497J 1 ei071007497j.txt RULE 497J CERTIFICATION [logo] PIONEER Investments(R) July 10, 2007 VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission File Desk 100 F. Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20549 Re: Pioneer Equity Income Fund (the "Trust") (File Nos. 333-46453 and 811-08657) CIK No. 0000869356 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, I certify that the form of prospectus and form of statement of additional information relating to the offering of the Trust's Class Z shares that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A filed electronically with the Commission on July 3, 2007 (Accession No. 0001140157-07-000039). If you have any questions or comments concerning the foregoing certification, please contact me at (617) 422-4519. Very truly yours, /s/ Lillie Lucas Lillie Lucas Senior Legal Product Manager cc: Christopher J. Kelley, Esq. Christopher P. Harvey, Esq. Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109-1820 "Member of the UniCredito Italiano Banking Group, Register of Banking Groups."