonds — 7.18%         
Kansas City Industrial Development Authority
(Kansas City International Airport Terminal Modernization Project)
Series B 5.00% 3/1/49 (AGM) (AMT)
   2,450,000    2,529,110
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Illinois
(McCormick Place Expansion Project)
         
Series A 4.00% 6/15/50   12,885,000    11,307,618
Series A 4.00% 6/15/50 (BAM)   6,030,000    5,584,081
Series A 4.00% 6/15/52   2,870,000    2,495,666
Series A 4.00% 6/15/52 (BAM)   1,085,000    994,186
Series A 5.00% 6/15/50 (BAM)   2,175,000    2,230,680
Series A 5.00% 6/15/57   1,235,000    1,257,848
Series B 2.809% 12/15/54 (BAM) ^   28,520,000    6,006,882
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
(State Appropriation)
5.00% 8/1/31
   195,000    195,445
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority
(Transportation System)
Series A 3.269% 12/15/39 (BAM) ^
   12,850,000    6,019,068
New York Liberty Development
(Class 3-3 World Trade Center Project)
144A 7.25% 11/15/44 #
   8,000,000    8,154,560
(Green Bond)
Series A 3.00% 11/15/51 (BAM)
   3,535,000    2,593,453
Virginia College Building Authority
(21st Century College and Equipment Programs)
Series A 5.00% 2/1/40
   5,000,000    5,673,800
Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board
(Transportation Capital Project)
4.00% 5/15/36
   6,100,000    6,385,175
(U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program)
4.00% 5/15/47
   4,180,000    4,088,124
         65,515,696
Local General Obligation Bonds — 4.27%         
Chicago, Illinois
Series A 5.25% 1/1/29
   1,545,000    1,579,145

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Local General Obligation Bonds (continued)         
Chicago, Illinois         
Series A 5.50% 1/1/49   760,000   $800,979
Series A 6.00% 1/1/38   400,000    430,284
Chicago, Illinois Board of Education         
5.00% 4/1/42   885,000    910,931
5.00% 4/1/46   905,000    927,697
Dallas Independent School District, Texas
2.75% 2/15/52 (PSF)
   2,585,000    1,845,354
Galveston Independent School District, Texas
4.00% 2/1/47 (PSF)
   2,500,000    2,398,775
Los Angeles, California Community College District
Series C 5.00% 8/1/25
   1,905,000    2,054,924
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Area School District
Series AA 4.00% 5/15/50
   2,875,000    2,766,239
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina         
Series A 5.00% 4/1/25   1,000,000    1,066,400
Series A 5.00% 9/1/25   6,110,000    6,578,331
New York City, New York         
Series E-1 5.00% 3/1/44   3,825,000    4,057,331
Series F-1 5.00% 4/1/45   4,090,000    4,336,954
Subseries A-1 5.00% 8/1/47   1,330,000    1,426,518
Subseries B-1 5.00% 12/1/37   3,440,000    3,701,130
Subseries B-1 5.00% 12/1/41   3,825,000    4,083,914
         38,964,906
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds — 1.23%         
Broward County, Florida Airport System Revenue
Series C 5.25% 10/1/30-23 §
   3,825,000    3,943,651
Ohio Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission
(Infrastructure Projects)
Series A-1 5.00% 2/15/28-22 §
   235,000    237,573
Orange County, Florida Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Presbyterian Retirement Communities Project)
5.00% 8/1/36
   2,125,000    2,220,838
Rockwall Independent School District, Texas
5.00% 2/15/46-25 (PSF) §
   1,530,000    1,617,761
Southwestern Illinois Development Authority Revenue
(Memorial Group)
7.125% 11/1/43-23 §
   1,530,000    1,610,998
Toledo, Ohio Water System Revenue
5.00% 11/15/38-23 §
   760,000    774,045

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)         
Waterbury, Connecticut
Lot A 5.00% 12/1/32-23 §
   760,000   $784,753
         11,189,619
Resource Recovery Revenue Bond — 0.14%         
Union County, New Jersey Improvement Authority Revenue
(Aries Linden, LLC Project)
144A 6.75% 12/1/41 (AMT) #
   1,490,000    1,301,798
         1,301,798
Special Tax Revenue Bonds — 19.04%         
Allentown, Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority Revenue
(Forward Delivery)
5.00% 5/1/42
   2,000,000    2,081,940
Bullhead City, Arizona Excise Taxes Revenue         
2.30% 7/1/41   1,000,000    708,280
2.55% 7/1/46   2,885,000    1,958,165
City & County of San Francisco, California Special Tax District No 2020-1
Series B 144A 5.25% 9/1/49 #
   3,450,000    2,686,929
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
2.337% 11/1/51 •
   4,644,800    2,119,190
GDB Debt Recovery Authority of Puerto Rico
(Taxable)
7.50% 8/20/40
   30,085,263    26,926,310
Idaho Housing & Finance Association
(Transportation Expansion And Congestion Mitigation)
Series A 5.00% 8/15/47
   2,000,000    2,223,120
Illinois State
First Series 6.00% 6/15/26 (NATL)
   760,000    841,882
(Junior Obligation)
Series A 4.00% 6/15/31 (BAM)
   5,000,000    5,206,800
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Education Revenue
(Choice Academies, Inc. Project)
Series AZ 144A 5.75% 9/1/45 #
   2,505,000    2,498,637
Matching Fund Special Purpose Securitization Corporation, US Virgin Islands
Series A 5.00% 10/1/39
   6,265,000    6,504,010

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, New York
(Climate Bond Certified)
Series B-2 5.00% 11/15/36
   1,530,000   $1,646,005
Miami-Dade County, Florida Special Obligation
3.505% 10/1/37 (BAM) ^
   2,585,000    1,375,298
New York City, New York Transitional Finance Authority
(Future Tax Secured Fiscal 2014)
Series A-1 5.00% 11/1/42
   7,635,000    7,812,666
New York City, New York Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue
Subordinate Subseries S-3A 5.00% 7/15/37
   1,905,000    2,061,782
New York Convention Center Development Corporate Senior Lien
(Hotel Unit Fee Secured)
         
Series B 6.203% 11/15/55 (BAM) ^   2,585,000    485,075
Series B 6.545% 11/15/55 ^   5,000    852
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue         
Series A 5.00% 3/15/39   3,055,000    3,271,324
Series A 5.00% 3/15/42   1,530,000    1,627,951
(General Purpose)
Series A 4.00% 3/15/49
   3,450,000    3,249,210
New York State Thruway Authority State Personal Income Tax Revenue
(Climate Bond Certified)
Series C 5.00% 3/15/55
   10,000,000    10,731,500
Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin
(American Dream @ Meadowlands Project)
144A 7.00% 12/1/50 #
   1,645,000    1,473,246
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Revenue
(Restructured)
         
Series A-1 4.55% 7/1/40   1,116,000    1,115,989
Series A-1 4.75% 7/1/53   15,410,000    14,736,583
Series A-1 5.00% 7/1/58   20,812,000    20,189,721
Series A-1 5.226% 7/1/46 ^   61,180,000    17,521,340
Series A-1 6.63% 7/1/51 ^   105,029,000    22,398,484
Series A-2 4.329% 7/1/40   5,864,000    5,707,197
Series A-2 4.784% 7/1/58   2,378,000    2,223,668

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas Unified Government Special Obligation Revenue
(Sales Tax - Vacation Village Project Area 1 and 2A)
Series 2015A 5.75% 9/1/32
   2,530,000   $2,327,473
         173,710,627
State General Obligation Bonds — 12.99%         
California State
(Forward Delivery)
         
5.00% 9/1/32   1,100,000    1,292,610
5.00% 9/1/41   3,000,000    3,355,920
(Various Purpose)         
5.00% 8/1/27   1,905,000    2,088,547
5.00% 3/1/30   3,000,000    3,185,550
5.00% 4/1/37   3,825,000    3,878,856
5.00% 10/1/47   1,635,000    1,730,778
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Series A 5.50% 8/1/30 (AMBAC)
   760,000    904,552
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
3.018% 11/1/43 •
   52,361,369    27,031,557
(Restructured)
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/46
   10,126,406    8,599,445
Connecticut State         
Series B 5.00% 6/15/35   2,190,000    2,314,633
Series E 5.00% 9/15/35   1,905,000    2,099,767
Series E 5.00% 9/15/37   1,725,000    1,894,309
Georgia State
Series A 4.00% 7/1/38
   3,500,000    3,628,660
Illinois State         
5.00% 5/1/36   55,000    56,122
5.00% 11/1/36   1,560,000    1,609,545
5.00% 2/1/39   2,030,000    2,065,119
5.25% 2/1/30   2,670,000    2,735,976
5.25% 2/1/32   1,040,000    1,064,835
5.25% 2/1/33   90,000    92,151
5.50% 5/1/39   4,395,000    4,774,904
Series A 4.00% 12/1/33   1,010,000    986,669
Series A 4.00% 3/1/41   1,110,000    1,023,875
Series A 5.00% 3/1/34   3,000,000    3,204,900
Series A 5.00% 4/1/38   885,000    891,213
Series A 5.50% 3/1/42   1,500,000    1,647,720

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
State General Obligation Bonds (continued)         
Illinois State         
Series A 5.50% 3/1/47   4,700,000   $5,112,989
Series D 5.00% 11/1/27   3,075,000    3,291,757
(Rebuild Illinois Program)
Series B 4.00% 11/1/39
   10,775,000    10,060,941
Maryland State         
Series A 5.00% 3/15/26   3,825,000    4,168,102
Series A 5.00% 3/15/28   2,290,000    2,596,654
Texas State
(Transportation Commission Mobility)
Series A 5.00% 10/1/33
   1,345,000    1,480,294
Washington State         
Series A 5.00% 8/1/42   2,500,000    2,789,050
Series R 4.00% 7/1/29   6,300,000    6,867,189
         118,525,189
Transportation Revenue Bonds — 16.21%         
Chicago, Illinois Midway International Airport
Series A 5.00% 1/1/28 (AMT)
   1,000,000    1,024,770
Chicago, Illinois O’Hare International Airport         
Series A 5.00% 1/1/37 (AMT)   1,095,000    1,141,417
Series A 5.00% 1/1/38 (AMT)   460,000    478,386
Series B 5.00% 1/1/33   2,075,000    2,166,611
Series D 5.25% 1/1/42   1,530,000    1,621,969
Chicago, Illinois Transit Authority Revenue
Series A 4.00% 12/1/55
   865,000    772,895
Dallas, Texas Fort Worth International Airport Revenue
Series F 5.25% 11/1/30
   3,825,000    3,935,657
Denver City & County, Colorado Airport System Revenue         
Series A 4.00% 12/1/43 (AMT)   5,900,000    5,539,156
Series A 5.00% 12/1/43 (AMT)   4,580,000    4,751,796
Foothill-Eastern, California Transportation Corridor Agency Revenue
(Junior Lien)
Series C 4.00% 1/15/43
   1,725,000    1,596,022
(Senior Lien)
Series A 4.00% 1/15/46
   3,585,000    3,386,391
Georgia Ports Authority Revenue
4.00% 7/1/52
   1,200,000    1,141,068

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Harris County, Texas Toll Road Authority
Senior Lien Series A 5.00% 8/15/27
   2,000,000   $2,240,880
Lee County, Florida Airport Revenue
Series B 4.00% 10/1/51 (AMT)
   4,430,000    4,043,792
Los Angeles, California Department of Airports Revenue
Subseries F 4.00% 5/15/49 (AMT)
   2,500,000    2,305,775
Love Field Airport Modernization, Texas General Airport Revenue         
5.00% 11/1/35 (AMT)   760,000    796,814
5.00% 11/1/36 (AMT)   760,000    795,819
Massachusetts Port Authority Revenue         
Series A 5.00% 7/1/37 (AMT)   3,055,000    3,264,328
Series A 5.00% 7/1/39 (AMT)   2,245,000    2,383,988
Series A 5.00% 7/1/40 (AMT)   1,390,000    1,472,205
Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee Airport Authority
Series A 5.00% 7/1/45
   3,840,000    4,002,278
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, New York
Series D 5.00% 11/15/33
   1,140,000    1,197,160
(Climate Bond Certified)
Subseries A-2 4.00% 11/15/41
   1,370,000    1,265,373
(Green Bonds)         
Series A-1 5.00% 11/15/47   1,000,000    1,024,190
Subordinate Series C-1 5.25% 11/15/55   70,000    72,835
Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Airports Authority Dulles Toll Road Revenue
(Dulles Metrorail and Capital Improvement Projects)
Series B 4.00% 10/1/49
   3,270,000    2,947,872
Montgomery County, Texas Toll Road Authority Revenue
(Senior Lien)
5.00% 9/15/37
   1,340,000    1,377,587
New Jersey Turnpike Authority         
Series A 5.00% 1/1/28   3,825,000    3,987,792
Series E 5.00% 1/1/45   4,580,000    4,735,491
New York Transportation Development Corporation Special Facilities Revenue
(Delta Air Lines, Inc. - LaGuardia Airport Terminals C&D Redevelopment Project)
4.375% 10/1/45 (AMT)
   12,800,000    11,877,120

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)         
North Carolina Turnpike Authority Revenue
5.00% 1/1/36 (AGM)
   2,290,000   $2,505,581
North Texas Tollway Authority Revenue         
(1st Tier) Series B 5.00% 1/1/40   1,530,000    1,539,716
(2nd Tier) Series A 5.00% 1/1/34   3,825,000    3,992,726
Series A 4.00% 1/1/44   5,750,000    5,535,985
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Revenue         
Series A-1 5.00% 12/1/40   690,000    716,462
Series A-2 5.00% 12/1/43   1,530,000    1,622,641
Series C 5.00% 12/1/44   760,000    780,140
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Airport Revenue
(Private Activity)
5.00% 7/1/51 (AMT)
   3,000,000    3,094,230
Phoenix, Arizona Civic Improvement
(Junior Lien)
Series B 5.00% 7/1/44 (AMT)
   1,370,000    1,422,361
Port of Seattle, Washington Intermediate Lien Revenue
(Private Activity)
         
Series B 4.00% 8/1/47 (AMT)   1,500,000    1,387,725
Series B 5.50% 8/1/47 (AMT)   1,000,000    1,102,560
Regional Transportation District
(Denver Transit Partners Eagle P3 Project)
Series A 4.00% 7/15/39
   2,045,000    1,958,599
Salt Lake City, Utah Airport Revenue         
Series A 5.00% 7/1/36 (AMT)   3,055,000    3,211,813
Series A 5.00% 7/1/51 (AMT)   3,000,000    3,111,900
Series B 5.00% 7/1/42   2,635,000    2,775,314
San Diego County, California Regional Airport Authority
Series B 4.00% 7/1/56 (AMT) (BAM)
   7,000,000    6,334,580
San Francisco City & County, California Airports Commission
(San Francisco International Airport)
Series A 5.00% 5/1/49 (AMT)
   3,825,000    3,964,421
South Jersey Port, New Jersey
(Subordinated Marine Terminal)
         
Series B 5.00% 1/1/42 (AMT)   1,000,000    1,014,850
Series B 5.00% 1/1/48 (AMT)   5,340,000    5,389,288

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporate Senior Lien
(NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC Segment 3A and 3B Facility)
         
6.75% 6/30/43 (AMT)   1,900,000   $1,953,390
7.00% 12/31/38 (AMT)   1,395,000    1,439,654
(NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC Segment 3C Project)
5.00% 6/30/58 (AMT)
   11,325,000    11,454,558
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority Revenue
(Transform 66 P3 Project)
5.00% 12/31/56 (AMT)
   930,000    945,466
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Revenue, D.C.
5.00% 7/1/43
   760,000    811,703
Wayne County, Michigan Airport Authority
(Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
         
Series A 5.00% 12/1/42   1,905,000    1,914,296
Series D 5.00% 12/1/45 (AGM)   570,000    596,551
         147,923,947
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds — 1.19%         
Goodyear, Arizona Water & Sewer Revenue
(Subordinate Lien Water and Sewer Revenue Obligations)
4.00% 7/1/45 (AGM)
   3,450,000    3,367,959
Guam Government Waterworks Authority
Series A 5.00% 1/1/50
   1,530,000    1,592,898
Mississippi Development Bank
(Jackson Water and Sewer System Revenue Bond Project)
6.75% 12/1/30 (AGM)
   760,000    794,284
Tampa, Florida Water & Wastewater System Revenue
(Green Bonds)
Series A 5.25% 10/1/57
   4,500,000    5,121,585
         10,876,726
Total Municipal Bonds (cost $902,858,459)        875,806,700

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        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Short-Term Investments — 3.07%         
Variable Rate Demand Notes — 3.07%¤         
Los Angeles, California Department of Water & Power System Revenue
Subseries Series B-3 0.85% 7/1/34 (SPA - Barclays Bank)
   1,400,000   $1,400,000
Los Angeles, California Department of Water & Power Water System Revenue
Subseries B-4 0.85% 7/1/35 (SPA - Barclays Bank)
   1,000,000    1,000,000
Mississippi Business Finance Corporation, Gulf Opportunity Zone Industrial Development Revenue
(Chevron USA Project) Series C 1.00% 12/1/30
   3,500,000    3,500,000
Mississippi Development Bank
1.00% 12/1/39
   2,000,000    2,000,000
New York City, New York
Fiscal 2018 Subordinate Series B-4 1.08% 10/1/46
(SPA - Barclays Bank)
   1,250,000    1,250,000
New York City, New York Municipal Water Finance Authority
1.05% 6/15/50 (SPA – JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)
   1,245,000    1,245,000
New York City, New York Transitional Finance Authority
Subseries A-4 1.05% 8/1/39
(SPA – JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)
   1,300,000    1,300,000
New York City, New York Water & Sewer System Fiscal 2008 Series BB-5 1.03% 6/15/33 (SPA - Bank of America N.A.)   4,545,000    4,545,000
New York, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue
Subseries A-2 1.03% 11/1/26 (LOC - TD Bank N.A.)
   3,000,000    3,000,000
Phoenix, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
(Mayo Clinic) Series B 0.98% 11/15/52
(SPA - Northern Trust)
   600,000    600,000
University of Michigan
Series D-1 0.98% 12/1/24
   1,400,000    1,400,000

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

        Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Short-Term Investments (continued)         
Variable Rate Demand Notes (continued)         
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Series B 1.00% 2/15/31 (SPA - TD Bank N.A.)
   6,800,000   $6,800,000
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $28,040,000)        28,040,000
Total Value of Securities—99.06%
(cost $930,898,459)
       $903,846,700
   
° Principal amount shown is stated in USD unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
# Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At August 31, 2022, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $69,061,237, which represents 7.57% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”
^ Zero-coupon security. The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
Variable rate investment. Rates reset periodically. Rate shown reflects the rate in effect at August 31, 2022. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in their descriptions. The reference rate descriptions (i.e. LIBOR03M, LIBOR06M, etc.) used in this report are identical for different securities, but the underlying reference rates may differ due to the timing of the reset period. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions, or for mortgage-backed securities, are impacted by the individual mortgages which are paying off over time. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their descriptions.
Non-income producing security. Security is currently in default.
§ Pre-refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by US Treasury bonds. For pre-refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond will be pre-refunded. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”
¤ Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee, or insurance issued with respect to such instrument. Each rate shown is as of August 31, 2022.

Summary of abbreviations:

AGC – Insured by Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM – Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
AMBAC – Insured by AMBAC Assurance Corporation
AMT – Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax
BAM – Insured by Build America Mutual Assurance

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Summary of abbreviations: (continued)

ICE – Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LIBOR03M – ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month
LIBOR06M – ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month
LLC – Limited Liability Corporation
LOC – Letter of Credit
N.A. – National Association
NATL – Insured by National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
PSF – Guaranteed by Permanent School Fund
SPA – Stand-by Purchase Agreement
USD – US Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedules of investments  
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund August 31, 2022

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds — 96.48%         
Corporate Revenue Bonds — 12.80%         
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Legacy Cares, Inc. Project)
Series A 144A 7.75% 7/1/50 #
   5,520,000   $5,878,303
Black Belt Energy Gas District, Alabama
(Project No. 4)
Series A 4.00% 6/1/25
   1,655,000    1,676,234
Buckeye, Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing
Authority
(Senior)
Series A-2 3.00% 6/1/48
   4,315,000    3,200,781
Series A-2 4.00% 6/1/48   4,200,000    3,764,502
California Pollution Control Financing Authority
Revenue
(Calplant I Project)
144A 8.00% 7/1/39 (AMT) #, ‡
   1,250,000    750,000
Central Plains, Nebraska Energy Project
(Project No. 3)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/42
   250,000    263,577
Chandler, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
Revenue
(Intel Corporation Project)
2.70% 12/1/37 (AMT) •
   2,700,000    2,690,577
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Financing Authority
(Tobacco Master Settlement Payment)
5.00% 6/1/27
   2,000,000    2,182,740
Erie, New York Tobacco Asset Securitization
(Capital Appreciation-Asset-Backed)
Series A 144A 0.459% 6/1/60 #, ^
   38,675,000    2,216,077
Florida Development Finance Corporation Surface
Transportation Facility Revenue
(Brightline Passenger Rail Project)
Series B 144A 7.375% 1/1/49 (AMT) #
   5,435,000    5,184,610
(Virgin Trains USA Passenger Rail Project)
Series A 144A 6.50% 1/1/49 (AMT) #, •
   1,710,000    1,552,936
George L Smith II Congress Center Authority
Series A 4.00% 1/1/54
   2,210,000    1,898,324
Series B 144A 5.00% 1/1/36 #   1,000,000    950,660
Houston, Texas Airport System Revenue
(United Airlines Inc.)
5.00% 7/1/29 (AMT)
   3,370,000    3,386,142

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Inland, California Empire Tobacco Securitization
(Capital Appreciation-Turbo-Asset-Backed)
Series E 144A 1.33% 6/1/57 #, ^
   62,600,000   $3,565,070
Series F 144A 0.396% 6/1/57 #, ^   74,090,000    3,535,575
Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area
Revenue
(Iowa Fertilizer Company Project)
5.00% 12/1/50
   4,135,000    4,190,947
Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority
Series A-2 4.00% 6/1/38
   300,000    295,791
Series A-2 4.00% 6/1/39   600,000    588,918
Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority Revenue
Series A-2 4.00% 6/1/40
   300,000    293,010
Jefferson County, Texas Industrial Development
(TRP Crude Marketing LLC Project)
144A 7.75% 4/1/39 #
   1,275,000    1,113,279
Kentucky Public Energy Authority
(Gas Supply Revenue)
Series C-1 4.00% 12/1/49 •
   5,000,000    5,044,750
Lower Alabama Gas District
Series A 5.00% 9/1/34
   4,850,000    5,180,139
Maine Finance Authority Revenue
(Go Lab Madison Project, Green Bonds)
144A 8.00% 12/1/51 (AMT) #
   3,490,000    2,812,242
Michigan Finance Authority
Series A Class 1 4.00% 6/1/49
   2,000,000    1,833,580
New Jersey Economic Development Authority Special
Facilities Revenue
(Continental Airlines Project)
Series B 5.625% 11/15/30 (AMT)
   1,890,000    1,943,827
New Jersey Tobacco Settlement Financing
Subordinate Series B 5.00% 6/1/46
   1,965,000    1,980,445
New York Counties Tobacco Trust V
(Capital Appreciation - Pass Through)
Series 4B 144A 0.587% 6/1/60 #, ^
   20,000,000    712,000
New York Liberty Development Revenue
(Goldman Sachs Headquarters)
5.25% 10/1/35
   3,540,000    3,960,623
New York Transportation Development Special
Facilities Revenue
Series B 6.50% 11/1/39
   3,485,000    4,210,786

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)         
New York Transportation Development Special
Facilities Revenue
(American Airlines, Inc. - John F. Kennedy
International Airport Project)
3.00% 8/1/31 (AMT)
   5,230,000   $4,880,584
(Delta Airlines, Inc. - LaGuardia Airport Terminals
C&D Redevelopment Project)
5.00% 1/1/34 (AMT)
   7,210,000    7,437,619
Public Authority for Colorado Energy Natural Gas
Revenue
6.50% 11/15/38
   3,000,000    3,660,690
Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin
(Senior Lien - Grand Hyatt San Antonio Hotel
Acquisition Project)
Series A 5.00% 2/1/52
   2,820,000    2,928,598
Series A 5.00% 2/1/62   1,375,000    1,412,015
Salt Verde, Arizona Financial Corporation Senior Gas
Revenue
5.00% 12/1/32
   3,850,000    4,118,884
5.25% 12/1/24   3,050,000    3,169,621
Salt Verde, Arizona Financial Senior Gas Revenue
5.00% 12/1/37
   4,000,000    4,223,800
South Carolina Jobs - Economic Development
Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(AAC East LLC Project - Green Bonds)
Series A 144A 7.00% 5/1/39 (AMT) #
   1,500,000    1,183,815
(Jasper Pellets, LLC Project - Green Bonds)
Series A 144A 7.00% 11/1/38 (AMT) #
   1,250,000    1,125,000
St. John Baptist Parish, Louisiana
(Marathon Oil Corporation project)
Subseries A-2 2.10% 6/1/37 •
   2,250,000    2,219,265
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Commodity Project
Revenue
Series A 5.00% 5/1/52 •
   1,300,000    1,359,904
Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern
California
(Capital Appreciation-2nd Subordinate Lien)
Series C 1.99% 6/1/46 ^
   9,655,000    1,522,883
(Capital Appreciation-3rd Subordinate Lien)
Series D 2.123% 6/1/46 ^
   1,630,000    200,572
TSASC, New York
Series A 5.00% 6/1/30
   475,000    505,248
Series A 5.00% 6/1/31   475,000    503,329

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Industrial Development
Authority
(Hunt Refining Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 5/1/44 #
   3,300,000   $3,020,490
Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation
(Capital Appreciation Asset-Backed)
Series B 5.20% 6/1/46
   1,250,000    1,250,050
Series C 10.791% 6/1/47 ^   53,800,000    13,291,828
Series D 2.466% 6/1/47 ^   8,185,000    1,955,233
         136,825,873
Education Revenue Bonds — 5.71%         
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(American Charter Schools Foundation Project)
144A 6.00% 7/1/37 #
   1,420,000    1,505,754
(Empower College Prep Project)
144A 6.00% 7/1/49 #
   875,000    889,595
(Macombs Facility Project)
Series A 4.00% 7/1/61
   2,000,000    1,614,380
(Odyssey Preparatory Academy Project)
Series A 144A 5.50% 7/1/52 #
   875,000    887,127
Bucks County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development
Authority Revenue
(School Lane Charter School Project)
5.125% 3/15/36
   2,000,000    2,065,340
California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(Stanford University)
Series V-1 5.00% 5/1/49
   1,075,000    1,275,348
California Municipal Finance Authority
Series A 144A 5.50% 6/1/53 #
   1,000,000    1,010,680
California School Finance Authority
(View Park Elementary & Middle Schools)
Series A 4.75% 10/1/24
   175,000    177,401
California State University
(Systemwide)
Series A 5.00% 11/1/31
   2,000,000    2,209,520
California Statewide Communities Development
Authority Charter School Revenue
(Green Dot Public Schools - Animo Inglewood
Charter High School Project)
Series A 7.25% 8/1/41
   500,000    501,420

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)         
California Statewide Communities Development
Authority Revenue
(California Baptist University)
Series A 144A 6.125% 11/1/33 #
   2,215,000   $2,279,833
Capital Trust Agency, Florida Revenue
(Liza Jackson Preparatory School Project)
Series A 5.00% 8/1/40
   300,000    307,653
Series A 5.00% 8/1/55   800,000    805,512
(University Bridge, LLC Student Housing Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 12/1/43 #
   2,000,000    1,977,120
District of Columbia Revenue
(KIPP DC Issue)
4.00% 7/1/39
   1,275,000    1,202,287
4.00% 7/1/44   740,000    673,851
Fulton County, Georgia Development Authority
Revenue
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
5.00% 6/15/44
   3,100,000    3,381,232
Idaho Housing & Finance Association
(Alturas International Academy Project)
4.00% 5/1/52
   1,400,000    1,209,194
(Anser of Idaho Project)
Series A 4.00% 5/1/28
   230,000    236,951
Series A 4.00% 5/1/30   250,000    256,390
(Gem Prep: Meridian South Charter School
Project)
144A 4.00% 5/1/46 #
   710,000    542,795
(Sage International School of Boise Project)
Series A 4.00% 5/1/29
   205,000    211,351
Series A 4.00% 5/1/35   450,000    453,411
Series A 4.00% 5/1/40   1,330,000    1,316,487
Series A 4.00% 5/1/55   1,540,000    1,450,695
Illinois Finance Authority         
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
Series A 5.00% 2/15/26
   400,000    405,680
Series A 5.00% 2/15/28   260,000    263,747
Series A 5.00% 2/15/30   390,000    392,706
Series A 5.00% 2/15/32   265,000    265,453
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development
Authority Revenue
(Arizona Autism Charter Schools Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 7/1/40 #
   250,000    249,690

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development
Authority Revenue
(Arizona Autism Charter Schools Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 7/1/50 #
   175,000   $169,619
(Highland Prep Project)
Series A 4.00% 7/1/30
   330,000    338,996
Series A 4.00% 7/1/32   360,000    361,984
Series A 4.00% 7/1/34   390,000    385,347
Series A 4.00% 7/1/36   425,000    416,003
Series A 4.00% 7/1/38   460,000    444,677
Series A 4.00% 7/1/40   500,000    477,770
Series A 4.00% 7/1/46   740,000    682,050
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
Revenue
(Harvard University)
Series A 5.00% 7/15/40
   5,000,000    5,886,750
Massachusetts School Building Authority
Series C 5.00% 8/15/37
   2,500,000    2,647,600
Miami-Dade County, Florida Educational Facilities
Authority
(University of Miami)
Series A 5.00% 4/1/30
   520,000    541,705
Series A 5.00% 4/1/31   1,090,000    1,131,856
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue
(New York University)
Series A 5.75% 7/1/27 (NATL)
   7,530,000    8,200,998
(Touro College & University System)
Series A 5.25% 1/1/34
   1,335,000    1,352,903
Newark, Texas Higher Education Finance
(Village Tech Schools)
Series A 5.125% 8/15/47
   1,250,000    1,136,350
Oregon State Facilities Authority Revenue
(Metro East Web Academy Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/15/49 #
   1,000,000    905,620
Phoenix, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
Housing Revenue
(Downtown Phoenix Student Housing, LLC-Arizona
State University Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/30
   350,000    363,958
Series A 5.00% 7/1/32   235,000    242,410

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)         
South Carolina Jobs - Economic Development
Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(High Point Academy Project)
Series A 144A 5.75% 6/15/39 #
   1,345,000   $1,416,191
University of Texas Permanent University Fund
Series B 5.00% 7/1/27
   3,715,000    3,878,720
         61,000,110
Electric Revenue Bonds — 5.80%         
California Community Choice Financing Authority
Clean Energy Project Revenue
Series A-1 4.00% 5/1/53 •
   3,000,000    3,053,430
Series B-1 4.00% 2/1/52 •   1,910,000    1,928,049
Guam Power Authority Revenue
Series A 5.00% 10/1/32
   4,000,000    4,390,800
Series A 5.00% 10/1/33   2,915,000    3,175,426
Long Island, New York Power Authority
5.00% 9/1/33
   250,000    273,740
5.00% 9/1/35   1,000,000    1,088,950
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
(Plant Vogtle Units 3&4 Project)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/39
   6,250,000    6,500,625
New York State Utility Debt Securitization Authority
(Restructuring Bonds)
5.00% 12/15/33
   1,500,000    1,602,390
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue
Series CCC 5.25% 7/1/27 ‡
   1,520,000    1,235,000
Series TT 5.00% 7/1/32 ‡   1,555,000    1,263,438
Series WW 5.25% 7/1/33 ‡   1,015,000    824,688
Series WW 5.50% 7/1/17 ‡   2,200,000    1,784,750
Series WW 5.50% 7/1/19 ‡   1,710,000    1,387,237
Series WW 5.50% 7/1/38 ‡   1,925,000    1,571,281
Series XX 5.25% 7/1/40 ‡   4,630,000    3,761,875
Series ZZ 5.00% 7/1/19 ‡   2,990,000    2,414,425
Salt River, Arizona Project Agricultural Improvement &
Power District Electric Systems Revenue
Series A 5.00% 12/1/35
   4,000,000    4,219,600
Series A 5.00% 1/1/38   5,000,000    5,390,600
(Salt River Project Electric System)
5.00% 1/1/30
   5,000,000    5,601,550

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Electric Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Utility Debt Securitization Authority, New York
(Restructuring Bonds)
5.00% 12/15/37
   10,000,000   $10,572,900
         62,040,754
Healthcare Revenue Bonds — 7.98%         
Apple Valley, Minnesota
(Minnesota Senior Living LLC Project)
Series B 5.25% 1/1/37
   915,000    669,936
Arizona Health Facilities Authority
(Scottsdale Lincoln Hospital Project)
5.00% 12/1/30
   5,000,000    5,230,900
California Health Facilities Financing Authority
(Children’s Hospital of Orange County)
Series A 2.125% 11/1/41
   5,000,000    3,433,750
(Kaiser Permanente)
Series A-2 5.00% 11/1/47
   4,600,000    5,235,904
(Sutter Health)
Series A 5.00% 11/15/38
   760,000    811,460
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(AdventHealth Obligated Group)
Series A 4.00% 11/15/46
   7,000,000    6,624,240
(CommonSpirit Health)
Series A-1 4.00% 8/1/38
   1,000,000    965,470
Series A-2 5.00% 8/1/38   1,105,000    1,155,388
County of Hamilton, Ohio Hospital Facilities Revenue
(Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
Series CC 5.00% 11/15/49
   3,540,000    4,025,971
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
(The Metrohealth System)
5.00% 2/15/37
   1,000,000    1,032,620
Escambia County, Florida Health Facilities Authority
Revenue
(Baptist Healthcare Obligated Group)
Series A 4.00% 8/15/45
   655,000    586,874
Series A 4.00% 8/15/50   1,950,000    1,726,764
Gainesville & Hall County, Georgia Hospital Authority
Revenue
(Northeast Georgia Health System Project)
Series A 3.00% 2/15/51
   515,000    361,844

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Glendale, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
Revenue
(Glencroft Retirement Community Project)
5.25% 11/15/46
   875,000   $676,183
(Royal Oaks Inspirata Pointe Project)
Series A 5.00% 5/15/41
   500,000    496,360
(Royal Oaks Life Care Community)
4.00% 5/15/27
   620,000    606,955
4.00% 5/15/30   1,385,000    1,312,551
(The Terraces of Phoenix Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/48
   875,000    769,072
Henrico County, Virginia Economic Development
Authority Residential Care Facility Revenue
(Westminster Canterbury Richmond)
Series A 5.00% 10/1/42
   650,000    698,308
Series A 5.00% 10/1/47   2,275,000    2,407,382
Illinois Finance Authority
(NorthShore - Edward-Elmhurst Health Credit
Group)
Series A 5.00% 8/15/51
   5,490,000    5,806,169
(The Admiral at the Lake Project)
5.50% 5/15/54
   875,000    705,766
Iowa Finance Authority Senior Housing Revenue
(PHS Council Bluffs, Inc. Project)
5.00% 8/1/33
   500,000    471,430
Kalispell, Montana
(Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project)
Series A 5.25% 5/15/32
   435,000    438,567
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Hospital Authority
(University of Pennsylvania Health System
Obligation)
Series A 5.00% 8/15/33
   2,430,000    2,598,666
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development
Authority Revenue
(Banner Health Obligation Group)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/32
   3,000,000    3,216,510
(Christian Care Surprise, Inc. Project)
144A 5.75% 1/1/36 #
   1,540,000    1,253,452
Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities
Authority Revenue
(Adventist Healthcare Obligated)
Series A 5.50% 1/1/36
   2,000,000    2,127,320

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Monroe County, New York Industrial Development
Revenue
(Rochester Regional Health Project)
Series D 3.00% 12/1/40
   1,000,000   $714,080
Series D 4.00% 12/1/38   200,000    182,564
Moon, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
(Baptist Homes Society Obligation)
5.625% 7/1/30
   2,440,000    2,375,828
National Finance Authority Revenue, New Hampshire
(Springpoint Senior Living Project)
4.00% 1/1/51
   1,330,000    1,134,942
(The Vista Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 7/1/39 #
   1,000,000    936,210
New Hope, Texas Cultural Education Facilities
Finance
(Sanctuary LTC Project)
Series A-1 5.50% 1/1/57
   1,615,000    1,386,203
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority
(Virtua Health Issue)
Series C 0.75%
7/1/43 (LOC – JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.) •
   200,000    200,000
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue
(Orange Regional Medical Center)
144A 5.00% 12/1/31 #
   1,000,000    1,025,160
144A 5.00% 12/1/32 #   1,100,000    1,122,946
144A 5.00% 12/1/33 #   1,000,000    1,016,410
Northampton County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(MorningStar Senior Living Project)
5.00% 7/1/32
   1,275,000    1,274,962
Ohio State
(Cleveland Clinic Health System Obligated Group)
Series A 4.00% 1/1/39
   1,500,000    1,470,675
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Health
System Revenue
(OU Medicine Project)
Series B 5.25% 8/15/43
   2,790,000    2,594,867
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing
Authority First Mortgage Revenue
(Tapestry Moon Senior Housing Project)
Series A 144A 6.50% 12/1/38 #, ‡
   1,000,000    380,000
Series A 144A 6.75% 12/1/53 #, ‡   875,000    332,500

 

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Prince George’s County, Maryland
(Collington Episcopal Life Care Community)
5.00% 4/1/30
   2,880,000   $2,817,706
Salem, Oregon Hospital Facility Authority Revenue
(Capital Manor Project)
4.00% 5/15/40
   1,450,000    1,293,458
Seminole County, Florida Industrial Development
Authority
(Legacy Pointe at UCF Project)
Series A 5.25% 11/15/39
   5,340,000    4,791,849
Series B-1 4.25% 11/15/26   3,000,000    2,820,000
Tempe, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
(Mirabella at ASU Project)
Series A 144A 6.00% 10/1/37 #
   1,200,000    1,161,804
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
(Heron’s Key Senior Living)
Series A 144A 7.00% 7/1/45 #
   800,000    828,856
         85,306,832
Lease Revenue Bonds — 8.24%         
California Statewide Communities Development
Authority Revenue
(Lancer Plaza Project)
5.125% 11/1/23
   185,000    186,206
Kansas City, Missouri Industrial Development
Authority Revenue
(Kansas City International Airport Terminal
Modernization Project)
Series B 5.00% 3/1/49 (AGM) (AMT)
   6,880,000    7,102,155
Los Angeles County, California
(Disney Concert Hall Parking)
5.00% 3/1/23
   2,395,000    2,426,231
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Illinois
(McCormick Place Expansion Project)
Series A 3.192% 12/15/56 (BAM) ^
   12,000,000    2,279,640
Series A 4.00% 12/15/42   2,220,000    2,027,970
Series A 4.00% 12/15/42 (BAM)   2,520,000    2,407,684
Series A 4.00% 12/15/47   13,560,000    12,030,161
Series A 4.00% 6/15/50   1,695,000    1,487,498
Series A 4.00% 6/15/50 (BAM)   1,000,000    926,050
Series A 4.00% 6/15/52   1,350,000    1,173,919
Series A 4.00% 6/15/52 (BAM)   1,000,000    916,300

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Lease Revenue Bonds (continued)         
New Jersey State Economic Development Authority
(NJ Transit Transportation Project)
Series A 4.00% 11/1/38
   1,000,000   $966,200
Series A 4.00% 11/1/39   1,000,000    961,930
New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund Authority
(Capital Appreciation)
Series A 2.873% 12/15/39 (BAM) ^
   25,290,000    11,846,089
(Highway Reimbursement)
Series A 5.00% 6/15/30
   2,415,000    2,588,880
(Transportation Program Bonds)
Series BB 4.00% 6/15/46
   5,000,000    4,585,550
(Transportation System Bonds)
Series A 4.00% 6/15/35
   1,810,000    1,773,365
Series A 5.00% 12/15/25   5,000,000    5,325,700
New York City, New York Transitional Finance
Authority Building Aid Revenue
Series S-1 5.00% 7/15/31
   5,000,000    5,258,450
New York Liberty Development Revenue
(4 World Trade Center Project)
Series A 3.00% 11/15/51 (BAM)
   1,000,000    733,650
(Port Authority Consolidated Bonds)
Series 1WTC 2.75% 2/15/44
   10,000,000    7,215,400
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue
(Health Facilities Improvement Program)
Series 1 5.00% 1/15/28
   750,000    840,278
Series 1 5.00% 1/15/29   3,100,000    3,462,793
Virginia College Building Authority Educational
Facilities Revenue
(21st Century College And Equipment Programs)
Series A 5.00% 2/1/29
   4,000,000    4,576,520
Virginia Public Building Public Facilities Authority
Revenue
Series A 4.00% 8/1/39
   5,000,000    5,046,450
         88,145,069
Local General Obligation Bonds — 3.64%          
Chicago, Illinois
Series A 5.25% 1/1/29
   640,000    654,144
Series A 5.50% 1/1/35   1,980,000    2,134,935
Series C 5.00% 1/1/26   1,280,000    1,351,411
Chicago, Illinois Board of Education
5.00% 4/1/35
   825,000    857,785
5.00% 4/1/36   320,000    332,317

 

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Local General Obligation Bonds (continued)         
Chicago, Illinois Board of Education
(Dedicated Revenues)
Series C 5.00% 12/1/34
   2,160,000   $2,244,802
Series D 5.00% 12/1/31   2,160,000    2,253,031
Howard Country, Maryland Consolidated Public
Improvement Project
Series A 4.00% 8/15/35
   2,065,000    2,169,055
Independent School District of Boise City, Ada &
Boise Counties, Idaho
Series 2019 5.00% 8/1/31
   1,350,000    1,529,942
MIDA Golf and Equestrian Center Public
Infrastructure District, Utah
144A 4.125% 6/1/36 #
   1,790,000    1,533,636
144A 4.25% 6/1/41 #   2,210,000    1,834,941
New York City, New York
Series A 4.00% 8/1/38
   5,000,000    4,937,600
Series A 5.00% 8/1/47   3,500,000    3,753,995
Series E 5.00% 8/1/23   3,685,000    3,774,030
Series F-1 5.00% 6/1/34   5,000,000    5,267,750
San Francisco, California Bay Area Rapid Transit
District
(Election 2004)
Series D 5.00% 8/1/31
   4,000,000    4,301,360
         38,930,734
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds — 3.96%          
Atlanta, Georgia Water & Wastewater Revenue
5.00% 11/1/35-25 §
   5,000,000    5,336,900
California State Department of Water Resources
(Water System)
Series AS 5.00% 12/1/29-24 §
   15,000    15,851
Unrefunded Series AS 5.00% 12/1/29-24 §   2,680,000    2,839,353
Delaware River Port Authority Revenue
5.00% 1/1/30-24 §
   400,000    413,976
Denton Independent School District, Texas
(School Building)
Series A 5.00% 8/15/40-25 (PSF) §
   4,000,000    4,285,680
East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania Industrial
Development Authority
(Student Services - Student Housing Project at
Millersville University)
5.00% 7/1/39-24 §
   875,000    913,728

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)         
East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania Industrial
Development Authority
(Student Services - Student Housing Project at
Millersville University)
5.00% 7/1/46-24 §
   1,425,000   $1,488,070
Fort Worth, Texas Independent School District
(School Building)
5.00% 2/15/27-24 (PSF) §
   2,000,000    2,072,620
Golden State, California Tobacco Securitization
Corporate Settlement Revenue
(Asset-Backed Bonds)
Series A-1 5.00% 6/1/26
   850,000    931,481
(Asset-Backed Enhanced)
Series A 5.00% 6/1/35-25 §
   3,000,000    3,210,660
Louisiana State Highway Improvement Revenue
Series A 5.00% 6/15/29-24 §
   5,195,000    5,424,463
Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission Revenue
Series C 5.00% 12/1/43-23 §
   4,555,000    4,700,532
Sacramento, California Water Revenue
5.00% 9/1/26-23 §
   3,160,000    3,245,194
Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
(Memorial Group)
7.125% 11/1/30-23 §
   2,190,000    2,305,939
Texas State
(Transportation Commission Highway
Improvement)
5.00% 4/1/29-24 §
   3,000,000    3,120,330
Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board
(Gans-Garvee)
5.00% 3/15/24-23 §
   2,000,000    2,029,060
         42,333,837
Special Tax Revenue Bonds — 15.55%         
Allentown, Pennsylvania Neighborhood Improvement
Zone Development Authority Revenue
(City Center Refunding Project)
144A 5.00% 5/1/42 #
   3,150,000    3,207,393
Camden County, New Jersey Improvement Authority
Revenue
(County Capital Program)
Series A 5.00% 1/15/40
   5,000,000    5,214,000

 

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Celebration Pointe, Florida Community Development
District
4.75% 5/1/24
   200,000   $203,508
5.00% 5/1/34   830,000    838,117
Connecticut State Transportation Infrastructure
Series B 5.00% 10/1/30
   3,375,000    3,796,099
Dallas, Texas Convention Center Hotel Development
Revenue
Series A 5.00% 1/1/24
   3,420,000    3,425,883
Series A 5.25% 1/1/23   5,375,000    5,385,750
Denver, Colorado Convention Center Hotel Authority
(Senior)
5.00% 12/1/25
   1,900,000    1,992,055
5.00% 12/1/26   2,500,000    2,653,950
5.00% 12/1/29   600,000    631,242
5.00% 12/1/31   900,000    936,738
5.00% 12/1/32   1,800,000    1,863,486
5.00% 12/1/34   1,500,000    1,539,765
5.00% 12/1/35   1,200,000    1,229,196
5.00% 12/1/36   900,000    920,358
GDB Debt Recovery Authority of Puerto Rico
(Taxable)
7.50% 8/20/40
   38,325,821    34,301,610
Harris County-Houston, Texas Sports Authority
(Senior Lien)
Series A 5.00% 11/15/30
   1,805,000    1,869,276
Illinois State, Sales Tax Revenue
(Junior Obligation)
Series A 4.00% 6/15/31 (BAM)
   2,500,000    2,603,400
Massachusetts School Building Authority
Series C 5.00% 8/15/29
   1,630,000    1,749,495
Matching Fund Special Purpose Securitization
Corporation, US Virgin Islands
Series A 5.00% 10/1/39
   1,785,000    1,853,098
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, New
York
(Climate Bond Certified)
Series B-2 5.00% 11/15/36
   5,000,000    5,379,100
Miami-Dade County, Florida Special Obligation
Revenue
3.505% 10/1/37 (BAM) ^
   3,000,000    1,596,090

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)         
New York City, New York Transitional Finance
Authority Building Aid Revenue
Subordinate Subseries S-3A 5.00% 7/15/28
   4,400,000   $4,920,960
New York City, New York Transitional Finance
Authority Future Tax Secured
Subseries A-1 5.00% 11/1/23
   2,865,000    2,953,299
Subseries B-1 5.00% 8/1/42   5,000,000    5,175,750
Subseries C 5.00% 11/1/27   4,150,000    4,315,751
Subseries E-1 5.00% 2/1/35   5,000,000    5,383,650
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue
Series A 5.00% 3/15/31
   1,000,000    1,054,180
New York State Urban Development Revenue
(General Purpose)
Series A 5.00% 3/15/37
   2,290,000    2,492,482
Series B 5.00% 3/15/35   5,000,000    5,288,450
Orange County, California Local Transportation
Authority Sales Tax Revenue
5.00% 2/15/39
   2,000,000    2,206,400
Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin
(American Dream @ Meadowlands Project)
144A 7.00% 12/1/50 #
   1,010,000    904,546
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Revenue
(Capital Appreciation - Restructured)
Series A-1 5.60% 7/1/46 ^
   9,170,000    2,626,196
(Restructured)
Series A-1 4.55% 7/1/40
   6,015,000    6,014,940
Series A-1 4.75% 7/1/53   13,160,000    12,584,908
Series A-1 5.00% 7/1/58   6,215,000    6,029,171
Series A-1 6.01% 7/1/51 ^   33,441,000    7,131,628
Series A-2 4.329% 7/1/40   8,237,000    8,016,743
Series A-2 4.329% 7/1/40   4,516,000    4,395,242
Richmond Heights, Missouri Tax Increment &
Transaction Sales Tax Revenue Refunding &
Improvement
(Francis Place Redevelopment Project)
5.625% 11/1/25
   610,000    597,513
Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas Unified
Government Special Obligation Revenue
(Sales Tax - Vacation Village Project Area 1 and
2A)
Series 2015A 5.00% 9/1/27
   1,055,000    997,830
         166,279,248

 

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Schedules of investments

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
State General Obligation Bonds — 15.55%         
California State
(School Facilities)
5.00% 11/1/30
   5,000,000   $5,154,700
(Various Purpose)
4.00% 10/1/36
   3,875,000    3,993,304
4.00% 10/1/37   2,000,000    2,054,160
5.00% 8/1/26   3,120,000    3,424,293
5.00% 10/1/26   2,500,000    2,753,575
5.00% 8/1/28   3,000,000    3,418,710
5.00% 9/1/30   1,715,000    1,878,542
5.00% 9/1/32   4,100,000    4,478,389
5.00% 9/1/32   1,400,000    1,645,140
5.00% 8/1/33   5,000,000    5,276,900
5.00% 9/1/35   8,000,000    8,643,360
5.00% 9/1/41   470,000    525,761
5.25% 9/1/30   5,000,000    5,146,050
Series C 5.00% 9/1/30   5,985,000    6,419,990
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Series A 5.00% 1/1/35
   7,500,000    8,289,675
Series A 5.00% 7/1/37   5,000,000    5,269,400
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
2.88% 11/1/43 •
   29,611,037    15,286,698
(Restructured)         
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/33   2,794,921    2,618,869
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/35   3,225,895    2,966,049
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/37   1,582,817    1,418,347
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/41   4,805,397    4,196,601
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/46   845,647    718,132
Series A-1 4.364% 7/1/33 ^   1,555,526    885,234
Series A-1 5.75% 7/1/31   2,340,148    2,567,283
Connecticut State
Series F 5.00% 9/15/27
   2,790,000    3,111,352
District of Columbia
Series C 5.00% 6/1/34
   5,000,000    5,167,450
Hawaii State
Series FW 4.00% 1/1/34
   3,010,000    3,178,741
Illinois State
5.00% 1/1/28
   1,630,000    1,708,305
5.00% 11/1/36   1,965,000    2,027,408
5.25% 2/1/30   2,410,000    2,469,551
5.25% 2/1/32   1,015,000    1,039,238

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
State General Obligation Bonds (continued)         
Illinois State
5.50% 5/1/39
   2,500,000   $2,716,100
Series A 4.00% 3/1/41   1,860,000    1,715,683
Series A 5.125% 12/1/29   4,440,000    4,745,516
Series B 4.00% 10/1/35   8,830,000    8,477,418
Series C 4.00% 10/1/37   1,710,000    1,620,003
Series C 4.00% 10/1/42   3,835,000    3,499,361
Series D 5.00% 11/1/25   1,220,000    1,278,767
(Rebuild Illinois Program)
Series B 4.00% 11/1/33
   2,000,000    1,955,820
Series B 4.00% 11/1/34   1,190,000    1,151,837
Series B 4.00% 11/1/35   2,200,000    2,110,526
Series B 4.00% 11/1/38   1,810,000    1,701,509
New Jersey State
Series A 4.00% 6/1/31
   3,440,000    3,673,817
Oregon State
(Article XI-Q State Projects)
Series A 5.00% 5/1/44
   5,000,000    5,461,900
Washington State
Series E 5.00% 7/1/31
   3,000,000    3,163,080
Series R 4.00% 7/1/29   2,000,000    2,180,060
(Various Purpose)
Series 2015-A-1 5.00% 8/1/30
   3,000,000    3,133,920
         166,316,524
Transportation Revenue Bonds — 15.07%         
Atlanta, Georgia Department of Aviation
Series B 5.00% 7/1/32 (AMT)
   1,000,000    1,110,200
Series B 5.00% 7/1/33 (AMT)   2,045,000    2,253,467
Bay Area, California Toll Authority
(San Francisco Bay Area)
Series S-7 4.00% 4/1/34
   1,000,000    1,035,020
Chicago, Illinois Midway International Airport
Series A 5.00% 1/1/28 (AMT)
   1,905,000    1,952,187
Chicago, Illinois O’Hare International Airport Revenue
Series A 5.00% 1/1/37 (AMT)
   5,000,000    5,211,950
Series B 5.00% 1/1/32   1,000,000    1,045,780
Series B 5.00% 1/1/33   1,520,000    1,587,108
(General-Airport-Senior Lien)
Series B 5.00% 1/1/36
   2,500,000    2,705,675
Series B 5.00% 1/1/37   3,000,000    3,227,160

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Denver City & County, Colorado Airport System
Revenue
Series A 4.00% 12/1/43 (AMT)
   7,890,000   $7,407,448
Florida Development Finance Corporation Revenue
(Brightline Florida Passenger Rail Expansion
Project)
Series A 144A 7.25% 7/1/57 (AMT) #, •
   5,900,000    5,779,876
Foothill-Eastern, California Transportation Corridor
Agency Toll Road Revenue
(Senior Lien)
Series A 4.00% 1/15/46
   1,000,000    944,600
Lee County, Florida Airport Revenue
5.00% 10/1/33
   4,305,000    4,533,294
Los Angeles, California Department of Airports
Series A 5.00% 5/15/33 (AMT)
   845,000    923,399
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, New
York
(Climate Bond Certified)
Subseries A-2 4.00% 11/15/41
   3,000,000    2,770,890
Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Airports Authority
Dulles Toll Road Revenue
(Dulles Metrorail and Capital Improvement
Projects)
Series B 4.00% 10/1/49
   490,000    441,730
Miami-Dade County, Florida Aviation Revenue
Series B 5.00% 10/1/37
   5,700,000    5,904,915
New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Turnpike
Revenue
Series A 5.00% 1/1/33
   1,770,000    1,911,812
Series E 5.00% 1/1/32   5,050,000    5,551,516
New Orleans, Louisiana Aviation Board
(North Terminal Project)
Series B 5.00% 1/1/32 (AGM) (AMT)
   2,900,000    3,000,282
Series B 5.00% 1/1/33 (AGM) (AMT)   2,900,000    2,995,613
New York State Thruway Authority
Series J 5.00% 1/1/27
   5,705,000    5,870,901
Series J 5.00% 1/1/32   2,500,000    2,568,400
Series K 5.00% 1/1/31   5,000,000    5,238,200

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)         
New York Transportation Development Special
Facilities Revenue
(Delta AirLines, Inc. - LaGuardia Airport Terminals
C&D Redevelopment Project)
4.00% 10/1/30 (AMT)
   1,950,000   $1,923,753
5.00% 1/1/33 (AMT)   790,000    815,991
5.00% 10/1/35 (AMT)   1,125,000    1,173,060
(Terminal 4 John F. Kennedy International Airport
Project)
5.00% 12/1/36 (AMT)
   3,000,000    3,162,600
Oklahoma State Turnpike Authority Revenue
Series A 5.00% 1/1/42
   5,000,000    5,294,950
Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission Revenue
Series A 5.00% 12/1/48
   2,500,000    2,657,725
Series A-1 5.00% 12/1/40   1,400,000    1,453,690
Series A-1 5.00% 12/1/45   1,000,000    1,029,150
Series B 5.00% 12/1/45   5,000,000    5,175,350
Series C 5.00% 12/1/43   1,445,000    1,468,004
Subordinate Series A-1 5.00% 12/1/29   3,590,000    3,765,228
Phoenix, Arizona Civic Improvement Corporation
Airport Revenue
(Junior Lien)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/33
   3,355,000    3,539,391
Series B 5.00% 7/1/44 (AMT)   3,900,000    4,049,058
Port Authority of Guam Revenue
(Governmental)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/48
   225,000    236,075
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
5.00% 9/15/25 (AMT)
   7,000,000    7,382,970
5.00% 10/15/29 (AMT)   3,105,000    3,250,904
(194th Series)
5.00% 10/15/32
   2,500,000    2,678,725
Regional Transportation District
(Denver Transit Partners Eagle P3 Project)
Series A 4.00% 7/15/33
   1,000,000    993,590
Salt Lake City, Utah Airport Revenue
Series A 5.00% 7/1/36 (AMT)
   10,000,000    10,513,300
Series A 5.00% 7/1/38 (AMT)   5,000,000    5,220,000
Series B 5.00% 7/1/31   500,000    543,150
Series B 5.00% 7/1/32   600,000    648,378
Series B 5.00% 7/1/33   1,000,000    1,077,140

 

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)         
San Diego County, California Regional Airport
Authority Revenue
Series B 4.00% 7/1/46 (AMT) (BAM)
   2,260,000   $2,107,992
South Jersey Port, New Jersey
(Subordinated Marine Terminal)
Series B 5.00% 1/1/24 (AMT)
   180,000    185,929
Series B 5.00% 1/1/25 (AMT)   390,000    403,455
Series B 5.00% 1/1/30 (AMT)   230,000    243,147
Series B 5.00% 1/1/32 (AMT)   215,000    225,372
Series B 5.00% 1/1/33 (AMT)   705,000    734,899
Series B 5.00% 1/1/34 (AMT)   880,000    912,217
Series B 5.00% 1/1/35 (AMT)   675,000    696,904
Series B 5.00% 1/1/36 (AMT)   660,000    678,823
Series B 5.00% 1/1/37 (AMT)   430,000    440,754
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation
Corporate Senior Lien Revenue
(NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC Segment
3A and 3B Facility)
7.00% 12/31/38 (AMT)
   3,750,000    3,870,038
Wayne County, Michigan Airport Authority
Series D 5.00% 12/1/45 (AGM)
   6,300,000    6,593,454
         161,116,589
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds — 2.18%         
Broward County, Florida Water & Sewer Utility
Revenue
Series A 4.00% 10/1/45
   2,640,000    2,559,031
Dominion, Colorado Water & Sanitation District
5.25% 12/1/27
   395,000    403,477
Great Lakes, Michigan Water Authority Water Supply
System Revenue
(Senior Lien Bond)
Series C 5.00% 7/1/31
   3,000,000    3,236,520
New York City, New York Municipal Water Finance
Authority Water & Sewer System Revenue
(General Resolution)
Series EE 5.00% 6/15/39
   5,000,000    5,288,050
Sacramento County, California Sanitation Districts
Financing Authority Revenue
Series A 5.00% 12/1/50
   2,500,000    2,741,450
San Antonio, Texas Water System Revenue
Series A 5.00% 5/15/32
   1,500,000    1,636,365
Series A 5.00% 5/15/33   2,250,000    2,445,862

 

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   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)         
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds (continued)         
Tampa, Florida Water & Wastewater System Revenue
Series A 5.00% 10/1/52
   4,500,000   $4,995,045
         23,305,800
Total Municipal Bonds (cost $1,058,357,086)        1,031,601,370
          
Short-Term Investments — 2.83%         
Variable Rate Demand Notes — 2.83%¤         
Arizona Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Banner Health) Series C 1.03% 1/1/46
(LOC - Bank of America, N.A.)
   150,000    150,000
Los Angeles, California Department of Water & Power
System Revenue
Series A-2 0.80% 7/1/51
(SPA - TD Bank N.A.)
   1,335,000    1,335,000
Series A-2 0.85% 7/1/51
(SPA - Royal Bank of Canada)
   8,025,000    8,025,000
Series B4 0.85% 7/1/35
(SPA - Barclays Bank)
   800,000    800,000
(Power System) Subordinate Series A-1 0.85%
7/1/50
(SPA - Royal Bank of Canada)
   1,000,000    1,000,000
Minneapolis – St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment
Authority Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Allina Health System) Series B-2 1.03% 11/15/35
(LOC – JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)
   2,900,000    2,900,000
Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Gulf
Opportunity Zone Industrial Development Revenue
(Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Project) Series L 1.00%
11/1/35
   1,275,000    1,275,000
Mississippi Development Bank
1.00% 12/1/39
   1,000,000    1,000,000
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future
Tax Secured Revenue
Series B-3 1.08% 11/1/42
(SPA - Barclays Bank)
   5,800,000    5,800,000
New York City, New York
Fiscal 2019 Series D 1.08% 12/1/47
(SPA - Barclays Bank)
   600,000    600,000
Series F-5 1.08% 6/1/44
(SPA - Barclays Bank)
   1,700,000    1,700,000

 

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

 

   Principal
amount°
        Value (US $)
Short-Term Investments (continued)         
Variable Rate Demand Notes (continued)         
New York City, New York Municipal Water Finance
Authority Water & Sewer System Revenue
Fiscal 2008 Series BB-5 1.03% 6/15/33
(SPA - Bank of America, N.A.)
   1,680,000   $1,680,000
Subseries A-2 1.03% 6/15/44
(SPA - Mizuho Bank)
   700,000    700,000
Oregon State Facilities Authority Revenue
(PeaceHealth) Series B 1.02% 8/1/34
(LOC - TD Bank N.A.)
   500,000    500,000
Phoenix, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
(Mayo Clinic) Series B 0.98% 11/15/52
(SPA - Northern Trust)
   1,450,000    1,450,000
University of Michigan Revenue
(General Revenue) Series D-1 0.98% 12/1/24
   1,300,000    1,300,000
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $30,215,000)        30,215,000
Total Value of Securities—99.31%
(cost $1,088,572,086)
       $1,061,816,370

 

° Principal amount shown is stated in USD unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
# Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At August 31, 2022, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $66,751,811, which represents 6.24% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”
Non-income producing security. Security is currently in default.
Variable rate investment. Rates reset periodically. Rate shown reflects the rate in effect at August 31, 2022. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in their descriptions. The reference rate descriptions (i.e. LIBOR03M, LIBOR06M, etc.) used in this report are identical for different securities, but the underlying reference rates may differ due to the timing of the reset period. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions, or for mortgage-backed securities, are impacted by the individual mortgages which are paying off over time. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their descriptions.
^ Zero-coupon security. The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
§ Pre-refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by US Treasury bonds. For pre-refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond will be pre-refunded. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”

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¤ Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee, or insurance issued with respect to such instrument. Each rate shown is as of August 31, 2022.

 

Summary of abbreviations:

AGM – Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation

AMT – Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax

BAM – Insured by Build America Mutual Assurance

ICE – Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate

LIBOR03M – ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month

LIBOR06M – ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month

LLC – Limited Liability Corporation

LOC – Letter of Credit

N.A. – National Association

NATL – Insured by National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation

PSF – Guaranteed by Permanent School Fund

SPA – Stand-by Purchase Agreement

USD – US Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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       Principal
amount°
       Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds — 97.86%              
Corporate Revenue Bonds — 22.87%          
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Industrial
Development Authority Revenue
(Environmental Improvement - US Steel
Corporation Project)
5.75% 8/1/42 (AMT)
   2,000,000   $2,000,380 
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Legacy Cares, Inc. Project)
Series A 144A 6.00% 7/1/51 #
   1,190,000    1,082,722 
Series A 144A 7.75% 7/1/50 #   20,330,000    21,649,620 
Buckeye, Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing
Authority
(Asset-Backed Senior)
Series B-2 5.00% 6/1/55
   64,020,000    60,977,129 
(Senior)
Series A-2 3.00% 6/1/48
   1,775,000    1,316,660 
Calhoun County Navigation Industrial Development
Authority
(Max Midstream Texas, LLC Project)
Series A 144A 3.625% 7/1/26 (AMT) #
   3,285,000    2,995,033 
California County Tobacco Securitization Agency
Settlement Revenue
(Capital Appreciation Bond - Fresno County
Tobacco Funding Corporation)
0.83% 6/1/55 ^
   100,000,000    8,291,000 
California Pollution Control Financing Authority
Revenue
(Calplant I Project)
          
144A 7.50% 7/1/32 (AMT) #, ‡   1,600,000    1,088,000 
144A 8.00% 7/1/39 (AMT) #, ‡   5,250,000    3,150,000 
Children’s Trust Fund, Puerto Rico
(Asset-Backed)
Series B 0.485% 5/15/57 ^
   3,420,000    166,349 
District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing
(Capital Appreciation-Asset-Backed)
Series D 0.122% 6/15/55 ^
   250,000,000    19,587,500 
Erie, New York Tobacco Asset Securitization
(Asset-Backed)
Series A 144A 1.504% 6/1/60 #, ^
   196,565,000    11,263,174 
Florida Development Finance Corporation Surface
Transportation Facility Revenue
(Brightline Passenger Rail Project)
Series B 144A 7.375% 1/1/49 (AMT) #
   14,040,000    13,393,177 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Florida Development Finance Corporation Surface
Transportation Facility Revenue
(Virgin Trains USA Passenger Rail Project)
          
Series A 144A 6.25% 1/1/49 (AMT) #, •   4,000,000   $3,839,200 
Series A 144A 6.50% 1/1/49 (AMT) #, •   8,905,000    8,087,076 
George L Smith II Georgia World Congress Center
Authority
(Convention Center Hotel 2nd Tier)
Series B 144A 5.00% 1/1/54 #
   5,000,000    4,276,300 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Settlement
Revenue, California
Series B-2 0.558% 6/1/66 ^
   57,500,000    6,799,950 
Hoover, Alabama Industrial Development Board
(United States Steel Corporation Project)
5.75% 10/1/49 (AMT)
   10,250,000    10,672,197 
Houston, Texas Airport System Revenue
Series B-1 5.00% 7/15/35 (AMT)
   3,000,000    2,999,820 
(Special Facilities Continental Airlines, Inc.
Terminal Improvements Projects)
Series 2011 6.625% 7/15/38 (AMT)
   2,000,000    2,004,660 
(United Airlines Inc.)
5.00% 7/1/29 (AMT)
   1,150,000    1,155,509 
Indiana Finance Authority Exempt Facility Revenue
(Polyflow Indiana Project - Green Bond)
144A 7.00% 3/1/39 (AMT) #
   7,035,000    5,618,503 
Inland, California Empire Tobacco Securitization
(Capital Appreciation-Asset-Backed)
Series E 144A 0.94% 6/1/57 #, ^
   376,610,000    21,447,939 
Series F 144A 1.271% 6/1/57 #, ^   238,790,000    11,395,059 
Iowa Finance Authority
(Iowa Fertilizer Company Project)
5.00% 12/1/50 •
   6,185,000    6,344,202 
Lower Alabama Gas District
(Gas Project Revenue Bonds)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/46
   4,910,000    5,127,218 
Main Street Natural Gas Project Revenue, Georgia
Series A 4.00% 5/15/39
   3,000,000    2,779,740 
Series A 5.50% 9/15/23   40,000    40,900 
Maine Finance Authority Revenue
(Go Lab Madison, LLC Project)
144A 8.00% 12/1/51 (AMT) #
   10,950,000    8,823,510 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development
Authority
(Commercial Metals Company Project)
144A 4.00% 10/15/47 (AMT) #
   3,750,000   $3,265,200 
Michigan Finance Authority Limited Obligation
Revenue
Series B-2 4.97% 6/1/65 ^
   10,000,000    1,025,100 
Monroe, New York Tobacco Asset Securitization
(4th Subordinate - Capital Appreciation -
Asset-Backed)
Series A 144A 0.186% 6/1/61 #, ^
   487,500,000    18,734,625 
Nevada State Department of Business & Industry
(Green Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels Project)
144A 6.25% 12/15/37 (AMT) #
   2,500,000    2,323,125 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority Special
Facility Revenue
(Continental Airlines Project)
5.25% 9/15/29 (AMT)
   4,000,000    4,044,360 
Series B 5.625% 11/15/30 (AMT)   1,270,000    1,306,170 
New Jersey Tobacco Settlement Financing
Corporation
Series B 5.00% 6/1/46
   4,440,000    4,474,898 
New York City, New York Industrial Development
Agency
(Queens Baseball Stadium Project)
Series A 2.00% 1/1/38 (AGM)
   500,000    351,070 
New York Liberty Development Revenue
(Goldman Sachs Headquarters)
5.25% 10/1/35
   360,000    402,775 
New York Transportation Development
(American Airlines Inc. John F. Kennedy
International Airport Project)
5.00% 12/1/37 (AMT)
   2,455,000    2,583,838 
5.375% 8/1/36 (AMT)   1,000,000    1,077,680 
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing
Authority
(National Gypsum)
5.50% 11/1/44 (AMT)
   4,500,000    4,522,365 
Port of Seattle, Washington Industrial Development
Corporation Special Facilities Revenue
(Delta Airlines)
5.00% 4/1/30 (AMT)
   2,000,000    2,012,200 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Public Authority for Colorado Energy Natural Gas
Revenue
Series 28 6.50% 11/15/38
   2,000,000   $2,440,460 
Public Finance Authority Revenue, Wisconsin
(Grand Hyatt San Antonio Hotel
Acquisition Project)
Series A 5.00% 2/1/62
   6,235,000    6,402,846 
Salt Verde, Arizona Financial Senior Gas Revenue
5.00% 12/1/37
   9,250,000    9,767,537 
5.25% 12/1/27   2,235,000    2,406,648 
5.25% 12/1/28   1,050,000    1,138,190 
5.50% 12/1/29   765,000    844,445 
San Diego, California Tobacco Settlement Revenue
Funding
Series C 4.00% 6/1/32
   575,000    568,566 
Shoals, Indiana
(National Gypsum Co. Project)
7.25% 11/1/43 (AMT)
   1,860,000    1,901,273 
St. James Parish, Louisiana
(NuStar Logistics, LP Project)
144A 6.10% 6/1/38 #, •
   1,000,000    1,106,350 
144A 6.35% 7/1/40 #   3,600,000    3,991,500 
Series B 144A 6.10% 12/1/40 #, •   1,630,000    1,803,351 
Tennessee State Energy Acquisition Gas Revenue
Series C 5.00% 2/1/27
   2,940,000    3,090,557 
Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern
California
(Capital Appreciation-3rd Subordinate Lien)
Series D 2.609% 6/1/46 ^
   2,230,000    274,402 
TSASC, New York
Series A 5.00% 6/1/41
   705,000    731,099 
Tulsa, Oklahoma Municipal Airports Improvement
Trust Revenue
Series A 5.50% 6/1/35 (AMT)
   2,000,000    2,026,160 
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Industrial Development
Authority
(Hunt Refining Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 5/1/44 #
   9,870,000    9,034,011 
Valparaiso, Indiana
(Pratt Paper LLC Project)
7.00% 1/1/44 (AMT)
   3,065,000    3,188,428 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation
Series A-1 6.706% 6/1/46
   7,870,000   $7,426,211 
Series B-1 5.00% 6/1/47   2,000,000    2,000,020 
Series C 2.949% 6/1/47 ^   95,170,000    23,512,700 
Series D 2.20% 6/1/47 ^   179,085,000    42,779,825 
Washington Economic Development Finance
Authority Revenue
(Columbia Pulp I, LLC Project)
Series 2017A 144A 7.50% 1/1/32 (AMT) #, ‡
   4,800,000    2,880,000 
         423,810,512 
Education Revenue Bonds — 15.38%          
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(ACCEL Schools Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 8/1/48 #
   3,200,000    3,159,648 
(American Charter Schools Foundation Project)
144A 6.00% 7/1/37 #
   1,205,000    1,277,770 
144A 6.00% 7/1/47 #   4,735,000    4,971,513 
(Basis Schools Projects)
Series A 144A 5.125% 7/1/37 #
   750,000    766,808 
(Empower College Prep Project)
144A 6.00% 7/1/49 #
   1,000,000    1,016,680 
(Kaizen Education Foundation Project)
144A 5.80% 7/1/52 #
   4,000,000    4,153,720 
(Leman Academy Of Excellence Projects)
Series A 4.50% 7/1/54
   5,000,000    4,434,400 
(Pinecrest Academy Nevada-Horizon, Inspirada)
Series A 144A 5.75% 7/15/48 #
   2,250,000    2,357,662 
Arlington, Texas Higher Education Finance
(KIPP Texas, Inc.)
3.00% 8/15/49 (PSF)
   4,000,000    3,036,080 
Build NYC Resource, New York
5.00% 11/1/39
   1,000,000    1,003,790 
(Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School
Project)
Series A 144A 5.125% 5/1/38 #
   575,000    590,151 
Series A 144A 5.50% 5/1/48 #   1,500,000    1,549,170 
(New Dawn Charter Schools Project)
144A 5.625% 2/1/39 #
   1,290,000    1,314,136 
144A 5.75% 2/1/49 #   2,700,000    2,742,390 
Burbank, Illinois
(Intercultural Montessori Language)
144A 6.25% 9/1/45 #
   4,000,000    4,063,120 

 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)          
California Community College Financing Authority
Student Housing Revenue
(Napa Valley College Project)
Series A 144A 5.75% 7/1/60 #
   8,250,000   $7,930,230 
California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(Stanford University)
Series V-1 5.00% 5/1/49
   24,445,000    29,000,815 
Series V-2 2.25% 4/1/51   3,975,000    2,515,618 
California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue
(California Baptist University)
Series A 144A 5.50% 11/1/45 #
   4,000,000    4,172,760 
(Julian Charter School Project)
Series A 144A 5.625% 3/1/45 #
   5,250,000    5,193,825 
(Partnership Uplift Community Project)
Series A 5.25% 8/1/42
   1,700,000    1,667,003 
California Public Finance Authority
(Crossroads Christian School Project)
144A 5.00% 1/1/56 #
   2,000,000    1,718,060 
California School Finance Authority
(Aspire Public Schools)
Series A 144A 5.00% 8/1/35 #
   585,000    597,630 
Series A 144A 5.00% 8/1/40 #   605,000    614,952 
(Encore Education Obligated Group)
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/1/52 #
   1,000,000    756,080 
(Escuela Popular Project)
144A 6.50% 7/1/50 #
   2,500,000    2,560,925 
(John Adams Academies - Obligated Group)
Series A 144A 5.125% 7/1/62 #
   1,680,000    1,591,447 
(New Designs Charter School)
Series A 5.50% 6/1/42
   1,750,000    1,751,242 
(Sonoma County Junior College District Project)
Series A 144A 4.00% 11/1/41 #
   2,980,000    2,546,023 
Series A 144A 4.00% 11/1/55 #   2,500,000    1,946,500 
(View Park Elementary & Middle Schools)
Series A 5.875% 10/1/44
   1,000,000    1,029,370 
Series A 6.00% 10/1/49   720,000    742,486 
California Statewide Communities Development
Authority Charter School Revenue
(Green Dot Public Schools)
Series A 7.25% 8/1/41
   1,915,000    1,920,439 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)          
California Statewide Communities Development
Authority Revenue
(Lancer Educational Student Housing Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/1/46 #
   1,500,000   $1,467,240 
Capital Trust Agency, Florida
(Pineapple Cove Classical Academy Inc. Project)
Series A 144A 5.375% 7/1/54 #
   6,000,000    5,967,780 
(The Pepin Academies Inc. Project)
Series A 5.75% 7/1/55
   2,625,000    2,415,289 
(University Bridge, LLC Student Housing Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 12/1/58 #
   8,000,000    7,628,320 
Chester County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development
Authority Student Housing Revenue
(West Chester University of Pennsylvania)
Series A 5.00% 8/1/30
   2,200,000    2,209,262 
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
Revenue
(Charter School - Community Leadership
Academy)
7.45% 8/1/48
   2,000,000    2,057,560 
(Charter School - Loveland Classical School)
144A 5.00% 7/1/46 #
   1,500,000    1,431,585 
(Global Village Academy - Northglenn Project)
144A 5.00% 12/1/40 #
   1,110,000    1,029,592 
144A 5.00% 12/1/55 #   1,720,000    1,493,183 
(Skyview Charter School)
144A 5.375% 7/1/44 #
   500,000    503,460 
Florida Development Finance Corporation Surface
Transportation Facility Revenue
(Cornerstone Charter Academy Project)
144A 5.125% 10/1/52 #
   4,110,000    4,005,236 
144A 5.25% 10/1/56 #   1,900,000    1,849,935 
(Mater Academy Projects)
Series A 4.00% 6/15/52
   1,145,000    980,647 
Series A 5.00% 6/15/56   1,630,000    1,648,305 
Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance
(Hawaii Pacific University)
Series A 144A 6.875% 7/1/43 #
   2,000,000    2,024,780 
Henderson, Nevada Public Improvement Trust
(Touro College & University System)
Series A 5.50% 1/1/39
   560,000    565,712 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Idaho Housing & Finance Association
(Compass Public Charter School)
Series A 144A 5.00% 7/1/54 #
   860,000   $855,863 
(Idaho Arts Charter School)
144A 5.00% 12/1/36 #
   710,000    724,683 
(North Star Charter School)
Capital Appreciation Subordinate Series B
144A 4.88% 7/1/49 #, ^
   2,888,155    527,261 
Series A 6.75% 7/1/48   529,150    561,148 
(Xavier Charter School Project)
Series A 5.00% 6/1/50
   1,000,000    1,004,410 
Illinois Finance Authority Charter School Revenue
(Chicago International Charter School Project)
5.00% 12/1/47
   2,965,000    2,999,839 
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(Acero Charter Schools)
144A 4.00% 10/1/42 #
   2,245,000    1,947,987 
(Rogers Park Montessori)
6.00% 2/1/34
   675,000    688,034 
6.125% 2/1/45   1,800,000    1,828,674 
Illinois Finance Authority Student Housing &
Academic Facility Revenue
(University of Illinois at Chicago Project)
Series A 5.00% 2/15/47
   3,640,000    3,496,002 
Kent County, Delaware Student Housing and Dining
Facilities Revenue
(Delaware State University Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/58
   1,250,000    1,152,525 
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue
(Jefferson Rise Charter School Project)
Series A 144A 6.25% 6/1/52 #
   1,000,000    1,004,550 
Series A 144A 6.375% 6/1/62 #   1,330,000    1,331,144 
(Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation
Project)
8.00% 12/15/41
   1,500,000    1,503,405 
(Lincoln Preparatory School Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 6/1/60 #
   2,000,000    1,744,700 
Series A 144A 6.375% 6/1/52 #   1,000,000    1,009,540 
Series A 144A 6.50% 6/1/62 #   2,000,000    2,012,980 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Macomb County, Michigan State Public School
Academy Revenue
(Academy Of Warren)
Series A 144A 5.50% 5/1/50 #
   1,810,000   $1,540,002 
Macon-Bibb County, Georgia Urban Development
Authority Revenue
(Academy for Classical Education)
Series A 144A 5.875% 6/15/47 #
   1,680,000    1,712,390 
Series A 144A 6.00% 6/15/52 #   1,530,000    1,567,470 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
Revenue
Series V 5.00% 7/1/55
   9,500,000    11,028,455 
Miami-Dade County, Florida Industrial Development
Authority
(Youth Co-Op Charter School)
Series A 144A 5.75% 9/15/35 #
   1,000,000    1,019,730 
Series A 144A 6.00% 9/15/45 #   1,000,000    1,018,370 
Michigan Finance Authority Limited Obligation
Revenue
(Landmark Academy Project)
5.00% 6/1/45
   2,000,000    1,817,860 
(Public School Academy Old Redford)
Series A 6.50% 12/1/40
   900,000    899,874 
Nevada State Department of Business & Industry
(Somerset Academy)
Series A 144A 5.00% 12/15/35 #
   1,595,000    1,614,220 
Series A 144A 5.125% 12/15/45 #   2,515,000    2,540,150 
New Jersey State Higher Education Student
Assistance Authority Student Loan Revenue
Series 1B 5.75% 12/1/39 (AMT)
   1,250,000    1,256,950 
New York State Dormitory Authority
(Columbia University)
Series A 5.00% 10/1/50
   1,965,000    2,326,776 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Authority for Industrial
Development Revenue
(1st Philadelphia Preparatory)
Series A 7.25% 6/15/43
   1,230,000    1,302,939 
(Tacony Academy Charter School Project)
7.00% 6/15/43
   1,540,000    1,579,732 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Phoenix, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
Education Revenue
(Basic Schools Project)
Series 2015A 144A 5.00% 7/1/46 #
   4,000,000   $4,019,600 
Series 2016A 144A 5.00% 7/1/45 #   2,000,000    2,010,860 
(Downtown Phoenix Student Housing, LLC-Arizona
State University Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/42
   1,000,000    1,008,480 
(Eagle College Preparatory Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/43
   450,000    449,969 
Pima County, Arizona Industrial Development
Authority Education Revenue
(American Leadership Academy Project)
144A 4.00% 6/15/57 #
   500,000    381,120 
144A 4.00% 6/15/57 #   4,000,000    3,048,960 
(Career Success Schools Project)
144A 5.50% 5/1/40 #
   500,000    484,585 
144A 5.75% 5/1/50 #   2,530,000    2,461,513 
(Edkey Charter Schools Project)
144A 5.00% 7/1/49 #
   2,500,000    2,372,050 
144A 5.00% 7/1/55 #   2,500,000    2,324,575 
Pottsboro, Texas Higher Education Finance Authority
Revenue
Series A 5.00% 8/15/36
   755,000    754,977 
Series A 5.00% 8/15/46   1,000,000    967,430 
Public Finance Authority Revenue, Wisconsin
(Goodwill Industries of Southern Nevada Project)
Series A 5.50% 12/1/38
   2,572,956    2,260,522 
Series A 5.75% 12/1/48   2,576,272    2,186,430 
(Minnesota College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Series A-1 144A 5.50% 12/1/48 #, ‡
   125,529    38,914 
Subordinate Series B 144A 7.75% 12/1/48 #, •   2,500,000    25,000 
(Wilson Preparatory Academy)
Series A 144A 4.125% 6/15/29 #
   435,000    434,082 
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/15/39 #   500,000    509,975 
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/15/49 #   1,100,000    1,113,519 
South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development
Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(Green Charter Schools Project)
Series A 144A 4.00% 6/1/36 #
   1,000,000    889,440 
Series A 144A 4.00% 6/1/46 #   1,150,000    941,218 
Series A 144A 4.00% 6/1/56 #   1,530,000    1,171,842 

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

   Principal amount°   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Education Revenue Bonds (continued)          
South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development
Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(High Point Academy Project)
Series A 144A 5.75% 6/15/49 #
   5,000,000   $5,215,050 
St. Louis, Missouri Industrial Development Authority
Tax Increment Revenue Improvement
(Confluence Academy Project)
Series A 144A 5.625% 6/15/53 #
   4,805,000    4,591,706 
St. Paul, Minnesota Housing & Redevelopment
Authority Charter School Lease Revenue
(Academia Cesar Chavez School Project)
Series A 5.25% 7/1/50
   2,560,000    2,288,845 
University of Texas System Board of Regents
Series B 5.00% 8/15/49
   25,425,000    29,909,461 
University of Virginia
Series A 2.18% 11/1/51
   10,000,000    6,046,700 
Upper Dauphin Industrial Development Authority
(Pennsylvania Steam Academy Charter
School Project)
Series A 144A 6.25% 7/1/57 #
   2,400,000    2,372,856 
Utah State Charter School Finance Authority Revenue
(Leadership Learning Academy Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/15/39 #
   1,000,000    979,900 
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/15/50 #   2,200,000    2,067,912 
Wisconsin Public Finance Authority Revenue
(Pine Lake Preparatory)
144A 5.50% 3/1/45 #
   3,460,000    3,496,987 
Yonkers, New York Economic Development
Corporation Education Revenue
(Lamartine/Warburton LLC - Charter School of
Educational Excellence Project)
Series A 5.00% 10/15/54
   465,000    442,178 
         284,854,648 
Electric Revenue Bonds — 4.02%          
Build NYC Resource, New York
(Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners, L.P.
Project)
144A 5.25% 12/31/33 (AMT) #
   4,520,000    4,268,598 
Guam Power Authority Revenue
Series A 5.00% 10/1/41
   2,350,000    2,464,774 
Series A 5.00% 10/1/42   2,000,000    2,091,420 
Series A 5.00% 10/1/43   2,650,000    2,763,420 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Electric Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Guam Power Authority Revenue
Series A 5.00% 10/1/44
   5,000,000   $5,202,150 
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue
Series A 5.00% 7/1/42 ‡
   8,615,000    6,999,687 
Series A 5.05% 7/1/42 ‡   4,590,000    3,717,900 
Series A 6.75% 7/1/36 ‡   1,500,000    1,267,500 
Series AAA 5.25% 7/1/25 ‡   925,000    751,563 
Series AAA 5.25% 7/1/26 ‡   1,030,000    836,875 
Series AAA 5.25% 7/1/27 ‡   5,330,000    4,330,625 
Series AAA 5.25% 7/1/28 ‡   1,205,000    979,063 
Series CCC 5.25% 7/1/27 ‡   5,525,000    4,489,062 
Series TT 5.00% 7/1/37 ‡   1,500,000    1,218,750 
Series WW 5.00% 7/1/28 ‡   3,405,000    2,766,563 
Series WW 5.25% 7/1/25 ‡   1,530,000    1,243,125 
Series WW 5.25% 7/1/33 ‡   830,000    674,375 
Series WW 5.50% 7/1/38 ‡   9,325,000    7,611,531 
Series XX 4.75% 7/1/26 ‡   920,000    744,050 
Series XX 5.25% 7/1/40 ‡   9,795,000    7,958,437 
Series XX 5.75% 7/1/36 ‡   5,840,000    4,788,800 
Series ZZ 4.75% 7/1/27 ‡   760,000    614,650 
Series ZZ 5.25% 7/1/24 ‡   1,275,000    1,035,938 
Series ZZ 5.25% 7/1/26 ‡   7,005,000    5,691,562 
         74,510,418 
Healthcare Revenue Bonds — 16.35%          
Apple Valley, Minnesota
(Senior Living, LLC Project 2nd Tier)
Series B 5.00% 1/1/47
   2,375,000    1,472,049 
Series B 5.25% 1/1/37   420,000    307,511 
(Senior Living, LLC Project 4th Tier)
Series D 7.25% 1/1/52
   7,410,000    4,879,930 
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC
Project 1st Tier)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/54
   2,595,000    1,751,080 
(Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC
Project 2nd Tier)
Series B 5.00% 1/1/49
   975,000    618,257 
Series B 5.125% 1/1/54   1,130,000    707,561 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC
Project 3rd Tier)
Series C 144A 5.00% 1/1/49 #
   1,000,000   $582,890 
(Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC
Project 4th Tier)
Series D 144A 7.25% 1/1/54 #
   2,500,000    1,590,175 
Berks County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development
Authority Revenue
(Tower Health Project)
5.00% 11/1/50
   5,105,000    3,830,945 
Birmingham, Alabama Special Care Facilities
Financing Authority
(Methodist Home for the Aging)
5.50% 6/1/30
   1,850,000    1,817,829 
5.75% 6/1/35   1,500,000    1,474,605 
5.75% 6/1/45   2,500,000    2,369,325 
6.00% 6/1/50   2,650,000    2,552,771 
California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(Stanford University)
Series V-2 5.00% 4/1/51
   1,000,000    1,189,860 
California Health Facilities Financing Authority
Revenue
(Kaiser Permanente)
Series A-2 5.00% 11/1/47
   4,870,000    5,543,229 
California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue
(Community Health System Project)
Series A 3.00% 2/1/46 (AGM)
   10,000,000    7,875,700 
(Goodwill Industry Sacramento Valley and Northern
Nevada Project)
5.25% 1/1/45
   1,295,000    1,060,566 
Series A 144A 6.625% 1/1/32 #   500,000    500,020 
Series A 144A 6.875% 1/1/42 #   1,500,000    1,491,300 
(Northbay Healthcare Group)
Series A 5.25% 11/1/47
   500,000    508,505 
California Statewide Communities Development
Authority Revenue
(Loma Linda University Medical Center)
Series A 144A 5.50% 12/1/58 #
   5,000,000    5,060,050 
Camden County, New Jersey Improvement Authority
Revenue
(Cooper Health System Obligation Group)
5.75% 2/15/42
   2,050,000    2,069,414 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Capital Trust Agency, Florida
(Elim Senior Housing Inc. Project)
144A 5.875% 8/1/52 #
   2,500,000   $1,844,175 
Clackamas County, Oregon Hospital Facility Authority
(Rose Villa Project)
Series A 5.25% 11/15/50
   1,000,000    958,770 
Series A 5.375% 11/15/55   1,000,000    967,610 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Aberdeen Ridge)
Series A 5.00% 5/15/58
   500,000    414,115 
(American Baptist)
8.00% 8/1/43
   2,500,000    2,562,525 
(Capella of Grand Junction Project)
144A 5.00% 12/1/54 #
   1,985,000    1,372,230 
(Mental Health Center Denver Project)
Series A 5.75% 2/1/44
   500,000    509,620 
(Sunny Vista Living Center)
Series A 144A 5.50% 12/1/30 #
   750,000    646,403 
Series A 144A 5.75% 12/1/35 #   1,150,000    944,909 
Series A 144A 6.125% 12/1/45 #   1,200,000    940,968 
Series A 144A 6.25% 12/1/50 #   560,000    436,184 
Cuyahoga County, Ohio Hospital Revenue
(The Metrohealth System)
5.25% 2/15/47
   4,000,000    4,119,280 
5.50% 2/15/52   4,655,000    4,830,680 
5.50% 2/15/57   6,365,000    6,592,230 
Decatur, Texas Hospital Authority Revenue
(Wise Regional Health System)
Series C 4.00% 9/1/29
   491,000    494,913 
Series C 4.00% 9/1/34   987,000    923,506 
Series C 4.00% 9/1/44   2,036,000    1,707,064 
Glendale, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
Revenue
(Glencroft Retirement Community Project)
5.00% 11/15/36
   830,000    677,587 
5.25% 11/15/51   1,350,000    1,014,930 
Guilderland, New York Industrial Development Agency
Series A 144A 5.875% 1/1/52 #, ‡
   6,000,000    4,500,000 
Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance
Special Purpose Senior Living Revenue
(Kahala Nui)
5.25% 11/15/37
   1,000,000    1,004,640 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Henrico County, Virginia Economic Development
Authority Residential Care Facility Revenue
(Westminster Cantebury Richmond)
Series A 5.00% 10/1/52
   2,025,000   $2,117,401 
Hospital Facilities Authority of Multnomah County,
Oregon
(Mirabella at South Waterfront)
5.50% 10/1/49
   2,400,000    2,420,952 
Idaho Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(St. Luke’s Health System Project)
Series A 3.00% 3/1/51
   6,430,000    4,670,302 
Series A 4.00% 3/1/51   2,000,000    1,842,420 
Series A 5.00% 3/1/33   485,000    520,939 
(Valley Vista Care Corporation)
Series A 5.00% 11/15/32
   455,000    417,030 
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(The Admiral at the Lake Project)
5.25% 5/15/42
   900,000    747,990 
5.25% 5/15/54   5,910,000    4,580,309 
5.50% 5/15/54   3,375,000    2,722,241 
Illinois Housing Development Authority
(Stonebridge of Gurnee Project)
Series A 144A 5.45% 1/1/46 #
   2,500,000    1,952,650 
Series A 144A 5.60% 1/1/56 #   2,630,000    1,995,171 
Iowa Finance Authority
(PHS Council Bluffs Project)
5.125% 8/1/48
   1,750,000    1,473,272 
5.25% 8/1/55   2,500,000    2,092,275 
Kalispell, Montana
(Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project)
Series A 5.25% 5/15/47
   1,400,000    1,347,402 
Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority
Healthcare Revenue
(Rosedale Green Project)
5.50% 11/15/35
   1,310,000    1,249,570 
5.75% 11/15/45   3,000,000    2,799,870 
5.75% 11/15/50   1,600,000    1,468,704 
Kirkwood, Missouri Industrial Development Authority
(Aberdeen Heights)
Series A 5.25% 5/15/50
   5,000,000    4,508,450 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Lake County, Florida Retirement Facility Revenue
(Lakeside At Waterman Village Project)
Series A 5.75% 8/15/50
   2,500,000   $2,345,075 
Series A 5.75% 8/15/55   1,500,000    1,382,055 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities
& Community Development Authority Revenue
(The Glen Retirement System Project)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/49
   3,500,000    2,646,105 
Series A 5.00% 1/1/55   2,635,000    1,921,574 
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development
Authority
(Christian Care Surprise Project)
Series 2016 144A 6.00% 1/1/48 #
   5,645,000    4,236,685 
Michigan State Strategic Fund Limited Revenue
(Evangelical Homes)
5.50% 6/1/47
   2,750,000    2,642,035 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Industrial
Development Authority Revenue
(Whitemarsh Continuing Care)
5.25% 1/1/40
   1,550,000    1,559,657 
5.375% 1/1/50   6,250,000    6,275,937 
Series A 5.375% 1/1/51   2,000,000    2,014,020 
Moon, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
(Baptist Homes Society Obligation)
6.125% 7/1/50
   8,500,000    7,835,980 
National Finance Authority Revenue, New Hampshire
(The Vista Project)
Series A 144A 5.25% 7/1/39 #
   1,515,000    1,418,358 
Series A 144A 5.625% 7/1/46 #   1,000,000    955,120 
Series A 144A 5.75% 7/1/54 #   2,000,000    1,910,080 
New Hope, Texas Cultural Education Facilities
Finance
(Army Retirement Residence Foundation Project)
6.00% 7/15/57
   6,000,000    6,006,900 
(Buckingham Senior Living Community, Inc.
Project)
Series A-1 7.50% 11/15/37
   120,000    103,727 
Series A-2 7.50% 11/15/36   745,000    666,730 
Series B 2.00% 11/15/61 ~, •   3,027,491    1,588,161 
(Cardinal Bay - Village on the Park)
Series A1 5.00% 7/1/46 ‡
   660,000    488,400 
Series A1 5.00% 7/1/51 ‡   1,575,000    1,165,500 

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
New Hope, Texas Cultural Education Facilities
Finance
(Cardinal Bay - Village on the Park)
Series B 4.00% 7/1/31
   635,000   $349,250 
Series B 4.75% 7/1/51   1,915,000    1,053,250 
Series C 5.00% 7/1/31   250,000    125,000 
Series C 5.25% 7/1/36   350,000    175,000 
Series C 5.75% 7/1/51   2,250,000    1,125,000 
Series D 6.00% 7/1/26   90,000    40,500 
Series D 7.00% 7/1/51   1,350,000    607,500 
(Legacy Midtown Park Project)
Series A 5.50% 7/1/54
   5,000,000    4,242,600 
(Sanctuary LTC Project)
Series A-1 5.50% 1/1/57
   8,830,000    7,579,054 
(The Outlook at Windhaven Project)
Series A 6.75% 10/1/52
   1,000,000    1,008,640 
Series A 6.875% 10/1/57   6,500,000    6,558,175 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
(Black Horse EHT Urban Renewal LLC Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 10/1/39 #
   3,125,000    2,642,656 
(Lions Gate Project)
5.25% 1/1/44
   2,000,000    1,920,520 
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority
Revenue
(St. Peters University Hospital)
6.25% 7/1/35
   2,700,000    2,704,941 
New Mexico Hospital Equipment Loan Council
(Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center
Project)
Series A 5.50% 7/1/42
   4,750,000    4,757,790 
New York State Dormitory Authority
(Garnet Health Medical Center)
144A 5.00% 12/1/40 #
   1,100,000    1,103,520 
New York State Thruway Authority
Series B 3.00% 1/1/53 (BAM)
   3,410,000    2,537,892 
North Carolina Medical Care Commission Health
Care Facilities Revenue
(Novant Health Obligated Group)
Series A 3.125% 11/1/49
   5,000,000    3,897,100 

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   Principal amount°   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Northampton County, Pennsylvania Industrial
Development Authority Revenue
(Morningstar Senior Living)
5.00% 7/1/36
   2,000,000   $1,955,740 
5.00% 11/1/49   1,830,000    1,726,184 
Orange County, New York Funding Corporation
Assisted Living Residence Revenue
6.50% 1/1/46
   3,600,000    3,076,272 
Payne County, Oklahoma Economic Development
Authority
(Epworth Living at the Ranch)
Series A 7.00% 11/1/51 ‡
   961,600    2,404 
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing
Authority
(Tapestry Moon Senior Housing Project)
Series 2018A 144A 6.75% 12/1/53 #, ‡
   10,495,000    3,988,100 
Prince George’s County, Maryland
(Collington Episcopal Life Care Community)
5.25% 4/1/47
   2,000,000    1,832,320 
Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin
(Bancroft Neurohealth Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 6/1/36 #
   960,000    965,779 
Series A 144A 5.125% 6/1/48 #   1,375,000    1,375,578 
Rochester, Minnesota
(The Homestead at Rochester)
Series A 6.875% 12/1/48
   2,500,000    2,549,050 
Seminole County, Florida Industrial Development
Authority Revenue
(Legacy Pointe at UCF Project)
Series A 5.50% 11/15/49
   2,000,000    1,773,900 
Series A 5.75% 11/15/54   6,000,000    5,447,460 
Shelby County, Tennessee Health Educational &
Housing Facilities Board Revenue
(The Farms at Bailey Station Project)
5.75% 10/1/59
   3,670,000    3,401,172 
Southeastern Ohio Port Authority
(Memorial Health Systems)
5.00% 12/1/43
   805,000    788,683 
5.50% 12/1/43   1,250,000    1,265,475 

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
St. Louis County, Missouri Industrial Development
Authority
(Nazareth Living Center Project)
Series A 5.00% 8/15/35
   600,000   $588,216 
Series A 5.125% 8/15/45   1,800,000    1,686,672 
Tarrant County, Texas Cultural Education Facilities
Finance
(Buckner Senior Living - Ventana Project)
Series A 6.75% 11/15/47
   2,250,000    2,329,132 
Series A 6.75% 11/15/52   3,300,000    3,409,230 
Tempe, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
Revenue
(Mirabella at ASU Project)
Series A 144A 6.125% 10/1/47 #
   2,150,000    2,045,661 
Series A 144A 6.125% 10/1/52 #   2,570,000    2,420,657 
University of North Carolina Board of Governors
5.00% 2/1/49
   19,355,000    22,276,444 
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
(Heron’s Key)
Series A 144A 7.00% 7/1/45 #
   1,000,000    1,036,070 
Series A 144A 7.00% 7/1/50 #   3,625,000    3,750,969 
Westchester County, New York Local Development
(Purchase Senior Learning Community, Inc.
Project)
Series A 144A 5.00% 7/1/56 #
   4,250,000    3,526,140 
Westminster, Maryland
(Lutheran Village Millers Grant)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/24
   625,000    636,019 
Series A 6.00% 7/1/34   1,000,000    1,026,170 
Series A 6.125% 7/1/39   750,000    769,267 
Series A 6.25% 7/1/44   2,500,000    2,563,900 
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority
(Covenant Communities Project)
Series B 5.00% 7/1/48
   1,000,000    797,580 
Series B 5.00% 7/1/53   945,000    731,553 
Series C 7.00% 7/1/43   1,000,000    670,510 
Series C 7.50% 7/1/53   1,000,000    683,950 
(St. Camillus Health System)
Series A 5.00% 11/1/46
   2,000,000    1,805,260 
Series A 5.00% 11/1/54   2,500,000    2,196,650 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Woodbury, Minnesota Housing & Redevelopment
Authority Revenue
(St. Therese of Woodbury)
5.125% 12/1/44
   1,250,000   $1,133,588 
Yamhill County, Oregon Hospital Authority
(Friendsview)
Series A 5.00% 11/15/51
   100,000    86,782 
Series A 5.00% 11/15/56   1,500,000    1,281,045 
         302,832,928 
Housing Revenue Bond — 0.04%          
Independent Cities Finance Authority, California
Series A 5.25% 5/15/44
   750,000    762,803 
         762,803 
Lease Revenue Bonds — 2.64%          
Baltimore, Maryland Special Obligation Subordinate
Revenue
(Harbor Point Project)
144A 5.00% 6/1/51 #
   1,000,000    1,007,780 
California Statewide Communities Development
Authority Revenue
(Lancer Plaza Project)
5.875% 11/1/43
   1,875,000    1,905,263 
Industrial Development Authority of Phoenix, Arizona
5.125% 2/1/34
   1,000,000    972,570 
5.375% 2/1/41   1,300,000    1,274,702 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Illinois
(McCormick Place Expansion Project)
Series A 4.00% 6/15/52
   6,980,000    6,069,599 
Series A 5.00% 6/15/50   4,135,000    4,221,339 
Series A 5.00% 6/15/57   3,975,000    4,048,537 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority
Series AA 4.00% 6/15/50
   2,945,000    2,665,254 
(Transportation Program)
Series AA 5.00% 6/15/25
   1,000,000    1,055,710 
Series AA 5.00% 6/15/44   2,900,000    2,958,203 
New York Liberty Development Revenue
(4 World Trade Center Project)
Series A 3.00% 11/15/51
   5,750,000    4,098,715 
(Class 1 - 3 World Trade Center Project)
144A 5.00% 11/15/44 #
   4,000,000    3,869,480 

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Lease Revenue Bonds (continued)          
New York Liberty Development Revenue
(Class 3-3 World Trade Center Project)
144A 7.25% 11/15/44 #
   14,500,000   $14,780,140 
         48,927,292 
Local General Obligation Bonds — 2.88%          
Chicago, Illinois
Series 2005D 5.50% 1/1/37
   2,280,000    2,359,869 
Series 2005D 5.50% 1/1/40   3,000,000    3,096,930 
Series 2007E 5.50% 1/1/42   1,900,000    1,958,406 
Series 2007F 5.50% 1/1/42   1,250,000    1,288,425 
Series A 5.50% 1/1/49   770,000    811,518 
Series C 5.00% 1/1/26   500,000    527,895 
Chicago, Illinois Board of Education
Series A 144A 7.00% 12/1/46 #
   2,500,000    2,815,950 
Series G 5.00% 12/1/44   2,545,000    2,606,564 
Series H 5.00% 12/1/46   4,225,000    4,319,217 
(Dedicated Revenues)
Series A 5.00% 12/1/42
   7,690,000    7,650,627 
Galveston, Texas Independent School District
Unlimited Tax Building
4.00% 2/1/47 (PSF)
   7,500,000    7,196,325 
Maricopa County, Arizona Special Health Care District
Series D 4.00% 7/1/35
   3,000,000    3,108,060 
MIDA Golf and Equestrian Center Public
Infrastructure District, Utah
144A 4.50% 6/1/51 #
   4,835,000    3,853,302 
144A 4.625% 6/1/57 #   4,690,000    3,696,095 
New York City, New York
Series D-1 5.25% 5/1/42
   6,425,000    7,127,124 
Verve, Colorado Metropolitan District No. 1
5.00% 12/1/51
   1,000,000    919,490 
         53,335,797 
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds — 2.30%          
Alachua County, Florida Health Facilities Authority
(Oak Hammock University)
Series A 8.00% 10/1/46-22 §
   1,500,000    1,536,495 
Blythe Township, Pennsylvania Solid Waste Authority
Revenue
7.75% 12/1/37-27 (AMT) §
   2,900,000    3,452,972 

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   Principal amount°   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)          
Capital Trust Agency, Florida
(River City Education Services Project)
Series A 5.375% 2/1/35-22 §
   870,000   $897,805 
Series A 5.625% 2/1/45-22 §   1,500,000    1,549,485 
District of Columbia Revenue
(KIPP Charter School)
6.00% 7/1/48-23 §
   1,450,000    1,491,760 
East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania Industrial
Development Authority
(Student Services Income - Student Housing
Project)
5.00% 7/1/30-23 §
   1,000,000    1,020,380 
Florida Development Finance
(UF Health - Jacksonville Project)
Series A 6.00% 2/1/33-23 §
   490,000    505,925 
Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency,
California
Series A 6.00% 1/15/49-24 §
   7,690,000    8,067,348 
Kanawha, West Virginia
(West Virginia University Foundation Project)
144A 6.75% 7/1/45-23 #, §
   2,500,000    2,586,250 
Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure
Authority
(1st Tier - Downtown Crossing)
Series A 5.75% 7/1/49-23 §
   1,800,000    1,837,224 
Series A 6.00% 7/1/53-23 §   1,290,000    1,319,090 
Nampa, Idaho Development Corporation Revenue
144A 5.00% 9/1/31-24 #, §
   2,940,000    3,151,239 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority Special
Facility Revenue
Series WW 5.25% 6/15/30-25 §
   5,000,000    5,378,200 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Authority for Industrial
Development Revenue
(New Foundation Charter School Project)
6.625% 12/15/41-22 §
   1,000,000    1,012,140 
Phoenix, Arizona Industrial Development Authority
Education Revenue
(Choice Academies Project)
5.375% 9/1/32
   1,000,000    1,000,000 
5.625% 9/1/42   600,000    600,000 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)          
Riverside County, California Transportation Senior
Lien
Series A 5.75% 6/1/48-23 §
   1,000,000   $1,025,970 
Southwestern Illinois Development Authority Revenue
(Memorial Group)
7.125% 11/1/30-23 §
   1,420,000    1,495,175 
7.125% 11/1/43-23 §   2,500,000    2,632,350 
Wisconsin Public Finance Authority
(Rose Villa Project)
Series A 144A 5.75% 11/15/44-24 #, §
   2,000,000    2,023,260 
         42,583,068 
Resource Recovery Revenue Bonds — 0.59%          
Brazoria County, Texas Industrial Development Solid
Waste Disposal Facilities Revenue
(Aleon Renewable Metals, LLC Project)
144A 10.00% 6/1/42 (AMT) #, •
   3,000,000    2,941,950 
South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development
Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(Last Step Recycling Project)
Series A 144A 6.50% 6/1/51 (AMT) #
   1,500,000    1,204,485 
Union County, New Jersey Improvement Authority
(Aries Linden, LLC Project)
144A 6.75% 12/1/41 (AMT) #
   7,800,000    6,814,782 
         10,961,217 
Special Tax Revenue Bonds — 13.31%          
Allentown, Pennsylvania Neighborhood Improvement
Zone Development Authority Revenue
(City Center Project)
144A 5.25% 5/1/42 #
   6,530,000    6,777,291 
Arkansas Steel Development Finance Authority
Environmental Improvement Revenue
(United States Steel Corporation Project)
144A 5.45% 9/1/52 (AMT) #
   2,000,000    1,979,580 
Celebration Pointe, Florida Community Development
District No 1
5.125% 5/1/45
   1,915,000    1,926,528 
Cherry Hill, Virginia Community Development
Authority
(Potomac Shores Project)
144A 5.15% 3/1/35 #
   1,000,000    1,007,900 
144A 5.40% 3/1/45 #   2,000,000    2,013,420 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)          
City & County of San Francisco, California Special
Tax District No 2020-1
Series B 144A 5.25% 9/1/49 #
   1,000,000   $778,820 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
2.281% 11/1/51 •
   14,610,305    6,665,952 
Conley Road Transportation Development District,
Missouri
5.375% 5/1/47
   6,655,000    6,490,222 
Detroit, Michigan
Series A 4.613% 6/15/15 ‡
   4,587,545    4,358,168 
Series A 4.813% 6/15/20 ‡   4,496,435    4,271,614 
(Taxable)
Series B 2.169% 6/15/34 ‡
   4,640,163    4,048,542 
Fountain Urban Renewal Authority, Colorado
(Improvement - South Academy Highland)
Series A 5.50% 11/1/44
   3,750,000    3,669,788 
GDB Debt Recovery Authority of Puerto Rico
7.50% 8/20/40
   64,710,685    57,916,063 
Glen Cove, New York Local Economic Assistance
(Garvies Point Public Improvement Project)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/56
   2,000,000    1,816,760 
Guam Government Business Privilege Tax Revenue
Series F 4.00% 1/1/42
   2,500,000    2,217,275 
Henderson, Nevada Local Improvement Districts
(Black Mountain Ranch)
3.00% 9/1/36
   300,000    235,671 
3.50% 9/1/45   720,000    549,446 
4.00% 9/1/51   500,000    413,250 
Hickory Chase Community Authority Revenue, Ohio
(Hickory Chase Project)
Senior Series A 144A 5.00% 12/1/40 #
   1,390,000    1,304,974 
Juban Crossing Economic Development District,
Louisiana
(General Infrastructure Projects)
Series C 144A 7.00% 9/15/44 #
   3,010,000    2,674,927 
(Road Projects)
Series A 144A 7.00% 9/15/44 #
   1,910,000    1,697,379 
Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development
Authority
(Choice Academies, Inc. Project)
Series AZ 144A 5.75% 9/1/45 #
   5,000,000    4,987,300 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Matching Fund Special Purpose Securitization
Corporation, US Virgin Islands
Series A 5.00% 10/1/39
   2,655,000   $2,756,288 
Midtown Miami, Florida Community Development
District
(Parking Garage Project)
Series A 5.00% 5/1/37
   500,000    501,260 
Mobile, Alabama Improvement District
(McGowin Park Project)
Series A 5.25% 8/1/30
   1,000,000    968,840 
Series A 5.50% 8/1/35   1,300,000    1,240,499 
New York State Thruway Authority
Series A-1 3.00% 3/15/50
   3,640,000    2,829,372 
Series A-1 4.00% 3/15/56   2,380,000    2,204,737 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania Industrial
Development Authority
(Route 33 Project)
7.00% 7/1/32
   1,955,000    1,997,130 
Prairie Center Metropolitan District No 3, Colorado
Series A 144A 5.00% 12/15/41 #
   2,000,000    1,960,080 
Public Finance Authority Revenue, Wisconsin
(American Dream @ Meadowlands Project)
144A 7.00% 12/1/50 #
   5,065,000    4,536,163 
(Mclemore Hotel & Conference Center)
Series B 144A 6.50% 6/1/56 #
   1,000,000    796,610 
(Mclemore Hotel And Conference Center)
Series A 144A 4.50% 6/1/56 #
   13,000,000    9,666,150 
(Shining Rock Classical Academy)
Series A 6.00% 6/15/52
   1,000,000    963,670 
Series A 6.125% 6/15/57   1,000,000    965,760 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Revenue
(Capital Appreciation-Restructured)
Series A-1 5.896% 7/1/46 ^
   27,790,000    7,958,778 
(Restructured)
Series A-1 0.115% 7/1/51 ^
   38,879,000    8,291,336 
Series A-1 4.75% 7/1/53   49,755,000    47,580,706 
Series A-1 5.00% 7/1/58   12,910,000    12,523,991 
Series A-2 4.536% 7/1/53   1,022,000    943,255 
Series A-2 4.784% 7/1/58   9,337,000    8,731,029 
Series B-1 4.75% 7/1/53   135,000    129,100 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Richmond Heights, Missouri Tax Increment &
Transaction Sales Tax Revenue Improvement
(Francis Place Redevelopment Project)
5.625% 11/1/25
   730,000   $715,057 
San Francisco, California Bay Area Rapid Transit
District Sales Tax Revenue
Series A 3.00% 7/1/44
   2,000,000    1,644,020 
St. Louis County, Missouri Industrial Development
Authority
(Manchester Ballas Community)
Series A 144A 5.00% 9/1/38 #
   1,050,000    980,836 
Series A 144A 5.25% 9/1/45 #   3,540,000    3,244,056 
St. Louis, Missouri Industrial Development Authority
Tax Increment Revenue Improvement
(Grand Center Redevelopment Project)
6.375% 12/1/25
   340,000    340,160 
Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas Unified
Government Special Obligation Revenue
(Sales Tax Vacation Village Project)
Series A 6.00% 9/1/35
   4,690,000    4,323,992 
         246,593,745 
State General Obligation Bonds — 11.25%          
California State
4.00% 10/1/36
   5,055,000    5,209,329 
(Various Purpose)
5.00% 8/1/27
   5,000,000    5,481,750 
5.00% 9/1/41   2,660,000    2,975,582 
5.00% 4/1/42   3,000,000    3,360,330 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Series B 5.00% 1/1/32
   5,000,000    5,527,700 
Series D 4.00% 11/1/35   5,000,000    5,200,600 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
2.901% 11/1/43 •
   104,373,519    53,882,829 
(Restructured)
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/33
   7,423,065    6,955,486 
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/35   6,672,344    6,134,887 
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/37   5,759,631    5,161,148 
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/41   12,825,028    11,200,225 
Series A-1 4.00% 7/1/46   9,198,364    7,811,343 
Series A-1 4.364% 7/1/33 ^   8,703,005    4,952,793 
Series A-1 5.625% 7/1/27   8,192,346    8,693,718 

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
State General Obligation Bonds (continued)          
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
(Restructured)
Series A-1 5.625% 7/1/29
   8,059,441   $8,680,179 
Series A-1 5.75% 7/1/31   7,828,068    8,587,860 
Georgia State
Series A 4.00% 7/1/38
   3,500,000    3,628,660 
Illinois State
5.00% 1/1/28
   1,190,000    1,247,168 
5.00% 11/1/36   2,245,000    2,316,301 
5.00% 2/1/39   2,180,000    2,217,714 
5.50% 5/1/39   6,000,000    6,518,640 
Series A 5.00% 12/1/34   2,625,000    2,737,324 
Series A 5.00% 4/1/38   2,805,000    2,824,691 
Series A 5.125% 12/1/29   1,310,000    1,400,141 
Series A 5.50% 3/1/42   4,400,000    4,833,312 
Series A 5.50% 3/1/47   5,200,000    5,656,924 
Series B 3.00% 12/1/41   2,605,000    2,028,592 
Series D 5.00% 11/1/28   4,700,000    5,018,707 
(Rebuild Illinois Program)
Series B 4.00% 11/1/35
   2,000,000    1,918,660 
Series B 4.00% 11/1/39   1,225,000    1,143,819 
New Jersey State
Series A 4.00% 6/1/31
   2,080,000    2,221,378 
Ohio State
(Infrastructure Improvement)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/32
   5,000,000    5,607,400 
Washington State
(Various Purpose)
Series C 5.00% 2/1/46
   6,635,000    7,309,182 
         208,444,372 
Transportation Revenue Bonds — 3.25%          
Atlanta, Georgia Airport Revenue
Series B 5.00% 7/1/52 (AMT)
   2,000,000    2,095,900 
Florida Development Finance
(Brightline Florida Passenger Rail Expansion
Project)
Series A 144A 7.25% 7/1/57 (AMT) #, •
   5,000,000    4,898,200 
Georgia Ports Authority
4.00% 7/1/52
   4,000,000    3,803,560 
Long Beach, California Marina Revenue
5.00% 5/15/40
   1,000,000    1,018,100 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, New
York
Subordinate Series C-1 5.25% 11/15/55
   5,000,000   $5,202,500 
New York Transportation Development
(Delta Airlines Inc. LaGuardia Airport Terminals C &
D Redevelopment Project)
4.375% 10/1/45 (AMT)
   10,200,000    9,464,580 
5.00% 10/1/40 (AMT)   3,400,000    3,502,102 
(Terminal 4 - John F. Kennedy International Airport
Project)
5.00% 12/1/40 (AMT)
   5,000,000    5,202,700 
Phoenix, Arizona Civic Improvement
(Junior Lien)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/40
   30,000    31,398 
Port Beaumont, Texas Navigation District Dock &
Wharf Facility Revenue
(Jefferson Gulf Coast Energy Project)
Series A 144A 2.875% 1/1/41 (AMT) #
   1,750,000    1,228,413 
Port of Seattle, Washington Intermediate Lien
Revenue
Series B 4.00% 8/1/47 (AMT)
   2,250,000    2,081,587 
Series B 5.50% 8/1/47 (AMT)   3,000,000    3,307,680 
San Diego County, California Regional Airport
Authority
Series B 4.00% 7/1/56 (AMT)
   3,000,000    2,695,740 
South Jersey Port, New Jersey
(Subordinated Marine Terminal Revenue)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/49
   1,110,000    1,140,259 
Series B 5.00% 1/1/48 (AMT)   2,000,000    2,018,460 
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation
Corporate Senior Lien
(NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC Segment
3C Project)
5.00% 6/30/58 (AMT)
   9,075,000    9,178,818 
(NTE Mobility)
6.75% 6/30/43 (AMT)
   1,905,000    1,958,531 
7.00% 12/31/38 (AMT)   1,335,000    1,377,733 
         60,206,261 
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds — 2.98%          
Chicago, Illinois Waterworks Revenue
(2nd Lien)
5.00% 11/1/26
   180,000    191,752 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Municipal Bonds (continued)                  
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds (continued)          
Chicago, Illinois Waterworks Revenue
(2nd Lien)
5.00% 11/1/28
   30,000   $31,807 
Dominion, Colorado Water & Sanitation District
Revenue
6.00% 12/1/46
   3,865,000    3,948,290 
Jefferson County, Alabama Sewer Revenue
(Senior Lien-Warrants)
Series A 5.50% 10/1/53 (AGM)
   2,500,000    2,616,400 
(Sub Lien-Warrants)
Series D 6.50% 10/1/53
   14,000,000    15,170,120 
Series D 7.00% 10/1/51   5,000,000    5,444,250 
King County, Washington Sewer Revenue
Series A 4.00% 1/1/52
   5,000,000    4,878,850 
Tampa, Florida Water & Wastewater System Revenue
Series A 5.25% 10/1/57
   15,000,000    17,071,950 
Texas Water Development Board
(Master Trust)
Series B 5.00% 4/15/31
   5,240,000    5,923,401 
         55,276,820 
Total Municipal Bonds (cost $1,871,606,218)        1,813,099,881 
           
Short-Term Investments — 1.43%          
Variable Rate Demand Notes — 1.43%¤          
Los Angeles, California Department of Water & Power
Revenue
(Power System) Subordinate Series A-1 0.85%
7/1/50 (SPA - Royal Bank of Canada)
   5,900,000    5,900,000 
Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Gulf
Opportunity Zone Industrial Development Revenue
(Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Project) Series G 1.00%
11/1/35
   6,000,000    6,000,000 
New York City, New York
Fiscal 2018 Subordinate Series B-4 1.08% 10/1/46
(SPA - Barclays Bank)
   1,000,000    1,000,000 
New York City, New York Municipal Water Finance
Authority Water & Sewer System Revenue
1.05% 6/15/48
(SPA - Mizuho Bank)
   4,120,000    4,120,000 
Subordinate Series A-2 1.03% 6/15/44
(SPA - Mizuho Bank)
   3,350,000    3,350,000 

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   Principal
amount°
   Value (US $) 
Short-Term Investments (continued)                  
Variable Rate Demand Notes (continued)          
New York City, New York Transitional Finance
Authority Future Tax Secured
Subordinate Series C-4 1.08% 11/1/44
(SPA - Barclays Bank)
   6,100,000   $6,100,000 
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $26,470,000)        26,470,000 
Total Value of Securities—99.29%
(cost $1,898,076,218)
       $1,839,569,881 
   
° Principal amount shown is stated in USD unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
# Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At August 31, 2022, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $468,140,398, which represents 25.27% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”
^ Zero-coupon security. The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
Non-income producing security. Security is currently in default.
Variable rate investment. Rates reset periodically. Rate shown reflects the rate in effect at August 31, 2022. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in their descriptions. The reference rate descriptions (i.e. LIBOR03M, LIBOR06M, etc.) used in this report are identical for different securities, but the underlying reference rates may differ due to the timing of the reset period. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions, or for mortgage-backed securities, are impacted by the individual mortgages which are paying off over time. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their descriptions.
~ Step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Stated rate in effect at August 31, 2022.
§ Pre-refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by US Treasury bonds. For pre-refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond will be pre-refunded. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”
¤ Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee, or insurance issued with respect to such instrument. Each rate shown is as of August 31, 2022.

Summary of abbreviations:

AGM – Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation

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Schedules of investments

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

AMT – Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax

BAM – Insured by Build America Mutual Assurance

ICE – Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

KIPP – Knowledge is Power Program

L.P. – Limited Partnership

LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate

LIBOR03M – ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month

LIBOR06M – ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month

LLC – Limited Liability Corporation

PSF – Guaranteed by Permanent School Fund

SPA – Stand-by Purchase Agreement

USD – US Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of assets and liabilities August 31, 2022
   
       Delaware
Tax-Free
USA Fund
       Delaware
Tax-Free USA
Intermediate Fund
       Delaware
National High-Yield
Municipal Bond
Fund
 
Assets:            
Investments, at value*  $903,846,700   $1,061,816,370   $1,839,569,881 
Cash   906,400    1,134    1,808,272 
Interest receivable   9,021,077    10,425,612    18,195,586 
Receivable for fund shares sold   4,368,975    3,841,462    3,933,249 
Prepaid expenses   236,239    191,218    123,533 
Receivable for securities sold           482,345 
Other assets   7,207    8,545    12,693 
Total Assets   918,386,598    1,076,284,341    1,864,125,559 
Liabilities:               
Payable for fund shares redeemed   4,531,682    4,902,558    5,908,154 
Distribution payable   616,431    380,110    924,688 
Investment management fees payable to affiliates   321,794    322,067    773,189 
Other accrued expenses   320,118    366,695    604,510 
Distribution fees payable to affiliates   123,342    103,999    95,851 
Administration expenses payable to affiliates   40,083    46,557    64,880 
Payable for securities purchased       932,799    3,000,000 
Total Liabilities   5,953,450    7,054,785    11,371,272 
Total Net Assets  $912,433,148   $1,069,229,556   $1,852,754,287 
                
Net Assets Consist of:               
Paid-in capital  $975,395,737   $1,137,430,522   $1,951,671,983 
Total distributable earnings (loss)   (62,962,589)   (68,200,966)   (98,917,696)
Total Net Assets  $912,433,148   $1,069,229,556   $1,852,754,287 

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       Delaware
Tax-Free
USA Fund
       Delaware
Tax-Free USA
Intermediate Fund
       Delaware
National High-Yield
Municipal Bond
Fund
 
Net Asset Value            
                
Class A:               
Net assets  $534,749,171   $452,771,562   $261,838,712 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding, unlimited authorization, no par   50,903,007    41,140,618    25,297,303 
Net asset value per share  $10.51   $11.01   $10.35 
Sales charge   4.50%   2.75%   4.50%
Offering price per share, equal to net asset value per share / (1 - sales charge)  $11.01   $11.32   $10.84 
                
Class C:               
Net assets  $8,365,971   $6,872,009   $46,410,496 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding, unlimited authorization, no par   796,209    625,000    4,466,320 
Net asset value per share  $10.51   $11.00   $10.39 
                
Institutional Class:               
Net assets  $369,318,006   $609,585,985   $1,544,505,079 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding, unlimited authorization, no par   34,873,704    54,870,526    147,852,563 
Net asset value per share  $10.59   $11.11   $10.45 
                  
*Investments, at cost  $930,898,459   $1,088,572,086   $1,898,076,218 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of operations Year ended August 31, 2022

 

       Delaware
Tax-Free
USA Fund
       Delaware
Tax-Free USA
Intermediate Fund
       Delaware
National High-Yield
Municipal Bond
Fund
 
Investment Income:            
Interest  $36,210,764  $41,530,224  $85,598,755 
                
Expenses:               
Management fees   5,214,499    5,700,711    8,795,702 
Distribution expenses — Class A   1,837,676    1,277,376    629,426 
Distribution expenses — Class C   96,647    74,256    530,236 
Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses   869,122    1,037,888    1,590,668 
Accounting and administration expenses   186,553    212,556    294,809 
Reports and statements to shareholders expenses   80,957    85,570    134,281 
Legal fees   43,119    47,214    68,696 
Audit and tax fees   41,179    41,179    41,179 
Trustees’ fees and expenses   35,808    42,408    61,615 
Custodian fees   32,042    36,945    49,631 
Registration fees   17,561    23,188    26,633 
Other   136,105    150,058    188,810 
    8,591,268    8,729,349    12,411,686 
Less expenses waived   (1,128,184)   (1,458,619)   (522,852)
Less waived distribution expenses — Class A       (181,110)    
Less expenses paid indirectly   (600)   (523)   (100)
Total operating expenses   7,462,484    7,089,097    11,888,734 
Net Investment Income (Loss)   28,748,280    34,441,127    73,710,021 

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Statements of operations

       Delaware
Tax-Free
USA Fund
       Delaware
Tax-Free USA
Intermediate Fund
       Delaware
National High-Yield
Municipal Bond
Fund
 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):            
Net realized gain (loss) on:               
Investments  $(33,959,143)  $(38,294,341)  $(42,953,091)
Redemptions in-kind*   1,632,187         
Net realized gain (loss)   (32,326,956)   (38,294,341)   (42,953,091)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments   (135,309,676)   (127,905,368)   (225,036,921)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   (167,636,632)   (166,199,709)   (267,990,012)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  $(138,888,352)  $(131,758,582)  $(194,279,991)
                
* See Note 12 in “Notes to financial statements”

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of changes in net assets

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

   Year ended 
    8/31/22    8/31/21 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:          
Net investment income (loss)      $28,748,280      $27,277,440 
Net realized gain (loss)   (32,326,956)   14,002,171 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (135,309,676)   36,359,907 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (138,888,352)   77,639,518 
           
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:          
Distributable earnings:          
Class A   (31,900,298)   (25,318,469)
Class C   (346,866)   (280,251)
Institutional Class   (11,084,625)   (6,065,860)
    (43,331,789)   (31,664,580)
           
Capital Share Transactions:          
Proceeds from shares sold:          
Class A   253,814,461    235,612,013 
Class C   3,778,437    3,297,954 
Institutional Class   339,475,248    109,204,466 
Net assets from merger:1          
Class A       328,299,539 
Institutional Class       5,996,641 
Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends and distributions:          
Class A   29,634,976    23,552,498 
Class C   338,804    270,943 
Institutional Class   9,707,948    5,567,596 
    636,749,874    711,801,650 

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Statements of changes in net assets

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund

       Year ended       
    8/31/22    8/31/21 
Capital Share Transactions (continued):          
Cost of shares redeemed:          
Class A  $(558,816,551)       $(159,410,262)
Class C   (3,819,203)   (5,008,138)
Institutional Class   (142,795,609)   (55,273,658)
    (705,431,363)   (219,692,058)
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions   (68,681,489)   492,109,592 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   (250,901,630)   538,084,530 
           
Net Assets:          
Beginning of year   1,163,334,778    625,250,248 
End of year  $912,433,148   $1,163,334,778 
           
1 See Note 7 in the “Notes to financial statements.”

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of changes in net assets

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

   Year ended 
    8/31/22    8/31/21 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:                  
Net investment income (loss)  $34,441,127   $26,916,399 
Net realized gain (loss)   (38,294,341)   3,589,481 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (127,905,368)   23,578,495 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (131,758,582)   54,084,375 
           
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:          
Distributable earnings:          
Class A   (14,242,426)   (11,854,316)
Class C   (149,437)   (178,774)
Institutional Class   (20,049,264)   (14,883,309)
    (34,441,127)   (26,916,399)
           
Capital Share Transactions:          
Proceeds from shares sold:          
Class A   45,547,114    36,876,504 
Class C   2,873,486    1,380,348 
Institutional Class   521,335,408    234,730,547 
Net assets from merger:1          
Class A       470,834,974 
Institutional Class       18,475,967 
           
Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends and distributions:          
Class A   12,394,377    10,426,299 
Class C   146,413    173,341 
Institutional Class   17,674,611    12,629,448 
    599,971,409    785,527,428 

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Statements of changes in net assets

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund

   Year ended 
       8/31/22       8/31/21 
Capital Share Transactions (continued):          
Cost of shares redeemed:          
Class A  $(99,996,602)  $(71,110,681)
Class C   (2,610,271)   (6,225,744)
Institutional Class   (483,548,428)   (85,471,965)
    (586,155,301)   (162,808,390)
Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions   13,816,108    622,719,038 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   (152,383,601)   649,887,014 
           
Net Assets:          
Beginning of year   1,221,613,157    571,726,143 
End of year  $1,069,229,556   $1,221,613,157 
           
1 See Note 7 in the “Notes to financial statements.”

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

       Year ended       
    8/31/22    8/31/21 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:          
Net investment income (loss)  $73,710,021   $58,879,265 
Net realized gain (loss)   (42,953,091)   3,569,420 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (225,036,921)   113,554,681 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (194,279,991)   176,003,366 
           
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:          
Distributable earnings:          
Class A   (10,155,975)        (7,978,592)
Class C   (1,727,407)   (1,879,208)
Institutional Class   (63,585,989)   (50,482,911)
    (75,469,371)   (60,340,711)
           
Capital Share Transactions:          
Proceeds from shares sold:          
Class A   132,767,302    74,301,021 
Class C   11,602,221    9,587,231 
Institutional Class   1,068,879,793    415,992,713 
           
Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends and distributions:          
Class A   9,284,028    7,109,227 
Class C   1,640,114    1,805,203 
Institutional Class   53,416,421    41,321,516 
    1,277,589,879    550,116,911 

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Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

   Year ended 
        8/31/22        8/31/21 
Capital Share Transactions (continued):          
Cost of shares redeemed:          
Class A  $(89,531,641)  $(31,938,137)
Class C   (17,118,633)   (26,908,717)
Institutional Class   (807,206,556)   (194,917,161)
    (913,856,830)   (253,764,015)
Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions   363,733,049    296,352,896 
Net Increase in Net Assets   93,983,687    412,015,551 
           
Net Assets:          
Beginning of year   1,758,770,600    1,346,755,049 
End of year  $1,852,754,287   $1,758,770,600 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund Class A

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows: 

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Net realized gain
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return3
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $0.005 per share.
3 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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                       Year ended       
  8/31/22                  8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.56   $11.94   $11.96   $11.44   $11.70 
                         
                         
   0.33    0.36    0.38    0.41    0.42 
   (1.88)   0.70    0.01    0.52    (0.26)
   (1.55)   1.06    0.39    0.93    0.16 
                         
                         
   (0.33)   (0.36)   (0.38)   (0.41)   (0.42)
   (0.17)   (0.08)   (0.03)   2     
   (0.50)   (0.44)   (0.41)   (0.41)   (0.42)
                         
  $10.51   $12.56   $11.94   $11.96   $11.44 
                         
   (12.65%)   9.03%   3.44%    8.35%    1.44% 
                         
                         
  $534,749   $944,054   $478,671   $472,153   $481,117 
   0.80%   0.82%   0.81%    0.81%    0.81% 
   0.91%   0.92%   0.95%    0.95%    0.96% 
   2.82%   2.84%    3.24%    3.55%   3.66% 
   2.71%   2.74%    3.10%    3.41%    3.51% 
   71%   40%    77%    43%    42% 

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Financial highlights

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund Class C

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Net realized gain
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return3
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $0.005 per share.
3 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended
  8/31/22                  8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.56   $11.94   $11.96   $11.44   $11.70 
                         
                         
   0.24    0.26    0.29    0.32    0.34 
   (1.88)   0.70    0.01    0.52    (0.26)
   (1.64)   0.96    0.30    0.84    0.08 
                         
                         
   (0.24)   (0.26)   (0.29)   (0.32)   (0.34)
   (0.17)   (0.08)   (0.03)   2     
   (0.41)   (0.34)   (0.32)   (0.32)   (0.34)
                         
  $10.51   $12.56   $11.94   $11.96   $11.44 
                         
   (13.31%)   8.22%    2.66%    7.55%    0.68% 
                         
                         
  $8,366   $9,834   $10,778   $16,051   $18,808 
   1.55%    1.57%    1.56%    1.56%    1.56% 
   1.66%    1.67%    1.70%    1.70%    1.71% 
   2.07%    2.09%    2.49%    2.80%    2.91% 
   1.96%    1.99%    2.35%    2.66%    2.76% 
   71%   40%   77%   43%   42% 

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund Institutional Class

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Net realized gain
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return3
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $0.005 per share.
3 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended
  8/31/22                  8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.66   $12.03   $12.05   $11.52   $11.79 
                         
                         
   0.36    0.39    0.41    0.44    0.45 
   (1.90)   0.71    0.01    0.53    (0.27)
   (1.54)   1.10    0.42    0.97    0.18 
                         
                         
   (0.36)   (0.39)   (0.41)   (0.44)   (0.45)
   (0.17)   (0.08)   (0.03)   2     
   (0.53)   (0.47)   (0.44)   (0.44)   (0.45)
                         
  $10.59   $12.66   $12.03   $12.05   $11.52 
                         
   (12.48%)   9.34%    3.70%    8.68%    1.61% 
                         
                         
  $369,318   $209,447   $135,801   $134,112   $77,396 
   0.55%    0.57%    0.56%    0.56%    0.56% 
   0.66%    0.67%    0.70%    0.70%    0.71% 
   3.07%    3.09%    3.49%    3.80%    3.91% 
   2.96%    2.99%    3.35%    3.66%    3.76% 
   71%   40%   77%   43%   42%

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Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund Class A

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return2
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects waivers by the manager and/or distributor. Performance would have been lower had the waivers not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended
  8/31/22                  8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.63   $12.26   $12.28   $11.76   $12.06 
                         
   0.33    0.33    0.35    0.37    0.37 
   (1.62)   0.37    (0.02)   0.52    (0.30)
   (1.29)   0.70    0.33    0.89    0.07 
                         
                         
   (0.33)   (0.33)   (0.35)   (0.37)   (0.37)
   (0.33)   (0.33)   (0.35)   (0.37)   (0.37)
                         
  $11.01   $12.63   $12.26   $12.28   $11.76 
                         
   (10.33%)   5.79%   2.76%   7.71%   0.57%
                         
  $452,772   $564,932   $106,135   $123,691   $136,653 
   0.71%   0.65%   0.65%   0.65%   0.71%
   0.87%   0.88%   0.91%   0.91%   0.92%
   2.80%   2.64%   2.87%   3.11%   3.10%
   2.64%   2.41%   2.61%   2.85%   2.89%
   59%   23%   27%   25%   32%

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Financial highlights

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund Class C

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return2
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended
  8/31/22                 8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.62   $12.25   $12.27   $11.75   $12.05 
                         
   0.24    0.23    0.24    0.27    0.27 
   (1.62)   0.37    (0.02)   0.52    (0.30)
   (1.38)   0.60    0.22    0.79    (0.03)
                         
                         
   (0.24)   (0.23)   (0.24)   (0.27)   (0.27)
   (0.24)   (0.23)   (0.24)   (0.27)   (0.27)
                         
  $11.00   $12.62   $12.25   $12.27   $11.75 
                         
   (11.04%)   4.90%   1.89%   6.81%   (0.28%)
                         
  $6,872   $7,497   $11,864   $22,874   $28,002 
   1.50%   1.50%   1.50%   1.50%   1.56%
   1.62%   1.63%   1.66%   1.66%   1.67%
   2.01%   1.79%   2.02%   2.26%   2.25%
   1.89%   1.66%   1.86%   2.10%   2.14%
   59%   23%   27%   25%   32%

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Financial highlights

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund Institutional Class

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return2
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended
  8/31/22                 8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.75   $12.38   $12.40   $11.87   $12.17 
                         
   0.36    0.35    0.37    0.39    0.39 
   (1.64)   0.37    (0.02)   0.53    (0.30)
   (1.28)   0.72    0.35    0.92    0.09 
                         
                         
   (0.36)   (0.35)   (0.37)   (0.39)   (0.39)
   (0.36)   (0.35)   (0.37)   (0.39)   (0.39)
                         
  $11.11   $12.75   $12.38   $12.40   $11.87 
                         
   (10.17%)   5.92%   2.92%   7.92%   0.75%
                         
  $609,586   $649,184   $453,727   $399,830   $377,445 
   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%   0.56%
   0.62%   0.63%   0.66%   0.66%   0.67%
   3.01%   2.79%   3.02%   3.26%   3.25%
   2.89%   2.66%   2.86%   3.10%   3.14%
   59%   23%   27%   25%   32%

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Financial highlights

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund Class A

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Net realized gain
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return2
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended
  8/31/22                  8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.04   $11.15   $11.48   $11.00   $11.05 
                         
                         
   0.44    0.42    0.44    0.46    0.46 
   (1.67)   0.91    (0.33)   0.48    (0.05)
   (1.23)   1.33    0.11    0.94    0.41 
                         
                         
   (0.43)   (0.42)   (0.44)   (0.46)   (0.46)
   (0.03)   (0.02)            
   (0.46)   (0.44)   (0.44)   (0.46)   (0.46)
                         
  $10.35   $12.04   $11.15   $11.48   $11.00 
                         
   (10.49%)   12.12%   1.06%   8.81%   3.80%
                         
                         
  $261,839   $247,542   $182,214   $208,549   $200,493 
   0.85%   0.85%   0.85%   0.85%   0.85%
   0.88%   0.88%   0.91%   0.90%   0.91%
   3.94%   3.65%   3.99%   4.22%   4.19%
   3.91%   3.62%   3.93%   4.17%   4.13%
   56%   16%   44%   33%   19%

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Financial highlights

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund Class C

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Net realized gain
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return2
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended 
  8/31/22                 8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.09   $11.20   $11.52   $11.04   $11.09 
                         
                         
   0.35    0.33    0.36    0.38    0.38 
   (1.67)   0.91    (0.32)   0.48    (0.05)
   (1.32)   1.24    0.04    0.86    0.33 
                         
                         
   (0.35)   (0.33)   (0.36)   (0.38)   (0.38)
   (0.03)   (0.02)            
   (0.38)   (0.35)   (0.36)   (0.38)   (0.38)
                         
  $10.39   $12.09   $11.20   $11.52   $11.04 
                         
   (11.18%)   11.25%   0.41%   7.98%   3.03%
                         
                         
  $46,410   $58,285   $68,993   $91,184   $92,155 
   1.60%   1.60%   1.60%   1.60%   1.60%
   1.63%   1.63%   1.66%   1.65%   1.66%
   3.19%   2.90%   3.24%   3.47%   3.44%
   3.16%   2.87%   3.18%   3.42%   3.38%
   56%   16%   44%   33%   19%

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Financial highlights

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund Institutional Class

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Net asset value, beginning of period
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income1
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Total from investment operations
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income
Net realized gain
Total dividends and distributions
 
Net asset value, end of period
 
Total return2
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fees waived
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets prior to fees waived
Portfolio turnover
   
1 Calculated using average shares outstanding.
2 Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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  Year ended
  8/31/22                  8/31/21                  8/31/20                  8/31/19                  8/31/18 
  $12.15   $11.26   $11.58   $11.10   $11.15 
                         
                         
   0.47    0.45    0.47    0.49    0.49 
   (1.68)   0.91    (0.32)   0.48    (0.05)
   (1.21)   1.36    0.15    0.97    0.44 
                         
                         
   (0.46)   (0.45)   (0.47)   (0.49)   (0.49)
   (0.03)   (0.02)            
   (0.49)   (0.47)   (0.47)   (0.49)   (0.49)
                         
  $10.45   $12.15   $11.26   $11.58   $11.10 
                         
   (10.22%)   12.32%   1.44%   9.03%   4.07%
                         
                         
  $1,544,505   $1,452,944   $1,095,548   $1,141,973   $1,017,167 
   0.60%   0.60%   0.60%   0.60%   0.60%
   0.63%   0.63%   0.66%   0.65%   0.66%
   4.19%   3.90%   4.24%   4.47%   4.44%
   4.16%   3.87%   4.18%   4.42%   4.38%
   56%   16%   44%   33%   19%

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Notes to financial statements  
Delaware Funds by Macquarie® national tax-free funds August 31, 2022

Delaware Group® Tax-Free Fund is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and offers two series: Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund. Voyageur Mutual Funds is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and offers five series: Delaware Tax-Free California Fund, Delaware Tax-Free Idaho Fund, Delaware Minnesota High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, and Delaware Tax-Free New York Fund. Delaware Group Tax-Free Fund and Voyageur Mutual Funds are each referred to as a Trust, or collectively, as the Trusts. These financial statements and the related notes pertain to Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund (each a Fund, or collectively, the Funds). Each Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are considered diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), and offer Class A, Class C, and Institutional Class shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50% for Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, and 2.75% for Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund. There is no front-end sales charge when you purchase $250,000 or more of Class A shares. However, if Delaware Distributors, L.P. (DDLP) paid your financial intermediary a commission on your purchase of $1,000,000 or more of Class A shares, for shares of Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund prior to December 2, 2019 or for shares of Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund prior to July 1, 2020, you will have to pay a limited contingent deferred sales charge (Limited CDSC) of 1.00% if you redeem these shares within the first year after your purchase and 0.50% if you redeem shares within the second year or for shares of Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund prior to December 2, 2019, you will have to pay a Limited CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem these shares within the first year after your purchase, unless a specific waiver of the Limited CDSC applies. If DDLP paid your financial intermediary a commission on your purchase of $250,000 or more of Class A shares, for shares of Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund on or after December 2, 2019 or for shares of Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund on or after July 1, 2020, you will have to pay a Limited CDSC of 1.00% if you redeem these shares within the first 18 months after your purchase or for shares of Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund on or after December 2, 2019, you will have to pay a Limited CDSC of 0.75% if you redeem these shares within the first year after your purchase; unless a specific waiver of the Limited CDSC applies. Class C shares are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00%, which will be incurred if redeemed during the first 12 months. Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation — Debt securities are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current

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market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Valuations for fixed income securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Generally, other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of each Trust’s Board of Trustees (each, a Board or, collectively, the Boards). In determining whether market quotations are readily available or fair valuation will be used, various factors will be taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. Restricted securities are valued at fair value using methods approved by the Board.

Federal Income Taxes — No provision for federal income taxes has been made as each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. Each Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed each Fund’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on each Fund’s federal income tax returns through the year ended August 31, 2022, and for all open tax years (years ended August 31, 2019–August 31, 2021), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in each Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in “Other” on the “Statements of operations.” During the year ended August 31, 2022, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Class Accounting — Investment income and common expenses are allocated to the various classes of each Fund on the basis of “settled shares” of each class in relation to the net assets of each Fund. Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the various classes of each Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other — Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged directly to that Fund. Other expenses common to various funds within the Delaware Funds by Macquarie® (Delaware Funds) are generally allocated among such funds on the basis of average net assets. Management fees and certain other expenses are paid monthly. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in

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Notes to financial statements

Delaware Funds by Macquarie® national tax-free funds

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are accreted or amortized to interest income, respectively, over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Premiums on callable debt securities are amortized to interest income to the earliest call date using the effective interest method. Each Fund declares dividends daily from net investment income and pays the dividends monthly and declares and pays distributions from net realized gain on investments, if any, annually. Each Fund may distribute more frequently, if necessary for tax purposes. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Each Fund receives earnings credits from its transfer agent when positive cash balances are maintained, which may be used to offset transfer agent fees. If the amount earned is greater than $1, the expenses paid under this arrangement are included on the “Statements of operations” under “Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses” with the corresponding expenses offset included under “Less expenses paid indirectly.” For the year ended August 31, 2022, each Fund earned the following amounts under this arrangement:

Fund      Earnings Credits
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund   $600        
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   523 
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   100 

2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates

In accordance with the terms of its respective investment management agreement, each Fund pays Delaware Management Company (DMC), a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust and the investment manager, an annual fee which is calculated daily and paid monthly based on each Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

       Delaware Tax-Free
USA Fund
      Delaware Tax-Free USA
Intermediate Fund
      Delaware National
High-Yield
Municipal Bond Fund
On the first $500 million        0.5500%                0.5000%                 0.5500%      
On the next $500 million   0.5000%    0.4750%    0.5000% 
On the next $1.5 billion   0.4500%    0.4500%    0.4500% 
In excess of $2.5 billion   0.4250%    0.4250%    0.4250% 

DMC has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and/or pay/reimburse expenses (excluding any distribution and service (12b-1) fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, short sale dividend and interest expenses, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs, and nonroutine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations), in order to prevent total annual fund operating expenses from exceeding the following percentage of each Fund’s

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average daily net assets from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022.* These waivers and reimbursements may only be terminated by agreement of DMC and each Fund. The waivers and reimbursements are accrued daily and received monthly.

Fund        Operating expense
limitation as
a percentage
of average
daily net assets
(per annum)
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund            0.55%       
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund     0.50%  
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund     0.60%  

Delaware Investments Fund Services Company (DIFSC), an affiliate of DMC, provides fund accounting and financial administrative oversight services to each Fund. For these services, DIFSC’s fees are calculated daily and paid monthly, based on the aggregate daily net assets of all funds within the Delaware Funds at the following annual rates: 0.00475% of the first $35 billion; 0.0040% of the next $10 billion; 0.0025% of the next $45 billion; and 0.0015% of aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $90 billion (Total Fee). Each fund in the Delaware Funds pays a minimum of $4,000, which, in aggregate, is subtracted from the Total Fee. Each fund then pays its portion of the remainder of the Total Fee on a relative net asset value (NAV) basis. These amounts are included on the “Statements of operations” under “Accounting and administration expenses.” For the year ended August 31, 2022, each Fund paid for these services as follows:

Fund       Fees 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund   $ 36,133
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund     41,832
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund     60,973

DIFSC is also the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent of each Fund. For these services, DIFSC’s fees are calculated daily and paid monthly, based on the aggregate daily net assets of the retail funds within the Delaware Funds at the following annual rates: 0.014% of the first $20 billion; 0.011% of the next $5 billion; 0.007% of the next $5 billion; 0.005% of the next $20 billion; and 0.0025% of average daily net assets in excess of $50 billion. The fees payable to DIFSC under the shareholder services agreement described above are allocated among all retail funds in the Delaware Funds on a relative NAV basis. These amounts are included on the “Statements of operations” under “Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses.” For the year ended August 31, 2022, each Fund paid for these services as follows:

Fund      Fees
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $89,048
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   105,051
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   155,860

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2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between DIFSC and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (BNYMIS), BNYMIS provides certain sub-transfer agency services to the Funds. Sub-transfer agency fees are paid by the Funds and are also included on the “Statements of operations” under “Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses.” The fees that are calculated daily and paid as invoices are received on a monthly or quarterly basis.

Pursuant to a distribution agreement and distribution plan, Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund pays DDLP, the distributor and an affiliate of DMC, an annual 12b-1 fee of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. The Board for Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund has adopted a formula for calculating 12b-1 fees for the Fund’s Class A shares that went into effect on June 1, 1992. The Fund’s Class A shares are currently subject to a blended 12b-1 fee equal to the sum of: (1) 0.10% of average daily net assets representing shares acquired prior to June 1, 1992, and (2) 0.25% of average daily net assets representing shares that were acquired on or after June 1, 1992. All of the Fund’s Class A shareholders bear 12b-1 fees at the same blended rate, currently 0.25% of average daily net assets, based on the formula described above. This method of calculating Class A 12b-1 fees may be discontinued at the sole discretion of the Board. Each Fund pays 1.00% of the average daily net assets of the Class C shares. The fees are calculated daily and paid monthly. Institutional Class shares do not pay 12b-1 fees.

As provided in the investment management agreement, each Fund bears a portion of the cost of certain resources shared with DMC, including the cost of internal personnel of DMC and/or its affiliates that provide legal and regulatory reporting services to the Funds. These amounts are included on the “Statements of operations” under “Legal fees.” For the year ended August 31, 2022, each Fund paid for internal legal and regulatory reporting services provided by DMC and/or its affiliates’ employees as follows:

Fund      Fees
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $33,134
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   37,093
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   51,487

For the year ended August 31, 2022, DDLP earned commissions on sales of Class A shares for each Fund as follows:

Fund      Class A
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $26,502
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   6,918
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   13,210

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For the year ended August 31, 2022, DDLP received gross CDSC commissions on redemptions of each Fund’s Class A and Class C shares, respectively, and these commissions were entirely used to offset upfront commissions previously paid by DDLP to broker/dealers on sales of those shares. The amounts received were as follows:

Fund      Class A       Class C
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $30,136   $2,043
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   10,290    1,597
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   53,612    8,797

Trustees’ fees include expenses accrued by each Fund for each Trustee’s retainer and meeting fees. Certain officers of DMC, DIFSC, and DDLP are officers and/or Trustees of the Trust. These officers and Trustees are paid no compensation by the Funds.

Cross trades for the year ended August 31, 2022, were executed by the Funds pursuant to procedures adopted by the Boards designed to ensure compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds of investment companies, or between a fund of an investment company and another entity, that are or could be considered affiliates by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common directors/trustees and/or common officers. At their regularly scheduled meetings, the Boards review a report related to the Funds’ compliance with the procedures adopted by the Board. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended August 31, 2022, the following Funds engaged in Rule 17a-7 securities purchases and securities sales, which resulted in net gains or losses as follows:

        Purchases       Sales       Net realized gain (loss)
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund   $ 199,047,519   $ 215,029,725     $(12,635,929)     
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund     181,242,998     157,790,569     (11,836,904)  
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund     603,819,935     563,440,710     (52,179,118)  
 

*The aggregate contractual waiver period covering this report is from December 29, 2020 through December 29, 2022.

3. Investments

For the year ended August 31, 2022, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

Fund      Purchases       Sales 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $850,939,043   $700,805,343 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   690,958,382    741,799,387 
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   1,294,419,745    985,587,414 

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3. Investments (continued)

The tax cost of investments includes adjustments to net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) which may not necessarily be the final tax cost basis adjustments but which approximate the tax basis unrealized gains and losses that may be realized and distributed to shareholders. At August 31, 2022, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for federal income tax purposes for each Fund were as follows:

Fund      Cost of
investments
       Aggregate
unrealized
appreciation
of investments
       Aggregate
unrealized
depreciation
of investments
       Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
of investments
 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $936,053,366   $11,499,500   $(43,706,166)  $(32,206,666)
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   1,089,125,951    13,898,861    (41,208,442)   (27,309,581)
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   1,945,868,594    42,943,111    (149,241,824)   (106,298,713)

US GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized as follows:

Level 1  –  Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. (Examples: equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, and exchange-traded options contracts)
   
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liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs. (Examples: debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, and fair valued securities)

   
Level 3  –  Significant unobservable inputs, including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments. (Examples: broker-quoted securities and fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs. Each Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity, and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following tables summarize the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of August 31, 2022:

   Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund
              Level 2           
Securities              
Assets:     
Municipal Bonds    $875,806,700 
Short-Term Investments     28,040,000 
Total Value of Securities           $903,846,700 
      
   Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund
   Level 2
Securities                             
Assets:       
Municipal Bonds    $1,031,601,370 
Short-Term Investments     30,215,000 
Total Value of Securities    $1,061,816,370 

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3. Investments (continued)

   Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund
   Level 2
Securities                                            
Assets:       
Municipal Bonds    $1,813,099,881 
Short-Term Investments     26,470,000 
Total Value of Securities    $1,839,569,881 

During the year ended August 31, 2022, there were no transfers into or out of Level 3 investments. Each Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers into or out of Level 3 investments based on fair value at the beginning of the reporting period.

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when each Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning or end of the period in relation to each Fund’s net assets. During the year ended August 31, 2022, there were no Level 3 investments.

4. Dividend and Distribution Information

Income and long-term capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. Additionally, distributions from net short-term gains on sales of investment securities are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes. The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the years ended August 31, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:

       Tax-exempt
income
       Ordinary
income
      Long-term
capital
gains
       Total 
Year ended August 31, 2022:                    
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $28,365,692   $5,321,833   $9,644,264   $43,331,789 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   34,384,378    56,749        34,441,127 
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   71,052,896    4,324,604    91,871    75,469,371 
Year ended August 31, 2021:                    
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund   26,906,497    370,943    4,387,140    31,664,580 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   26,905,589    10,810        26,916,399 
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   56,883,957    1,187,337    2,269,417    60,340,711 

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5. Components of Net Assets on a Tax Basis

As of August 31, 2022, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:

   Delaware Tax-Free
USA Fund
      Delaware Tax-Free USA
Intermediate Fund
      Delaware National
High-Yield
Municipal Bond Fund
Shares of beneficial interest         $975,395,737     $1,137,430,522     $1,951,671,983 
Undistributed tax-exempt income     438,968      346,999      872,446 
Undistributed long-term capital gains                 7,433,259 
Distributions payable     (616,431)     (380,110)     (924,688)
Capital loss carryforwards     (30,578,460)     (40,858,274)*      
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments     (32,206,666)     (27,309,581)     (106,298,713)
Net assets    $912,433,148     $1,069,229,556     $1,852,754,287 

* A portion of the Fund’s capital loss carryforward is subject to limitation under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations.

The differences between book basis and tax basis components of net assets are primarily attributable to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and tax treatment of discount and premium on debt instruments, as applicable.

For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book/tax differences. Reclassifications are primarily due to in-kind distributions for shareholder redemptions. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications. For the year ended August 31, 2022, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund had increase to paid-in-capital and decrease to distributable earnings of $1,632,187. Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Fund had no reclassifications.

At August 31, 2022, capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains, are as follows:

   Loss carryforward character     
   Short-term   Long-term   Total 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund  $30,578,460   $   $30,578,460 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   39,375,633    1,482,641    40,858,274 

At August 31, 2022, there were no capital loss carryforwards for Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund.

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6. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

     Delaware Tax-Free
USA Fund
     Delaware Tax-Free USA
Intermediate Fund
     Delaware National High-Yield
 Municipal Bond Fund
 
   Year ended   Year ended   Year ended 
    8/31/22        8/31/21       8/31/22       8/31/21       8/31/22       8/31/21 
Shares sold:                              
Class A   21,643,136    19,110,045    3,867,874    2,950,551    12,029,757    6,364,930 
Class C   317,604    267,155    239,606    110,949    1,024,094    820,318 
Institutional Class   30,397,160    8,792,678    44,237,789    18,574,271    97,284,036    35,382,590 
Shares from merger:1                              
Class A       27,065,090        37,970,562         
Institutional Class       490,723        1,475,716         
Shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends and distributions:  
Class A   2,523,875    1,919,829    1,056,330    833,095    833,394    610,519 
Class C   28,962    22,237    12,554    13,956    146,115    155,294 
Institutional Class   833,445    450,802    1,495,970    1,003,154    4,757,740    3,517,918 
    55,744,182    58,118,559    50,910,123    62,932,254    116,075,136    46,851,569 
                               
Shares redeemed:                              
Class A   (48,417,109)    (13,023,321)    (8,512,381)   (5,681,539)   (8,128,802)   (2,749,864)
Class C   (333,039)   (409,050)   (221,305)   (498,982)   (1,526,414)   (2,314,658)
Institutional Class   (12,898,965)   (4,478,240)   (41,779,806)   (6,787,631)   (73,781,566)   (16,638,499)
    (61,649,113)   (17,910,611)   (50,513,492)   (12,968,152)   (83,436,782)   (21,703,021)
Net increase (decrease)   (5,904,931)   40,207,948    396,631    49,964,102    32,638,354    25,148,548 

1 See Note 7.

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Certain shareholders may exchange shares of one class for shares of another class in the same Fund. These exchange transactions are included as subscriptions and redemptions in the table on the previous page and on the “Statements of changes in net assets.” For the years ended August 31, 2022 and 2021, each Fund had the following exchange transactions:

   Exchange Redemptions   Exchange Subscriptions     
           Institutional       Institutional     
   Class A
Shares
       Class C
Shares
       Class
Shares
       Class A
Shares
       Class
Shares
       Value 
                               
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund                              
Year ended                              
8/31/22   11,172    6,613        6,620    11,085   $201,168 
8/31/21   36,729    24,482        24,518    36,473    761,979 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund                              
Year ended                              
8/31/22   18,956    1,239        1,238    18,791    244,139 
8/31/21   107,662    11,026    538    11,563    106,713    1,488,442 
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund  
Year ended                              
8/31/22   55,160    45,255        11,151    88,682    1,181,043 
8/31/21   43,780    52,403    1,754    34,517    63,161    1,126,321 

7.  Reorganization

On August 12, 2020, the Board approved a proposal to reorganize (the “Reorganization”) Delaware Tax-Exempt Opportunities Fund and Delaware Tax-Exempt Income Fund (the “Acquired Funds”), each a series of Delaware Group® Limited-Term Government Funds, with and into Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund (the “Acquiring Funds”), each a series of the Trust, respectively. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”): (i) all of the property, assets, and goodwill of the Acquired Funds were acquired by the Acquiring Funds, and (ii) the Trust, on behalf of the Acquiring Funds, assumed the liabilities of the Acquired Funds, in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Funds. In accordance with the Plan, the Acquired Funds liquidated and dissolved following the Reorganization. The purpose of the transaction was to allow shareholders of the Acquired Funds to own shares of the Acquiring Funds, funds with a similar investment objective and style as, and potentially lower net expenses than the Acquired Funds. The Reorganization was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of shares on December 4, 2020. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Acquiring Funds were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from the Acquired Funds was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Acquiring Funds’ realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.

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7.  Reorganization (continued)

The share transactions associated with the Reorganization are as follows:

   Acquired
Fund
Net Assets
   Acquired
 Fund Shares
 Outstanding
   Shares
 Converted
 to Acquiring
 Fund
   Acquiring
 Fund
 Net Assets
   Conversion
 Ratio
 
                     
   Delaware Tax-Exempt Opportunities Fund   Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund 
Class A  $328,299,539    19,434,282    27,065,090   $496,595,841    1.393 
Class C               10,599,349     
Institutional Class   5,996,641    354,397    490,723    131,648,773    1.385 
                           
   Acquired
Fund
Net Assets
   Acquired
Fund Shares
Outstanding
   Shares
Converted
to Acquiring
Fund
   Acquiring
 Fund
 Net Assets
    Conversion
 Ratio
 
                      
   Delaware Tax-Exempt Income
Fund
   Delaware Tax-Free USA
Intermediate
Fund
 
Class A  $470,834,974    49,412,013    37,970,562   $108,082,382     0.768 
Class C               11,623,405      
Institutional Class   18,475,967    1,938,317    1,475,716    474,092,009     0.761 

The net assets of the Acquiring Funds before the Reorganization were $638,843,963 and $593,797,796. The net assets of the Acquiring Funds immediately following the Reorganization were $973,140,143 and $1,083,108,737.

Assuming the Reorganization had been completed on September 1, 2020, the Acquiring Funds’ pro forma results of operations for the year ended August 31, 2021, would have been as follows:

   Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund      Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund
Net investment income               $ 37,814,794                                      $ 41,528,548                    
Net realized gain on investments   16,302,449    7,470,384 
Net change in unrealized appreciation   41,284,161    27,642,344 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations   $ 95,401,404    $ 76,641,276 

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practical to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Acquired Funds that have been included in the Acquiring Funds’ “Statements of changes in net assets” since the Reorganization was consummated on December 4, 2020.

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8.  Line of Credit

Each Fund, along with certain other funds in the Delaware Funds (Participants), was a participant in a $225,000,000 revolving line of credit (Agreement) intended to be used for temporary or emergency purposes as an additional source of liquidity to fund redemptions of investor shares. Under the Agreement, the Participants were charged an annual commitment fee of 0.15% with the addition of an upfront fee of 0.05%, which was allocated across the Participants based on a weighted average of the respective net assets of each Participant. The Participants were permitted to borrow up to a maximum of one-third of their net assets under the Agreement. Each Participant was individually, and not jointly, liable for its particular advances, if any, under the line of credit. The line of credit available under the Agreement expired on November 1, 2021.

On November 1, 2021, each Fund, along with the other Participants, entered into an amendment to the Agreement for a $355,000,000 revolving line of credit to be used as described above and operates in substantially the same manner as the original Agreement. Under the amendment to the agreement, the Participants are charged an annual commitment fee of 0.15% which is allocated across the Participants based on a weighted average of the respective net assets of each Participant. The line of credit available under the Agreement expires on October 31, 2022.

Each Fund had no amounts outstanding as of August 31, 2022, or at any time during the year then ended.

9.  Securities Lending

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, along with other funds in Delaware Funds, may lend its securities pursuant to a security lending agreement (Lending Agreement) with The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon). At the time a security is loaned, the borrower must post collateral equal to the required percentage of the market value of the loaned security, including any accrued interest. The required percentage is: (1) 102% with respect to US securities and foreign securities that are denominated and payable in US dollars; and (2) 105% with respect to foreign securities. With respect to each loan, if on any business day the aggregate market value of securities collateral plus cash collateral held is less than the aggregate market value of the securities which are the subject of such loan, the borrower will be notified to provide additional collateral by the end of the following business day, which, together with the collateral already held, will be not less than the applicable initial collateral requirements for such security loan. If the aggregate market value of securities collateral and cash collateral held with respect to a security loan exceeds the applicable initial collateral requirement, upon the request of the borrower, BNY Mellon must return enough collateral to the borrower by the end of the following business day to reduce the value of the remaining collateral to the applicable initial collateral requirement for such security loan. As a result of the foregoing, the value of the collateral held with respect to a loaned security on any particular day, may be more or less than the value of the security on loan. The collateral percentage with respect to the market value of the loaned security is determined by the security lending agent.

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9.  Securities Lending (continued)

Cash collateral received by the fund of the Trust is generally invested in a series of individual separate accounts, each corresponding to a fund. The investment guidelines permit each separate account to hold certain securities that would be considered eligible securities for a money market fund. Cash collateral received is generally invested in government securities; certain obligations issued by government sponsored enterprises; repurchase agreements collateralized by US Treasury securities; obligations issued by the central government of any Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country or its agencies, instrumentalities, or establishments; obligations of supranational organizations; commercial paper, notes, bonds, and other debt obligations; certificates of deposit, time deposits, and other bank obligations; certain money market funds; and asset-backed securities. The Fund can also accept US government securities and letters of credit (non-cash collateral) in connection with securities loans.

In the event of default or bankruptcy by the lending agent, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. In the event the borrower fails to return loaned securities and the collateral received is insufficient to cover the value of the loaned securities and provided such collateral shortfall is not the result of investment losses, the lending agent has agreed to pay the amount of the shortfall to the Fund or, at the discretion of the lending agent, replace the loaned securities. The Fund continues to record dividends or interest, as applicable, on the securities loaned and is subject to changes in value of the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan. The Fund has the right under the Lending Agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. With respect to security loans collateralized by non-cash collateral, the Fund receives loan premiums paid by the borrower. With respect to security loans collateralized by cash collateral, the earnings from the collateral investments are shared among the Fund, the security lending agent, and the borrower. The Fund records security lending income net of allocations to the security lending agent and the borrower.

The Fund may incur investment losses as a result of investing securities lending collateral. This could occur if an investment in the collateral investment account defaulted or became impaired. Under those circumstances, the value of the Fund’s cash collateral account may be less than the amount the Fund would be required to return to the borrowers of the securities and the Fund would be required to make up for this shortfall.

During the year ended August 31, 2022, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund had no securities out on loan. For the year ended August 31, 2022, Delaware Tax-Fee USA Fund and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund were not included in the Lending Agreement.

10.  Geographic, Credit, and Market Risks

Beginning in January 2020, global financial markets have experienced and may continue to experience significant volatility resulting from the spread of a novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in travel and border restrictions, quarantines, supply chain disruptions, lower consumer demand, and general market uncertainty. The effects

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of COVID-19 have and may continue to adversely affect the global economy, the economies of certain nations, and individual issuers, all of which may negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

When interest rates rise, fixed income securities (i.e. debt obligations) generally will decline in value. These declines in value are greater for fixed income securities with longer maturities or durations.

IBOR is the risk that changes related to the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rate (collectively, IBORs) could have adverse impacts on financial instruments that reference LIBOR (or the corresponding IBOR). The abandonment of LIBOR could affect the value and liquidity of instruments that reference LIBOR. The use of alternative reference rate products may impact investment strategy performance. These risks may also apply with respect to changes in connection with other IBORs, such as the euro overnight index average (EONIA), which are also the subject of recent reform.

The Funds concentrate their investments in securities issued by municipalities, and may be subject to geographic concentration risk. In addition, the Funds have the flexibility to invest in issuers in US territories and possessions such as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Guam, whose bonds are also free of federal and individual state income taxes.

The value of the Funds’ investments may be adversely affected by new legislation within the US states or territories, regional or local economic conditions, and differing levels of supply and demand for municipal bonds. Many municipalities insure repayment for their obligations. Although bond insurance reduces the risk of loss due to default by an issuer, such bonds remain subject to the risk that value may fluctuate for other reasons and there is no certainty that the insurance company will meet its obligations. A real or perceived decline in creditworthiness of a bond insurer can have an adverse impact on the value of insured bonds held in each Fund.

As of August 31, 2022, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund invested in municipal bonds issued by the states of California, Illinois, New York, and territory of Puerto Rico, which constituted approximately 12.46%, 10.62%, 11.49%, and 17.74%, respectively, of the Fund’s net assets. As of August 31, 2022, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund invested in municipal bonds issued by the states of California, New York, and territory of Puerto Rico, which constituted approximately 12.06%, 16.11%, and 11.79%, respectively, of the Fund’s net assets. As of August 31, 2022, Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund invested in municipal bonds issued by the state of California and territory of Puerto Rico which constituted approximately 10.08% and 17.85%, respectively, the Fund’s net assets. These investments could make each Fund more sensitive to economic conditions in those states than other more geographically diversified national municipal income funds.

Each Fund invests a portion of its assets in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated lower than BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (S&P), lower than Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody’s), or similarly rated by another nationally

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Notes to financial statements

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10.  Geographic, Credit, and Market Risks (continued)

recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment grade securities.

Each Fund invests in certain obligations that may have liquidity protection designed to ensure that the receipt of payments due on the underlying security is timely. Such protection may be provided through guarantees, insurance policies, or letters of credit obtained by the issuer or sponsor through third parties, through various means of structuring the transaction, or through a combination of such approaches. Each Fund will not pay any additional fees for such credit support, although the existence of credit support may increase the price of a security.

Each Fund may invest in advance refunded bonds, escrow secured bonds, or defeased bonds. Under current federal tax laws and regulations, state and local government borrowers are permitted to refinance outstanding bonds by issuing new bonds. The issuer refinances the outstanding debt to either reduce interest costs or to remove or alter restrictive covenants imposed by the bonds being refinanced. A refunding transaction where the municipal securities are being refunded within 90 days from the issuance of the refunding issue is known as a “current refunding.” “Advance refunded bonds” are bonds in which the refunded bond issue remains outstanding for more than 90 days following the issuance of the refunding issue. In an advance refunding, the issuer will use the proceeds of a new bond issue to purchase high grade interest-bearing debt securities, which are then deposited in an irrevocable escrow account held by an escrow agent to secure all future payments of principal and interest and bond premium of the advance refunded bond. Bonds are “escrowed to maturity” when the proceeds of the refunding issue are deposited in an escrow account for investment sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest on the original interest payment and maturity dates.

Bonds are considered “pre-refunded” when the refunding issuer’s proceeds are escrowed only until a permitted call date or dates on the refunded issue with the refunded issue being redeemed at the time, including any required premium. Bonds become “defeased” when the rights and interests of the bondholders and of their lien on the pledged revenues or other security under the terms of the bond contract are substituted with an alternative source of revenues (the escrow securities) sufficient to meet payments of principal and interest to maturity or to the first call dates. Escrowed secured bonds will often receive a rating of AAA from Moody’s, S&P, and/or Fitch Ratings due to the strong credit quality of the escrow securities and the irrevocable nature of the escrow deposit agreement.

Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair each Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, each Board has delegated to DMC, the day-to-

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day functions of determining whether individual securities are liquid for purposes of each Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to each Fund’s 15% limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities have been identified on the “Schedules of investments.”

11.  Contractual Obligations

Each Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, each Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed each Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

12.  In-Kind Redemption

During the year ended August 31, 2022, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund satisfied withdrawal requests with transfers of securities of $266,484,556, resulting in net realized gains of $1,632,187.

13.  Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2020, FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU), ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 provide optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. In March 2021, the administrator for LIBOR announced the extension of the publication of a majority of the USD LIBOR settings to June 30, 2023. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. As of the financial reporting period, Management is evaluating the impact of applying this ASU.

14. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to August 31, 2022, that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

To the Board of Trustees of Delaware Group® Tax-Free Fund and Voyageur Mutual Funds and Shareholders of Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund (constituting Delaware Group® Tax Free Fund) and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund (one of the funds constituting Voyageur Mutual Funds) (hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of August 31, 2022, the related statements of operations for the year ended August 31, 2022, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2022, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 21, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in Delaware Funds by Macquarie® since 2010.

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Other Fund information (Unaudited)
Delaware Funds by Macquarie® national tax-free funds

Liquidity Risk Management Program

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”), which requires all open-end funds (other than money market funds) to adopt and implement a program reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s “liquidity risk,” defined as the risk that the fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.

The Funds have adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program in accordance with the Liquidity Rule (the “Program”). The Board has designated a member of the US Operational Risk Group of Macquarie Asset Management as the Program Administrator for each Fund in the Trust.

As required by the Liquidity Rule, the Program includes policies and procedures that provide for: (1) assessment, management, and review (no less frequently than annually) of each Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) classification of each of the Fund’s portfolio holdings into one of four liquidity categories (Highly Liquid, Moderately Liquid, Less Liquid, and Illiquid); (3) for funds that do not primarily hold assets that are Highly Liquid, establishing and maintaining a minimum percentage of each Fund’s net assets in Highly Liquid investments (called a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum” or “HLIM”); and (4) prohibiting each Fund’s acquisition of Illiquid investments if, immediately after the acquisition, each Fund would hold more than 15% of its net assets in Illiquid assets. The Program also requires reporting to the SEC (on a non-public basis) and to the Board if each Fund’s holdings of Illiquid assets exceed 15% of each Fund’s net assets. Funds with HLIMs must have procedures for addressing HLIM shortfalls, including reporting to the Board and, with respect to HLIM shortfalls lasting more than seven consecutive calendar days, reporting to the SEC (on a non-public basis).

In assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk, the Program Administrator considers, as relevant, a variety of factors, including: (1) each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; (2) short-term and long-term cash flow projections for the Funds during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and (3) each Fund’s holdings of cash and cash equivalents and any borrowing arrangements. Classification of each Fund’s portfolio holdings in the four liquidity categories is based on the number of days it is reasonably expected to take to convert the investment to cash (for Highly Liquid and Moderately Liquid holdings) or to sell or dispose of the investment (for Less Liquid and Illiquid investments), in current market conditions without significantly changing the investment’s market value. Each Fund primarily holds assets that are classified as Highly Liquid, and therefore is not required to establish an HLIM.

At a meeting of the Board held on May 17-19, 2022, the Program Administrator provided the required written annual report to the Board addressing the Program’s operation and assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of its implementation for the period from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The report concluded that the Program is appropriately designed and effectively implemented and that it meets the requirements of Rule 22e-4 and each Fund’s liquidity needs. Each Fund’s HLIM is set at an appropriate level and the Funds complied with their HLIM at all times during the reporting period.

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Tax Information

The information set forth below is for each Fund’s fiscal year as required by federal income tax laws. Shareholders, however, must report distributions on a calendar year basis for income tax purposes, which may include distributions for portions of two fiscal years of the Funds.

Accordingly, the information needed by shareholders for income tax purposes will be sent to them in January of each year. Please consult your tax advisor for proper treatment of this information. All disclosures are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly are subject to change. For any and all items requiring reporting, it is the intention of the Funds to report the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, each Fund reports distributions paid during the year as follows:

    (A)
Long-Term
Capital Gains
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
      (B)
Ordinary Income
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
      (C)
Tax-Exempt
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
      Total
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
 
Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund   22.26%   12.28%   65.46%   100.00%  
Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund   —      0.16%   99.84%   100.00%  
Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund   0.12%   5.73%   94.15%   100.00%  
                   
 

(A), (B) and (C) are based on a percentage of each Fund’s total distributions.

Board consideration of Investment Advisory Agreements for Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund at a meeting held August 9-11, 2022

At a meeting held on August 9-11, 2022 (the “Annual Contract Renewal Meeting”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of Trustees each of whom is not an “interested person” as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Independent Trustees”), approved the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreements for Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate

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Fund (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”). In making its decision, the Board considered information furnished at regular quarterly Board meetings, including reports detailing Fund performance, investment strategies, and expenses, as well as information prepared specifically in connection with the renewal of the investment advisory contracts. Information furnished specifically in connection with the renewal of the Investment Management Agreement with Delaware Management Company (“DMC”) included materials provided by DMC and its affiliates concerning, among other things, the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the Funds, the costs of such services to the Funds; economies of scale; and the investment manager’s financial condition and profitability. In addition, in connection with the Annual Contract Renewal Meeting, materials were provided to the Trustees in May 2022, including reports provided by Broadridge Financial Solutions (“Broadridge”). The Broadridge reports compared each Fund’s investment performance and expenses with those of other comparable mutual funds. The Independent Trustees reviewed and discussed the Broadridge reports with independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. In addition to the information noted above, the Board also requested and received information regarding DMC’s policy with respect to advisory fee levels and its breakpoint philosophy; the structure of portfolio manager compensation; comparative client fee information; brokerage reports; and any constraints or limitations on the availability of securities for certain investment styles, which had in the past year inhibited, or which were likely in the future to inhibit, the investment manager’s ability to invest fully in accordance with Fund policies.

In considering information relating to the approval of each Fund’s advisory agreement, the Independent Trustees received assistance and advice from and met separately with independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees and also received assistance and advice from an experienced and knowledgeable independent fund consultant, JDL Consultants, LLC (“JDL”). Although the Board gave attention to all information furnished, the following discussion identifies, under separate headings, the primary factors taken into account by the Board during its contract renewal considerations.

Nature, extent, and quality of services. The Board considered the services provided by DMC to the Funds and their shareholders. In reviewing the nature, extent, and quality of services, the Board considered reports furnished to it throughout the year, which covered matters such as the relative performance of the Funds; compliance of portfolio managers with the investment policies, strategies, and restrictions for the Funds; compliance by DMC and Delaware Distributors, L.P. (together, “Management”) personnel with the Code of Ethics adopted throughout the Delaware Funds by Macquarie® (“Delaware Funds”); and adherence to fair value pricing procedures as established by the Board. The Board was pleased with the current staffing of DMC and the emphasis placed on research in the investment process. The Board gave favorable consideration to DMC’s efforts to control expenses while maintaining service levels committed to Fund matters. The Board also noted the benefits provided to Fund shareholders through (a) each shareholder’s ability to: (i) exchange an investment in one Delaware Fund for the same class of shares in another Delaware Fund without a sales charge, or (ii) reinvest Fund dividends into additional shares of the Fund or into additional shares of other Delaware Funds,

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Board consideration of Investment Advisory Agreements for Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund at a meeting held August 9-11, 2022 (continued)

and (b) the privilege to combine holdings in other Delaware Funds to obtain a reduced sales charge. The Board was satisfied with the nature, extent, and quality of the overall services provided by DMC.

Investment performance. The Board placed significant emphasis on the investment performance of the Funds in view of the importance of investment performance to shareholders. Although the Board considered performance reports and discussions with portfolio managers at meetings of the Fixed Income, Multi-Asset and Sub-advised Fund Investments (“FIMASAF”) Committee throughout the year, the Board gave particular weight to the Broadridge reports furnished for the Annual Contract Renewal Meeting. The Broadridge reports prepared for each Fund showed the Fund’s investment performance in comparison to a group of similar funds (the “Performance Universe”). A fund with the best performance ranked first, and a fund with the poorest performance ranked last. The highest/best performing 25% of funds in the Performance Universe make up the first quartile; the next 25%, the second quartile; the next 25%, the third quartile; and the poorest/worst performing 25% of funds in the Performance Universe make up the fourth quartile. Comparative annualized performance for each Fund was shown for the past 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods, to the extent applicable, ended December 31, 2021. The Board’s objective is that each Fund perform above median relative to its peer group for the majority of its 1-, 3-, and 5-year relative performance periods.

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund – The Performance Universe for the Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional high yield municipal debt funds, regardless of asset size or primary channel of distribution, as selected by Broadridge. The Broadridge report comparison showed that the Fund’s total return for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods was in the first quartile of its Performance Universe. The Board was satisfied with performance.

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund – The Performance Universe for the Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional general and insured municipal debt funds, regardless of asset size or primary channel of distribution, as selected by Broadridge. The Broadridge report comparison showed that the Fund’s total return for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods was in the first quartile of its Performance Universe. The Board was satisfied with performance.

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund – The Performance Universe for the Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional intermediate municipal debt funds, regardless of asset size or primary distribution channel, as selected by Broadridge. The Broadridge report comparison showed that the Fund’s total return for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods was in the first quartile of its Performance Universe. The Board was satisfied with performance.

Comparative expenses. The Board considered expense data for the Delaware Funds. Management provided the Board with information on pricing levels and fee structures for each Fund as of its most recently completed fiscal year. The Board also focused on the comparative analysis of contractual management fees and actual total expense ratios of each Fund versus contractual management fees and actual total expense ratios of a group of similar funds as

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selected by Broadridge (the “Expense Group”). In reviewing comparative costs, each Fund’s contractual management fee and the actual management fee incurred by the Fund were compared with the contractual management fees (assuming all funds were similar in size to the Fund) and actual management fees, taking into account any applicable breakpoints and fee waivers, with the Fund’s expense universe, which is comprised of the Fund, its Expense Group and all other similar institutional funds, excluding outliers (the “Expense Universe”). Each Fund’s total expenses were also compared with those of its Expense Universe. The Broadridge total expenses, for comparative consistency, were shown by Broadridge for Institutional Class shares and comparative total expenses including 12b-1 and non-12b-1 service fees. The Board’s objective is for each Fund’s actual total expense ratio to be competitive with those of the peer funds within its Expense Group.

Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund – The expense comparisons for the Fund showed that its actual management fee was below the median of its Expense Universe and its actual total expenses were in the quartile with the highest expenses of its Expense Group average. The Board gave favorable consideration to the Fund’s management fee but noted that the Fund’s total expenses were not in line with the Board’s objective. In evaluating the total expenses, the Board considered fee waivers in place through December 2022 and the likelihood that those waivers would be continued. The Board was satisfied with Management’s commitment to bring the Fund’s total expenses in line with the Board’s objective. The Board also acknowledged that the Fund’s management fee remained reasonable in the light of its short- and long-term performance record on both an absolute and comparative basis.

Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund – The expense comparisons for the Fund showed that its actual management fee was above the median of its Expense Universe and its actual total expenses were in the quartile with the second highest expenses of its Expense Group average. The Board gave favorable consideration to the Fund’s management fee but noted that the Fund’s total expenses were not in line with the Board’s objective. In evaluating the total expenses, the Board considered fee waivers in place through December 2022 and the likelihood that those waivers would be continued. The Board was satisfied with Management’s commitment to bring the Fund’s total expenses in line with the Board’s objective. The Board also acknowledged that the Fund’s management fee remained reasonable in the light of its short- and long-term performance record on both an absolute and comparative basis.

Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund – The expense comparisons for the Fund showed that its actual management fee was below the median of its Expense Universe and its actual total expenses were in the quartile with the highest expenses of its Expense Group average. The Board gave favorable consideration to the Fund’s management fee but noted that the Fund’s actual total expenses were not in line with the Board’s objective. In evaluating the total expenses, the Board considered fee waivers in place through December 2022 and the likelihood that those waivers would be continued. The Board was satisfied with Management’s commitment to bring the Fund’s total expenses in line with the Board’s objective. The Board also acknowledge that the Fund’s management fee remained reasonable in the light of its short- and long-term performance record on both an absolute and comparative basis.

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Board consideration of Investment Advisory Agreements for Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, and Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund at a meeting held August 9-11, 2022 (continued)

Management profitability. The Board considered the level of profits realized by DMC in connection with the operation of the Funds. In this respect, the Board reviewed the Investment Management Profitability Analysis that addressed the overall profitability of DMC’s business in providing management and other services to each of the individual funds and the Delaware Funds as a whole. Specific attention was given to the methodology used by DMC in allocating costs for the purpose of determining profitability. The Board considered DMC’s efforts to improve services provided to Fund shareholders and to meet additional regulatory and compliance requirements resulting from recent industry-wide Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiatives. The Board also considered the extent to which DMC might derive ancillary benefits from fund operations, including the potential for procuring additional business as a result of the prestige and visibility associated with its role as service provider to the Delaware Funds and the benefits from allocation of fund brokerage to improve trading efficiencies. As part of its work, the Board also reviewed a report prepared by JDL regarding DMC’s profitability as compared to certain peer fund complexes and the Independent Trustees discussed with JDL personnel regarding DMC’s profitability in such context. The Board found that the management fees were reasonable in light of the services rendered and the level of profitability of DMC.

Economies of scale. The Trustees considered whether economies of scale are realized by DMC as each Fund’s assets increase and the extent to which any economies of scale are reflected in the level of management fees charged. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s advisory fee pricing and structure, approved by the Board and shareholders, which includes breakpoints, and which applies to most funds in the Delaware Funds complex. Breakpoints in the advisory fee occur when the advisory fee rate is reduced on assets in excess of specified levels. Breakpoints result in a lower advisory fee than would otherwise be the case in the absence of breakpoints, when the asset levels specified in the breakpoints are exceeded. The Board noted that, as of March 31, 2022, each Fund’s net assets exceeded the second breakpoint level. The Board believed that, given the extent to which economies of scale might be realized by DMC and its affiliates, the schedule of fees under the Investment Management Agreement provides a sharing of benefits with the Fund and its shareholders.

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Board of trustees / directors and officers addendum

Delaware Funds by Macquarie®

A mutual fund is governed by a Board of Trustees/Directors (“Trustees”), which has oversight responsibility for the management of a fund’s business affairs. Trustees establish procedures and oversee and review the performance of the investment manager, the distributor, and others who perform services for the fund. The independent fund trustees, in particular, are advocates for shareholder interests. Each trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was elected to or appointed to the Board of Trustees, and will continue to serve until his or her retirement or the election of a new trustee in his or her place. The following is a list of the Trustees and Officers with certain background and related information.

Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
Interested Trustee                
                       
Shawn K. Lytle1
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
February 1970
  President, Chief Executive Officer,
and Trustee
 

President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2015

Trustee since September 2015

  128   Macquarie Asset Management2 (2015–Present)
-Global Head of Macquarie Asset Management (2019–Present)
-Head of Americas of Macquarie Group (2017–Present)
-Deputy Global Head of Macquarie Asset Management (2017–2019)
-Head of Macquarie Asset Management Americas (2015–2017)
  None  

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Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
Independent Trustees                
                       
Jerome D. Abernathy
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
July 1959
  Trustee   Since January 2019   128   Stonebrook Capital Management, LLC (financial technology: macro factors and databases)
-Managing Member (1993-Present)
  None  
                       
Thomas L. Bennett
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
October 1947
  Chair and Trustee   Trustee since March 2005 Chair since March 2015   128   Private Investor (2004–Present)   None  
                       
Ann D. Borowiec
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
November 1958
  Trustee   Since March 2015   128   J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (1987-2013)
-Chief Executive Officer, Private Wealth Management (2011–2013)
  Banco Santander International (2016–2019)
Santander Bank, N.A. (2016-2019)
 

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Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
Joseph W. Chow
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
January 1953
  Trustee   Since January 2013   128   Private Investor (2011–Present)   None  
                       
H. Jeffrey Dobbs3
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
May 1955
  Trustee   Since December 2021   128   KPMG LLP (2010-2015)
-Global Sector Chairman, Industrial Manufacturing (2010-2015)
  TechAccel LLC (2015–Present)
PatientsVoices, Inc. (2018–Present)
Valparaiso University Board (2012-Present)
Ivy Funds Complex (2019-2021)
 

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Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
John A. Fry
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
May 1960
  Trustee   Since January 2001   128   Drexel University
-President (August 2010–Present)
  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2020–Present)
FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (2018–Present)
vTv Therapeutics Inc. (2017–Present)
Community Health Systems (2004–Present)
Drexel Morgan & Co. (2015–2019)
 

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Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
Joseph Harroz, Jr.3
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
January 1967
  Trustee   Since December 2021   128   University of Oklahoma
-President (2020–Present)
-Interim President (2019–2020)
-Vice President and Dean, College of Law (2010–2019)
Brookhaven Investments LLC (commercial enterprises)
-Managing Member (2019–Present) St. Clair, LLC (commercial enterprises)
-Managing Member (2019–Present)
  OU Medicine, Inc. (2020–Present)
Big 12 Athletic Conference (2019-Present)
Valliance Bank (2007–Present)
Ivy Funds (1998-2021)
 

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Board of trustees / directors and officers addendum

Delaware Funds by Macquarie®

Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
Sandra A.J. Lawrence3
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
September 1957
  Trustee   Since December 2021   128   Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics (2005–2019)
-Chief Administrative Officer (2016–2019)
  Brixmor Property Group Inc. (2021-Present)
Sera Prognostics Inc. (biotechnology) (2021-Present)
Recology (resource recovery) (2021-Present)
Evergy, Inc., Kansas City Power & Light Company, KCP&L
Greater Missouri Operations Company, Westar Energy, Inc. and Kansas Gas and Electric Company (related utility companies) (2018-Present)
National Association of Corporate Directors (2017-Present)
Ivy Funds Complex (2019-2021)
American Shared Hospital Services (medical device) (2017-2021)
Ivy NextShares (2019)
Westar Energy (utility) (2004-2018)
 

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Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
January 1956
  Trustee   Since September 2011   128   Banco Itaú International
-Chief Executive Officer (2012–2016)
  Florida Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors (2021-Present)
Callon Petroleum Company (2019-Present)
Camden Property Trust (2011-Present)
New Senior Investment Group Inc.
(2021) Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (2018-2019)
 
                       
Thomas K. Whitford
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
March 1956
  Trustee   Since January 2013   128   PNC Financial Services Group (1983–2013)
-Vice Chairman (2009-2013)
  HSBC USA Inc. (2014–Present)
HSBC North America Holdings Inc. (2013–Present)
HSBC Finance Corporation (2013–2018)
 

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Board of trustees / directors and officers addendum

Delaware Funds by Macquarie®

Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
Christianna Wood
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
August 1959
  Trustee   Since January 2019   128   Gore Creek Capital, Ltd.
-Chief Executive Officer and President (2009–Present)
  The Merger Fund (2013–2021),
The Merger Fund VL (2013–2021),
WCM Alternatives: Event-Driven Fund (2013–2021), and WCM Alternatives: Credit Event Fund (2017–2021)
Grange Insurance (2013–Present)
H&R Block Corporation (2008–Present)
 

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Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
Janet L. Yeomans
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
July 1948
  Trustee   Since April 1999   128   3M Company (1995-2012)
-Vice President and Treasurer (2006–2012)
  Okabena Company (2009–2017)  
Officers                      
                       
David F. Connor
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
December 1963
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary   Senior Vice President, since May 2013;
General Counsel since May 2015;
Secretary since October 2005
  128   David F. Connor has served in various capacities at different times at Macquarie Asset Management.   None4  
                       
Daniel V. Geatens
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
October 1972
  Senior Vice President and Treasurer   Senior Vice President and Treasurer since October 2007   128   Daniel V. Geatens has served in various capacities at different times at Macquarie Asset Management.   None4  

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Board of trustees / directors and officers addendum

Delaware Funds by Macquarie®

Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
      Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
      Length of Time
Served
      Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
      Principal
Occupation(s)
During the
Past Five Years
      Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past Five Years
     
                       
Richard Salus
100 Independence
610 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
19106-2354
October 1963
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2006   128   Richard Salus has served in various capacities at different times at Macquarie Asset Management.   None  
  
1Shawn K. Lytle is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he is an executive officer of the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor.
2Macquarie Asset Management is the marketing name for Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor, principal underwriter, and its transfer agent.
3Messrs. Dobbs and Harroz and Ms. Lawrence were elected as Trustees of the Trust effective December 17, 2021.
4David F. Connor and Daniel V. Geatens serve in similar capacities for the six portfolios of the Optimum Fund Trust, which have the same investment advisor, principal underwriter, and transfer agent as the registrant. Mr. Geatens also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Optimum Fund Trust and he is the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund Inc.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund(s) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 800 523-1918.

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About the organization

Board of trustees

Shawn K. Lytle
President and Chief Executive Officer
Delaware Funds by Macquarie®

Jerome D. Abernathy
Managing Member Stonebrook Capital Management, LLC

Thomas L. Bennett
Chairman of the Board
Delaware Funds by Macquarie Private Investor

     

Ann D. Borowiec
Former Chief Executive Officer
Private Wealth Management
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Joseph W. Chow
Private Investor

H. Jeffrey Dobbs
Former Global Sector Chairman
Industrial Manufacturing, KPMG, LLP

     

John A. Fry
President Drexel University

Joseph Harroz, Jr.
President University of Oklahoma

Sandra A.J. Lawrence
Former Chief Administrative Officer
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

     

Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa
Former Chief Executive Officer
Banco Itaú International

Thomas K. Whitford
Former Vice Chairman
PNC Financial Services Group

Christianna Wood
Chief Executive Officer and President
Gore Creek Capital, Ltd.

Janet L. Yeomans
Former Vice President and Treasurer
3M Company

             
Affiliated officers            
David F. Connor
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Delaware Funds by Macquarie
  Daniel V. Geatens
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Delaware Funds
by Macquarie
  Richard Salus
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Delaware Funds
by Macquarie
   

This annual report is for the information of Delaware Tax-Free USA Fund, Delaware Tax-Free USA Intermediate Fund, and Delaware National High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund shareholders, but it may be used with prospective investors when preceded or accompanied by the Delaware Fund fact sheet for the most recently completed calendar quarter. These documents are available at delawarefunds.com/literature.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Each Fund’s Forms N-PORT, as well as a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities, are available without charge (i) upon request, by calling 800 523-1918; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. In addition, a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities and the Schedules of Investments included in the Funds’ most recent Form N-PORT are available without charge on the Funds’ website at delawarefunds.com/literature. Each Fund’s Forms N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800 SEC-0330.

Information (if any) regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through the Funds' website at delawarefunds.com/proxy; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party. A copy of the registrant’s Code of Business Ethics has been posted on the Delaware Funds by Macquarie® Internet Web site at www.delawarefunds.com. Any amendments to the Code of Business Ethics, and information on any waiver from its provisions granted by the registrant, will also be posted on this Web site within five business days of such amendment or waiver and will remain on the Web site for at least 12 months.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that certain members of the registrant’s Audit Committee are audit committee financial experts, as defined below. For purposes of this item, an “audit committee financial expert” is a person who has the following attributes:

a. An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements;

b. The ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves;

c. Experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities;

d. An understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and

e. An understanding of audit committee functions.

An “audit committee financial expert” shall have acquired such attributes through:

a. Education and experience as a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, or auditor or experience in one or more positions that involve the performance of similar functions;

b. Experience actively supervising a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor, or person performing similar functions;

c. Experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing, or evaluation of financial statements; or

d. Other relevant experience.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has also determined that each member of the registrant’s Audit Committee is independent. In order to be “independent” for purposes of this item, the Audit Committee member may not: (i) other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof, accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the issuer; or (ii) be an “interested person” of the registrant as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.


The names of the audit committee financial experts on the registrant’s Audit Committee are set forth below:

H. Jeffrey Dobbs
John A. Fry
Sandra A.J. Lawrence
Frances Sevilla-Sacasa, Chair

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

(a) Audit fees.

The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $78,794 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022.

The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $72,288 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.

(b) Audit-related fees.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $2,050,189 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2022. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These audit-related services were as follows: year end audit procedures; group reporting and subsidiary statutory audits.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $958,376 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These audit-related services were as follows: year end audit procedures; group reporting and subsidiary statutory audits.


(c) Tax fees.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $10,594 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns and review of annual excise distribution calculations.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2022. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $11,000 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns and review of annual excise distribution calculations.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

(d) All other fees.

The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022.

The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2022. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2021.


The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2021. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

(e) The registrant’s Audit Committee has established pre-approval policies and procedures as permitted by Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(B) of Regulation S-X (the “Pre-Approval Policy”) with respect to services provided by the registrant’s independent auditors. Pursuant to the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant up to the specified fee limits. Certain fee limits are based on aggregate fees to the registrant and other registrants within the Delaware Funds by Macquarie®.

Service

Range of Fees

Audit Services

Statutory audits or financial audits for new Funds

up to $50,000 per Fund

Services associated with SEC registration statements (e.g., Form N-1A, Form N-14, etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g., comfort letters for closed-end Fund offerings, consents), and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters

up to $10,000 per Fund 

Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit-related services” rather than “audit services”)

up to $25,000 in the aggregate

Audit-Related Services

Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and /or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit services” rather than “audit-related services”)

up to $25,000 in the aggregate

Tax Services

U.S. federal, state and local and international tax planning and advice (e.g., consulting on statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, evaluation of Funds’ tax compliance function, etc.)

up to $25,000 in the aggregate

U.S. federal, state and local tax compliance (e.g., excise distribution reviews, etc.)

up to $5,000 per Fund

Review of federal, state, local and international income, franchise and other tax returns

up to $5,000 per Fund

Under the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has also pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant’s investment adviser and other entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the registrant (the “Control Affiliates”) up to the specified fee limit. This fee limit is based on aggregate fees to the investment adviser and its Control Affiliates.



Service

Range of Fees

Non-Audit Services

Services associated with periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters

up to $10,000 in the aggregate

The Pre-Approval Policy requires the registrant’s independent auditors to report to the Audit Committee at each of its regular meetings regarding all services initiated since the last such report was rendered, including those services authorized by the Pre-Approval Policy.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services rendered to the registrant and to its investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser were $9,044,000 and $9,044,000 for the registrant’s fiscal years ended August 31, 2022 and August 31, 2021, respectively.

(h) In connection with its selection of the independent auditors, the registrant’s Audit Committee has considered the independent auditors’ provision of non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X. The Audit Committee has determined that the independent auditors’ provision of these services is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments

(a) Included as part of report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

(b) Divestment of securities in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers

Not applicable.


Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)) and provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant in its reports or statements filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by the report to stockholders included herein that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits

(a) (1) Code of Ethics

Not applicable.

(2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(3) Written solicitations to purchase securities pursuant to Rule 23c-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Not applicable.

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.906CERT.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf, by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DELAWARE GROUP® TAX-FREE FUND

/s/ SHAWN K. LYTLE
By: Shawn K. Lytle
Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 4, 2022

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/ SHAWN K. LYTLE
By: Shawn K. Lytle
Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 4, 2022
 
 
/s/ RICHARD SALUS
By: Richard Salus
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date: November 4, 2022