PIONEER INTERMEDIATE TAX FREE FUND
24F-2NT, 1996-02-29
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1.   Name and address of issuer:

     Pioneer Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
     60 State Street
     Boston, MA 02109-1820

2.   Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
     Pioneer Intermediate Tax-Free Fund - Class A Shares
     Pioneer Intermeidate Tax-Free Fund - Class B Shares

3.   Investment Company Act File Number:     811-4768
     Securities Act File Number:             33-7592

4.   Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: December 31, 1995

5.   Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
     of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declar-
     ation: N/A

6.   Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
     applicable (see Instruction A.6): N/A

7.   Number and amount of  securities of the same class or series which had been
     registered  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 other than  pursuant to rule
     24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of
     the fiscal year: 0

8.   Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
     than pursuant to rule 24f-2: 0

9.   Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:

          Shares:  701,444
          Aggregate Sale Price:  $7,243,630

10.  Number and aggregate  sale price of securities  sold during the fiscal year
     in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:

          Shares:  701,444
          Aggregate Sale Price:  $7,243,630

11   Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal year
     in  connection  with  dividend   reinvestment  plans,  if  applicable  (see
     Instruction B.7):

          Shares:  239,154
          Aggregate Sale Price: $2,437,890

12.  Calculation of registration fee:

     (i)  Aggregate sale price of securities sold during
          the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
          (from Item 10):                                   $ 7,243,630

     (ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
          with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11,
          if applicable):                                   $ 2,437,890

     (iii)Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchas-
          ed during the fiscal year (if applicable):        $ 9,681,520

     (iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
          and previously applied as a reduction to filing
          fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable):      $0

     (v)  Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued
          during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
          [line (i), plus line (ii), less line (iii) plus
          line (iv)] (if applicable):                       $0

     (vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
          Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or
          regulation (see Instruction C.6):                 1/2900

     (vii)Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by
          line (vi)]:                                       $0.00

Instruction:  Issuers should complete line (ii), (iii), and (v) only if the
              form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the issuer's
              fiscal year:  See Instruction C.3.

13.  Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
     as described in section 3a of the Commission' Rules of Informal and Other
     Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a). [ ]


     Date of  mailing  or  wire  transfer  of  filing  fees to the  Commission's
     lock-box depository: N/A

                                   SIGNATURES

     This report has been signed  below the  following  persons on behalf of the
     issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


     By (Signature and Title)

     /s/Robert P. Nault
     Assistant Secretary

     Date: February 29, 1996







                                                               February 27, 1996



Pioneer Intermediate Tax-Free Fund
60 State Street
Boston, MA  02109

Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pioneer  Intermediate  Tax-Free  Fund (the "Fund") is a  Massachusetts  business
trust  created  under a written  Declaration  of Trust dated July 24, 1986,  and
executed  and  delivered on such date in Boston,  Massachusetts,  as amended and
restated on December 7, 1993,  as further  amended on March 7, 1994 and November
7, 1995 (as so amended and restated, the "Declaration of Trust"). The beneficial
interests  thereunder  are  represented  by  transferable  shares of  beneficial
interest, without par value.

The Trustees of the Fund have the powers set forth in the  Declaration of Trust,
subject to the terms,  provisions and conditions  therein provided.  Pursuant to
Article V,  Section  5.1 of the  Declaration  of Trust,  the number of shares of
beneficial  interest  authorized to be issued under the  Declaration of Trust is
unlimited and the Trustees are  authorized to divide the shares into one or more
series of shares  and one or more  classes  thereof  as they deem  necessary  or
desirable.  Pursuant to Article V, Section 5.4 of the Declaration of Trust,  the
Trustees   may  issue  shares  of  any  series  for  such  amount  and  type  of
consideration,  including  cash or property,  and on such terms as they may deem
best without action or approval of the shareholders.

We understand that,  pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment  Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), the Fund has registered an indefinite  number
of shares of beneficial  interest  under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act").

We  understand  that you are  about to file  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  a notice on Form 24F-2  pursuant  to Rule  24f-2  (the  "Rule  24f-2
Notice")  making  definite  the  registration  of 701,444  shares of  beneficial
interest of the Fund (the "Shares") sold in reliance upon said Rule 24f-2 during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.

We have examined the Declaration of Trust, the By-laws, resolutions of the Board
of Trustees, a certificate of an Officer of the Fund to the effect that the Fund
or its agent received the  consideration  for the Shares in accordance  with the
terms of the  Declaration of Trust,  and such other  documents as we have deemed
necessary or appropriate  for the purposes of this opinion,  including,  but not
limited to,  originals,  or copies  certified  or  otherwise  identified  to our
satisfaction,  of such documents,  Trust records and other  instruments.  In our
examination  of the above  documents,  we have  assumed the  genuineness  of all
signatures,  the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the
conformity to original  documents of all documents  submitted to us as certified
or  photostatic  copies,  the  authenticity  of the  originals  of  such  latter
documents and the legal competence of each individual executing any documents.

For purposes of this opinion letter,  we have not made an independent  review of
the  laws  of  any  state  or  jurisdiction   other  than  The  Commonwealth  of
Massachusetts   and  express  no  opinion  with  respect  to  the  laws  of  any
jurisdiction other than the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Further,
we  express no opinion  as to  compliance  with any state or federal  securities
laws, including the securities laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Our opinion below,  as it relates to the  nonassessability  of the shares of the
Fund, is qualified to the extent that under Massachusetts law, shareholders of a
Massachusetts  business trust,  such as the Fund, may be held personally  liable
for the  obligations of such Trust. In this regard,  however,  please be advised
that  the  Declaration  of Trust  disclaims  shareholder  liability  for acts or
obligations of the Fund and provides that notice of such disclaimer may be given
in each note, bond, contract, certificate or undertaking made or issued by or on
behalf of the Fund. Also, the Declaration of Trust provides for  indemnification
out of Fund property for all loss and expense of any shareholder held personally
liable solely by reason of his being or having been a  shareholder  of the Fund;
provided,  however,  that  no  Fundt  property  may be  used  to  indemnify  any
shareholder  of any  series of the Fund other than Fund  property  allocated  or
belonging to that series.

We are of the opinion that all necessary  Fund action  precedent to the issuance
of the Shares has been duly taken,  and that the Shares were legally and validly
issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable by the Fund, subject to compliance
with the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the  applicable  state laws  regulating  the
sale of securities.

We  consent  to your  filing  this  opinion  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  together  with the Rule 24f-2  Notice  referred to above.  Except as
provided  in this  paragraph,  this  opinion may not be relied upon by, or filed
with, any other parties or used for any other purpose.

                                                               Very truly yours,

                                                                /s/Hale and Dorr

                                                                   HALE AND DORR




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