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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB Number: 3235-0456
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FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
Read instructions at end of Form before
preparing Form.
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1. Name and address of issuer:
PaineWebber RMA Tax-Free Fund, Inc.
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form
is filed (if the form is being filed for all series and classes of
securities of the issuer, check the box but do not list series or
classes): |X|
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3. Investment Company Act File Number:
811-3504
Securities Act File Number:
2-78310
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed:
June 30, 1999
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4(b). |_| Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than 90
calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year). (See
Instruction A.2)
NOTE: IF THE FORM IS BEING FILED LATE, INTEREST MUST BE PAID ON THE
REGISTRATION FEE DUE.
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4(c). |_| Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing
this Form.
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of $ 14,175,886,967
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securities sold during the
fiscal year pursuant to section
24(f):
(ii) Aggregate price of securities
redeemed or repurchased during $ 14,022,965,674
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the fiscal year
(iii)Aggregate price of securities
redeemed or repurchased during
any PRIOR fiscal year ending no
earlier than October 1, 1995
that were not previously used to
reduce registration fees payable $ 0
to the Commission: ----------------
(iv) Total available redemption -$ 14,022,965,674
credits [add Items 5(ii) ----------------
and 5(iii)]:
(v) Net sales - if item 5(i) is
greater than Item 5(iv) $ 152,921,293
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5(i)]:
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(vi) Redemption credits available for
use in future years -- if Item $( 0)
5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) -----------------
[subtract Item 5(iv) from Item
5(i)]:
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(vii)Multiplier for determining
registration fee (See = $ 0.000278
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Instruction C.9):
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply
Item 5(v) by Item 5(vii)] (enter
"0" if no fee is due): = $ 42,512.12
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount
of securities that were registered under the Securities Act of
1933 pursuant to rule 24e-2 as in effect before October 11, 1997,
then report the amount of securities (number of shares or other
units) deducted here: 0. If there is a number of shares or other
units that were registered pursuant to rule 24e-2 remaining unsold
at the end of the fiscal year for which this form is filed that
are available for use by the issuer in future fiscal years, then
state that number here: 0.
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7. Interest due - if this Form is being filed more than 90 days after
the end of the Issuer's fiscal year (see Instruction D):
+ $ 0
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any interest
due [line 5(viii) plus line 7]:
= $ 42,512.12
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
September 27, 1999
Method of Delivery:
|X| Wire Transfer
|_| Mail or other means
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ John J. Lee
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John J. Lee
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Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
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Date: September 27, 1999
*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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