0000928816-23-001623.txt : 20231204 0000928816-23-001623.hdr.sgml : 20231204 20231204145815 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-23-001623 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231204 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20231204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM TAX FREE INCOME TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000771951 IRS NUMBER: 046483374 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-98790 FILM NUMBER: 231462530 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 FEDERAL STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 FEDERAL STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM TAX FREE INCOME TRUST /MA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920902 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM TAX FREE INCOME TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920101 0000771951 S000003860 Putnam Strategic Intermediate Municipal Fund C000010817 Class C Shares C000010819 Class A Shares PPNAX C000010820 Class B Shares PTFIX C000060535 CLASS Y C000202840 Class R6 Shares 0000771951 S000003861 Putnam Tax-Free High Yield Fund C000010821 Class C Shares C000010822 Class A Shares PTHAX C000010823 Class B Shares PTHYX C000060536 CLASS Y C000202841 Class R6 Shares 497J 1 a_tfit497j.htm PUTNAM TAX FREE INCOME TRUST

Putnam Investments

100 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

December 4, 2023

 

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street NE

Washington, DC 20549

 

RE:Putnam Tax-Free Income Trust (Reg. Nos. 2-98790) (811-04345) (the “Trust”) on behalf of Putnam Strategic Intermediate Municipal Fund and Putnam Tax-Free High Yield Fund (the “Funds”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Fund hereby certifies that the forms of Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information that would have been filed on behalf of the Funds pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to the Funds’ Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Amendment”) would not have differed from that contained in the Amendment, which is the most recent amendment to such Registration Statement and was filed electronically on November 27, 2023.

 

Comments or questions concerning this certificate may be directed to Elissa O’Bryant at 1-800-225-2465, ext. 17023.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Putnam Tax-Free Income Trust

 

/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz

By:_________________________________

Jonathan S. Horwitz

Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

cc: James Thomas, Esq.