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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.
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6114
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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, 2000
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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 $ 16,406,639,705
securities sold during the ------------------
fiscal year pursuant of
section 24(f):
(ii) Aggregate price of
securities redeemed or $ 16,237,766,244
repurchased during 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 to the Commission:
$ 0
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(iv) Total available redemption - $ 16,237,766,244
credits [add Items 5(ii) and -------------------
5(iiii)]:
(v) Net sales - if Item 5(i) is
greater than Item 5(iv) [subtract $ 168,873,461
Item 5(v) from Item 9(i): ------------------
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(vi) Redemption credits available
for use in future years -- if $( 0)
Item 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 instruction = $ 0.000264
C9): ------------------
(viii) Registration fee due [multiply
Item 5(v) by Item 5(vii)] (enter
"0" if no fee is due): = $ 44,582.59
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to Item 5(i) was
determined by deducting an amount
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]:
= $ 44,582.59
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest
payment was sent to the Commission's lockbox
depository:
September 25, 2000
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 26, 2000
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*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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