CONSENT OF CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP

We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Fund Counsel"
in the Statement of Additional Information comprising a part of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 36 to the Form N-1A Registration Statement of Morgan Stanley
Tax-Free Daily Income Trust, File No. 2-67087. We do not thereby admit that we
are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder.


/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP

New York, New York
April 28, 2009