FEDERATED INCOME TRUST, 497J, 2000-03-31

FEDERATED INCOME TRUST
497J, 2000-03-31

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                             FEDERATED INCOME TRUST

                            Federated Investors Funds

                              5800 Corporate Drive

                       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000

                                 March 31, 2000

EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC  20549

     RE: FEDERATED INCOME TRUST     (the "Fund")
         1933 Act File No. 2-75366
         1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-3352

Dear Sir or Madam:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities  Act of 1933, the  above-named
Fund hereby certifies that the definitive forms of prospectuses and statement of
additional  information  dated March 31, 2000,  that would have been filed under
Rule  497(c),  do not differ from the forms of  prospectuses  and  statement  of
additional  information contained in the most recent registration  statement for
the Fund. This registration statement was electronically filed under Rule 485(b)
as Post-effective amendment No. 31 on March 29, 2000.

     If you have any questions regarding this  certification,  please call me at
(412) 288-2292.

                                          Respectfully,



                                          /s/ C. Grant Anderson
                                          C. Grant Anderson
                                          Assistant Secretary