As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2013

Securities Act File No. 2-96408

Investment Company Act File No. 811-04254

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 222	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x

Amendment No. 223

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY	10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (877) 721-1926

Robert I. Frenkel

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, Connecticut 06902

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

COPY TO:

Roger P. Joseph, Esq.

Bingham McCutchen LLP

One Federal Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Continuous

(Approximate Date of Proposed Offering)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ on              pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ on              pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ on              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.

This filing relates solely to Western Asset California Municipals Fund, Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund and Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, LEGG MASON PARTNERS INCOME TRUST, certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on this 11th day of July, 2013.

LEGG MASON PARTNERS INCOME TRUST, on behalf of its series:

Western Asset California Municipals Fund

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund

By:	/s/ Kenneth D. Fuller
	Kenneth D. Fuller
	President and Principal Executive Officer
	WITNESS our hands on the date set forth below.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on July 11, 2013.

Signature	Title
/s/ Kenneth D. Fuller	President, Principal Executive Officer and Trustee
Kenneth D. Fuller
/s/ Richard F. Sennett	Principal Financial Officer
Richard F. Sennett
/s/ Elliott J. Berv*	Trustee
Elliott J. Berv
/s/ A. Benton Cocanougher*	Trustee
A. Benton Cocanougher
/s/ Jane F. Dasher*	Trustee
Jane F. Dasher
/s/ Mark T. Finn*	Trustee
Mark T. Finn
/s/ Stephen R. Gross*	Trustee
Stephen R. Gross
/s/ Richard E. Hanson, Jr.*	Trustee
Richard E. Hanson, Jr.

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/s/ Diana R. Harrington*	Trustee
Diana R. Harrington
/s/ Susan M. Heilbron*	Trustee
Susan M. Heilbron
/s/ Susan B. Kerley*	Trustee
Susan B. Kerley
/s/ Alan G. Merten*	Trustee
Alan G. Merten
/s/ R. Richardson Pettit*	Trustee
R. Richardson Pettit

*By:	/s/ Kenneth D. Fuller
	Kenneth D. Fuller

* Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of 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