485BPOS 1 mimtff3317012-485bpos.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT FILED PURSUANT TO SECURITIES ACT RULE 485(B)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

File No. 002-86606
File No. 811-03850

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/
 
       Pre-Effective Amendment No. _______ /   /
 
       Post-Effective Amendment No.       55       /X/
 
  and/or
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 /X/

       Amendment No.                                 55      

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

DELAWARE GROUP TAX-FREE FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

  2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania         19103-7094
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
       
  Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:   (800) 523-1918

David F. Connor, Esq., 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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

       /X/           immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /   on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   / 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
/   / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

       /    /       this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on this 18th day of January, 2018.

DELAWARE GROUP TAX-FREE FUND
   
By:        /s/ Shawn K. Lytle
Shawn K. Lytle
President/Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature        Title Date
 
/s/ Shawn K. Lytle President/Chief Executive Officer January 18, 2018
Shawn K. Lytle (Principal Executive Officer) and Trustee
 
Thomas L. Bennett * Chairman and Trustee January 18, 2018
Thomas L. Bennett
 
Ann D. Borowiec * Trustee January 18, 2018
Ann D. Borowiec
 
Joseph W. Chow * Trustee January 18, 2018
Joseph W. Chow
 
John A. Fry * Trustee January 18, 2018
John A. Fry
 
Lucinda S. Landreth * Trustee January 18, 2018
Lucinda S. Landreth
 
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa * Trustee January 18, 2018
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa
         
Thomas K. Whitford * Trustee January 18, 2018
Thomas K. Whitford
   
Janet L. Yeomans * Trustee January 18, 2018
Janet L. Yeomans
   
Richard Salus * Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer January 18, 2018
Richard Salus (Principal Financial Officer)

*By: /s/ Shawn K. Lytle
Shawn K. Lytle
as Attorney-in-Fact for each of the persons indicated
(Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed)


INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(Delaware Group® Tax-Free Fund N-1A)

Exhibit No.        Exhibit
EX-101.INS XBRL Instance Document
     
EX-101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
EX-101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
     
EX-101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
     
EX-101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
     
EX-101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase