FRANKLIN TAX FREE TRUST, 497J, 1996-07-03

FRANKLIN TAX FREE TRUST
497J, 1996-07-03

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Franklin Templeton Group
777 Mariners Island Boulevard
San Mateo, California 94404


July 2, 1996

Filed Via EDGAR (CIK #0000757010)
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

     Re:     Franklin Tax-Free Trust
             FILE NOS. 2-94222 and 811-4149

Ladies/Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  this is to certify
that the forms of  Prospectuses  and Statements of Additional  Information  that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) do not differ  from those  contained  in
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 23 to the  Registration  Statement  on Form N-1A,
which was filed  electronically  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on
June 26, 1996.

Sincerely,

FRANKLIN TAX-FREE TRUST



By     /S/ Larry L. Greene
        Senior Corporate Counsel