Parnassus Core Equity Fund (PRBLX) N-CSR Certified annual shareholder report (management investment company)

PARNASSUS INCOME FUNDS

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-06673

Parnassus Income Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

One Market—Steuart Tower #1600, San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Debra A. Early

Parnassus Income Funds

One Market—Steuart Tower #1600, San Francisco, California 94105

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 778-0200

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2005

Item 1: Report to Shareholders

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the President	1
Fund Performance
The Equity Income Fund	2
The Fixed-Income Fund	8
The California Tax-Exempt Fund	11
Fund Expenses	14
Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm	16
Portfolios and Financial Statements
The Equity Income Fund	17
The Fixed-Income Fund	26
The California Tax-Exempt Fund	32
Notes to Financial Statements	39
Financial Highlights	46
Additional Information	49

THE PARNASSUS INCOME FUNDS

February 10, 2006

DEAR SHAREHOLDER:

Enclosed is your quarterly report for the Parnassus Income Funds: the Equity Income Fund, the Fixed-Income Fund and the California Tax-Exempt Fund. Portfolio manager Todd Ahlsten wrote the reports for the Equity Income Fund and the Fixed-Income Fund, and portfolio manager Ben Allen wrote the report for the California Tax-Exempt Fund. They will give you some interesting background on the management of the funds this year.

Yours truly,

Jerome L. Dodson, President

Parnassus Income Funds

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THE EQUITY INCOME FUND

As of December 31, 2005, the net asset value per share (NAV) of the Equity Income Fund was $24.02, so after taking dividends into account, the total return for the year was 2.62%. This compares to a gain of 4.91% for the S&P 500 and a gain of 5.80% for the average equity income fund followed by Lipper, Inc. While we underperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, our long-term record remains excellent. The Fund’s five- and ten-year returns beat the S&P 500 and Lipper averages for each period. For the fourth quarter, the Fund was up 1.58% compared to 2.09% for the S&P 500 and 1.25% for the Lipper index.

Below are a table and graph that compare the performance of the Fund with the S&P 500 and the average equity income fund followed by Lipper. Average annual total returns are for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods.

Average Annual Total Returns

for periods ended December 31, 2005

	One Year		Three Years		Five Years		Ten Years
EQUITY INCOME FUND	2.62	%	9.07	%	6.57	%	9.87	%
S&P 500 Index	4.91	%	14.39	%	0.54	%	9.07	%
Lipper Equity Income Fund Average	5.80	%	14.53	%	3.81	%	8.78	%

Performance data quoted represent past performance and are no guarantee of future returns. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, and current performance information is on the Parnassus website (www.parnassus.com). Before investing, an investor should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund and should read the prospectus which contains this information. The prospectus is on the Parnassus website or you can get one by calling (800) 999-3505. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns shown in the table do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay in fund distributions or redemption of shares. The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index of common stocks, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. An index doesn’t take expenses into account, but mutual fund returns do.

Analysis of 2005

Our research team worked hard this year and I flew over 100,000 miles visiting companies based on my passion to find good investments for the Fund. While a strong work ethic, extensive analysis and positive energy are important, I made two mistakes during 2005 which caused the Fund’s return of 2.62% to lag the 4.91%

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gain for the S&P 500. My first miscalculation was to underweight the soaring energy sector which cost us about 1.7% versus the S&P 500. In essence, the Fund had about 6.6% of our assets, on average, in energy, versus about 12.7% for the S&P 500. I made this decision because energy stocks seemed to have reached speculative heights during 2005 and offered unattractive risk-return ratios. Unfortunately, oil prices continued to soar and that made it difficult for us to keep up with the S&P 500 which had more energy stocks.

My second, and most galling, mistake was to overweight the newspaper and publishing sector which cost the Fund another 1.1% versus the S&P 500. I bought three leading newspaper companies back in 2004, because advertising budgets seemed to be rebounding and the stocks looked like bargains. Unfortunately, I underestimated how much advertising would shift from newspapers to the internet and our newspaper stocks fell between 5% to 20% during 2005. While newspapers aren’t going away anytime soon (everyone still seems to have a paper and a cup of coffee on my morning ferry from Tiburon to San Francisco), they are battling stiff competition from online ads and news websites. In addition, they face increased costs from higher labor and newsprint expenses. As a result, I sold our publishing investments during the fourth quarter of 2005 and reinvested that capital in companies that have stronger business prospects. While I was disappointed to sell those newspaper stocks for losses, I learned a very important lesson: avoid industries that offer weak long-term growth prospects. Unless you’re like my cousin who was an academic All-American swimmer at the University of Kansas, it’s hard to swim upstream!

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¹ Composition and sector weightings are based on total investments, rather than net assets, and exclude short-term securities received as collateral from securities lending. Sector distribution and portfolio characteristics are subject to change.

Strategy

As of this writing, the market looks set to rise during 2006. The S&P 500 has a price-earnings ratio of only 17 times projected earnings, and a strong economy should give stocks a tailwind. Despite high energy prices and the devastating hurricanes of 2005, the economy has been resilient and is growing at a solid 3% to 4% clip. In addition, businesses are hiring workers. While I remain concerned about rising interest rates, high energy prices and the housing bubble, I feel the economy is on track to have a strong year. Based on this view, we have found good opportunities for the Fund in technology, healthcare and the consumer discretionary sector. We remain underweight financials based on our concerns about the housing market bubble. While oil prices and energy stocks finally started to come down a bit during the fourth quarter, we continue to underweight the sector as valuations still seem too high.

I am very excited about the Fund’s prospects for 2006 and doubled my personal investment during the fourth quarter of 2005. The Fund now comprises over 75% of my liquid net worth. While 2005 was disappointing, I am proud that the Fund has had only one down year in the past ten (a modest 3.69% loss in 2002 versus a steep 23% decline for the S&P 500 that year.) In addition, we have produced an average annual return over the past five years of 6.57% versus a paltry 0.54% gain for the S&P 500.

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After my learning experience with the publishing sector, I have a sharpened focus on businesses with solid growth prospects that trade at undervalued prices. As a result, we remain confident that our five-step research process of evaluating each investment’s fundamentals, earnings, management quality, business prospects and risk can generate good returns.

Losers

The Fund had five stocks that reduced the NAV by 5¢ or more during the fourth quarter and, ironically, our three largest losses were energy stocks as oil prices started to retreat.

Pfizer reduced the Fund’s NAV by 10¢ as the stock fell 7.8% from $25.29 to $23.32. The company faced pressure from many fronts during the fourth quarter including expiring patents, low-cost generic competition and a lawsuit that challenged the patent for Pfizer’s $10 billion cholesterol drug Lipitor. However, in late December, we bought back our shares because Pfizer announced it had won the patent lawsuit. This news greatly improves the company’s earnings predictability for the next several years. In addition, the company increased its dividend which should boost the Fund’s yield.

While oil and gas exploration company Apache was the Fund’s biggest winner for the year, it produced our second largest loss during the fourth quarter as the stock fell 8.8% from $75.15 to $68.52. This reduced the NAV by 9¢. We are holding our position since Apache is a premier driller of oil and natural gas and remains under-valued. They also have a strong environmental record and give a lot to charities in their local communities.

Our convertible-preferred stock investment in ONEOK, an Oklahoma-based explorer and distributor of natural gas, fell 23.4% during the quarter from $42.42 to $32.48. This cost the Fund’s NAV 8¢. We are holding our ONEOK position because they are strong operators and the stock offers an attractive dividend yield.

Energen Corporation, an Alabama-based company, that operates an oil and gas exploration business as well as a natural gas utility, reduced the NAV by 6¢. The stock fell 16.3% for the quarter from $43.37 to $36.32, as energy prices began to decline during the fourth quarter from speculative heights. I continue to like our Energen investment because it’s a socially responsible company that has tremendous natural gas exploration opportunities in North America.

Teleflex Corporation, a big winner for the Fund during the first three quarters of the year, cost the Fund’s NAV 5¢ as the stock fell 9.5% during the quarter from $71.80 to $64.98. After a hot start to 2005, the company’s automotive and marine businesses slowed down during the second half and the stock moved lower.

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Winners

The Fund had 9 companies that added 5¢ or more to the NAV during the fourth quarter. Our biggest winner was discounter Ross Stores, which bounced back after falling in the third quarter since investors feared hurricanes and high oil prices would reduce sales. The stock rose 20.4%, from $24.01 to $28.90, as the company reported strong holiday sales. In addition, it seems the company has largely fixed the merchandise problems it had last year when their software program was confused about which items were selling the best.

J.P. Morgan Chase was our second largest gainer as it added 11¢ to the NAV. The bank, which is now run by CEO Jamie Dimon, reported record earnings during the third quarter. We feel the bank will continue to grow earnings during 2006.

Vishay Intertechnology, a maker of capacitors and power management chips for electronic devices, increased the NAV by 8¢, as the stock jumped 14.1% during the quarter from $12.06 to $13.76. The company’s Siliconix division, which is run by the capable Dr. King Owyang, saw especially strong demand from cell phone makers for its power management chips. I have met with Dr. Owyang several times and I can assure you that he is working at least 60 hours a week to ensure that Siliconix continues to gain share in the market.

3M Corporation, the major conglomerate, boosted the NAV by 7¢ as the stock rose 6.9% to $77.50 from $72.53. The stock bounced back after a weak third quarter, as the company reported strong earnings and announced the hiring of George Buckley as Chairman and CEO. Mr. Buckley previously ran the Brunswick Corporation, an outdoor recreational products company. I look forward to seeing him and his team present 3M’s business plan at a conference in February.

Like Ross Stores, TJX Companies, the owner of discount stores T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, bounced back after a disappointing third quarter and boosted the NAV by 6¢. The stock jumped 13.4%, from $20.48 to $23.23, as sales rebounded during December.

Publisher Knight-Ridder, owner of over 30 newspapers including the Miami Herald and the San Jose Mercury-News, increased the NAV by 5¢ during the fourth quarter. The stock bounced back 8.4% during the quarter, from $58.41 to $63.30, as a major shareholder demanded that Knight-Ridder’s management put the company up for sale. After the stock price popped from this announcement, we sold our shares because of the company’s weak long-term fundamentals as discussed earlier.

Two well-run banks both added 5¢ to the NAV. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo climbed 7.5% during the quarter to $62.83 from $58.45. The company, which is managed by the talented Richard Kovacevich, continues to generate strong earnings growth. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Wachovia Bancorp rose 11.4% to $52.86 from $47.46 as the company announced strong results.

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Our final winner was Mentor Graphics, a Portland, Oregon-based company that sells software that helps design computer chips and circuit boards. Our stock soared 20.4% during the fourth quarter to $10.34 from $8.59 as it appears orders are bouncing back after a tough start in 2005.

Social Notes

During a nice fall afternoon in New York, I had a chance to meet with Brian Jennings, the CFO of Devon Energy Corporation, one of our largest energy investments. During the beginning of our conversation, I was encouraged to hear that Devon was doing a better job of finding oil and gas reserves which should drive future earnings growth. In addition, I liked Mr. Jennings’s plan to use some of Devon’s excess cash flow to buy back stock and increase the company’s future dividends. While Devon’s business prospects looked strong, it was great to talk about the company’s commitment to social responsibility. To begin with, Devon has received 10 awards over the past five years from organizations such as the EPA and the Wyoming Fish and Game Department for their environmental efforts, which include minimizing habitat disturbance on drill sites, using groundwater released during production to create reservoirs and wildlife habitat, as well as for restoring acquired oil field property by removing old tanks, revegetating disturbed sites and controlling weeds. In fact, Devon has such a strong track record of converting explored areas back into natural habitats that the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has used their research for some government remediation projects. While this was great news, I was also very impressed that Devon was placed on the EPA’s 2005 list of Best Workplaces for Commuters. Amazingly, 70% of Devon’s Houston, Texas-based workforce travels by bus or carpool to work. About 700 people work in Devon’s Houston offices. Given how large and sprawling Houston is, this is great news! While Devon must continue to make investments to reduce its environmental impact, I truly feel the company is making a strong effort to be a leading corporate citizen.

Thank you for investing in the Parnassus Equity Income Fund.

Yours truly,

Todd C. Ahlsten

Portfolio Manager

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THE FIXED - INCOME FUND

As of December 31, 2005, the net asset value per share (NAV) of the Fixed-Income Fund was $15.79, so after taking dividends into account, the total return for the year was 2.55%. This compares to a gain of 1.87% for the average A-Rated bond fund followed by Lipper, and a return of 2.37% for the Lehman Government/ Corporate Bond Index. The Fund had a good year compared with our peers because we expected interest rates to rise and positioned the portfolio accordingly. The 30-day SEC yield for December was 3.27%.

Below are a table and graph that compare the performance of the Fund with the Lehman and the average A-Rated bond fund followed by Lipper. Average annual total returns are for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods.

Average Annual Total Returns

for periods ended December 31, 2005

	One Year		Three Years		Five Years		Ten Years
FIXED-INCOME FUND	2.55	%	3.29	%	6.60	%	5.40	%
Lipper A-Rated Bond Fund Average	1.87	%	3.84	%	5.47	%	5.48	%
Lehman Government/Corporate Bond Index	2.37	%	3.74	%	6.11	%	6.17	%

Performance data quoted represent past performance and are no guarantee of future returns. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, and current performance information is on the Parnassus website (www.parnassus.com). Before investing, an investor should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund and should read the prospectus which contains this information. The prospectus is on the Parnassus website or you can get one by calling (800) 999-3505. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns shown in the table do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay in fund distributions or redemption of shares. The Lehman Government/Corporate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of bonds, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. An index doesn’t take expenses into account, but mutual fund returns do.

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Recap of 2005

While we were hoping to outperform by a wider margin in 2005, our return of 2.55% did beat the Lipper average which rose 1.87%. We had expected rates to spike higher during 2005 because of a strong economy and threats of inflation. As a result, we structured the Fund to preserve capital with bond duration of about 1.6 years versus five to six years for many of our peers. As a reminder, duration essentially measures how much, in percentage terms, bond prices change for every 1% change in yield. Since bond prices fall when rates rise, a short duration can cushion potential losses during periods of rising interest rates. The good news was that we were right about short-term rates going up as the Fed lifted the Federal Funds rate from 2.25% to 4.25%. However, longer-term rates barely budged as the 10-year treasury rate began the year at 4.24% and finished 2005 at 4.39%. This happened because many analysts felt inflation fears had seemed to abate and the economy looked set for stable growth. Since we were expecting the ten-year treasury to rise to at least 5% during 2005, our short-duration portfolio, which had a lower current yield, didn’t boost our performance as much as we had anticipated.

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Strategy for 2006

The yield curve is now almost as flat as the state of Kansas, with the Federal Funds rate at 4.25% versus 4.39% for the 10-year treasury. The minutes from the Fed’s December 13th meeting said future rate increases “probably would not be large,” as it appears inflation is under control. Many analysts feel the Fed may increase rates only one more time to 4.5% during its January meeting, then hold off to see how the economy and inflation react. Our analysis indicates that a strong economy could spike inflation and push the 10-year treasury to at least 5% during 2006. As a result, we plan to maintain our defensive strategy of short portfolio duration for at least the next several months. While this strategy cost us yield last year, it shouldn’t impact us much in 2006 because short-term interest rates are now almost as high as longer-term bonds. In addition, we have invested over 15% of the Fund’s assets in convertible bonds that offer shareholders increased return potential while we wait for rates to rise.

Portfolio Composition at December 31, 2005
Long-term Securities:
Long-term U.S. Government and Agency Securities	8.8	%
Financial Services	3.5	%
Electronics	10.4	%
Retail	1.0	%
Natural Gas	4.0	%
Short-term Securities:
Short-term U.S. Government Agency Securities	66.0	%
Other Short-term Securities	6.3	%

Portfolio composition is based upon total securities, rather than net assets, and excludes short-term securities received as collateral from securities lending. Portfolio characteristics are subject to change.

Thank you for investing in the Parnassus Fixed-Income Fund.

Yours truly,

Todd C. Ahlsten

Portfolio Manager

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THE CALIFORNIA TAX - EXEMPT FUND

As of December 31, 2005, the net asset value per share (NAV) of the California Tax-Exempt Fund was $16.64. Taking dividends into account, the total return for 2005 was 0.62%. This compares to a gain of 3.82% for the average California municipal bond fund followed by Lipper, Inc.

Below you will find a table and graph that compare our total average annual returns to various indices over the past one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods. The 30-day SEC yield for December 2005 was 3.04%.

Average Annual Total Returns

for periods ended December 31, 2005

	One Year		Three Years		Five Years		Ten Years
CALIFORNIA TAX-EXEMPT FUND	0.62	%	2.40	%	3.76	%	4.82	%
Lipper California Municipal Bond Fund Average	3.82	%	4.12	%	4.79	%	5.04	%
Lehman Municipal Bond Index	3.52	%	4.43	%	5.59	%	5.71	%

Performance data quoted represent past performance and are no guarantee of future returns. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, and current performance information is on the Parnassus website (www.parnassus.com). Before investing, an investor should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund and should carefully read the prospectus which contains this information. The prospectus is on the Parnassus website or you can get one by calling (800) 999-3505. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns shown in the table do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of shares. The Lehman Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index of fixed-income securities and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. An index doesn’t take expenses into account, but mutual fund returns do.

2005 Review

This was a challenging year for the Fund. We underperformed our index because we expected interest rates to rise and kept our duration short, which would have shielded us from losses. The average duration of the Fund was about six years during the fourth quarter, versus approximately seven to nine years for most of our peers. Simply put, duration measures how much in percentage terms a bond price will move for a 1% change in interest rates. Because of this effect, a short-duration portfolio is less risky than a long-duration portfolio.

When planning for 2005, we thought rates would rise evenly across the yield curve, but they did not. Instead, short-term rates increased while long-term rates basically did not change. This means that our relatively short-term portfolio suffered losses

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¹ Composition and sector weightings are based on total investments, rather than net assets. Sector distribution and portfolio characteristics are subject to change.

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greater than our peers. Meanwhile, our peers were collecting higher current yields on their longer-duration funds, as compensation for the higher risk of their portfolios.

Outlook

At its last meeting, the Federal Reserve Board stated that the number of additional rate increases “probably would not be large.” We interpret this to mean that the target Fed Funds rate will increase from its current level of 4.25%, but will likely not exceed 4.75%. This is good news for our portfolio because it signals the end of rising short-term rates, which hurt the Fund’s total return in 2005.

A more uncertain issue is the future level of long-term rates. At the end of 2005, the 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.39%, which was virtually unchanged from a year before. The fact that long-term rates have stayed constant while short-term rates have risen dramatically is indeed a “conundrum,” to borrow Alan Greenspan’s description. The effect of this conundrum is a relatively flat yield curve, where short- and long-term bonds have similar yields even though the longer bonds carry more risk.

For the next twelve months, our analysis indicates that long-term rates will rise as investors focus on the risk of higher inflation, especially in the face of increasing energy and housing costs. At the same time, short-term rates should remain fairly constant, given the above mentioned statement by the Federal Reserve Board. An increase in the “spread” between short- and long-term interest rates will benefit our portfolio relative to our peers because we are skewed toward the shorter end of the yield curve.

Thank you for investing in the Fund.

Yours truly,

Ben Allen

Portfolio Manager

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FUND EXPENSES (UNAUDITED)

As a shareholder of the funds, you incur ongoing costs, which include portfolio-management fees, administrative fees, shareholder reports, and other fund expenses. The funds do not charge transaction fees, so you do not incur transaction costs such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees. The information on this page is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs of investing in the funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The following example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the most recent six-month period and held for the period of July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005.

Actual Expenses

In the example below, the first line for each fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of each fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the fund’s actual return. You may compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund with other mutual funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.

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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight only your ongoing costs in these funds. Therefore, the second line of each fund is useful in comparing only ongoing costs and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning other mutual funds, which may include transactional costs such as loads.

	Beginning Account Value July 1, 2005		Ending Account Value December 31, 2005		Expenses Paid During Period*
The Equity Income Fund: Actual         Hypothetical (5% before expenses)	$ $	1,000.00 1,000.00	$ $	1,035.39 1,020.10	$ $	5.05 5.01
The Fixed-Income Fund: Actual         Hypothetical (5% before expenses)	$ $	1,000.00 1,000.00	$ $	1,006.21 1,021.31	$ $	3.77 3.80
The California Tax-Exempt Fund: Actual         Hypothetical (5% before expenses)	$ $	1,000.00 1,000.00	$ $	1,001.74 1,021.66	$ $	3.41 3.45

* Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.99%, 0.75%, and 0.68% for Equity Income Fund, Fixed-Income Fund and California Tax-Exempt Fund, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of the Parnassus Income Funds:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the Parnassus Income Funds (the “Trust”), formerly the Parnassus Income Trust, (comprising the Equity Income Fund, Fixed-Income Fund and California Tax-Exempt Fund), including the portfolios of investments, as of December 31, 2005, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2005, by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the funds constituting the Parnassus Income Funds as of December 31, 2005, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

San Francisco, California

February 3, 2006

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THE EQUITY INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005

Shares	Common Stocks	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	BANKS
750,000	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.			$	29,767,500
375,000	Wachovia Corp.				19,822,500
400,000	Wells Fargo & Co.				25,132,000
		8.1	%	$	74,722,000
	BIOTECHNOLOGY
100,000	Amgen Inc.1			$	7,886,000
525,000	Invitrogen Corp.1, 2				34,986,000
		4.7	%	$	42,872,000
	COMPUTERS
200,000	International Business Machines Corp.			$	16,440,000
775,000	RadiSys Corp.1, 2				13,438,500
		3.3	%	$	29,878,500
	DATA PROCESSING SERVICES
500,000	Automatic Data Processing Inc.	2.5	%	$	22,945,000
	ELECTRIC MOTORS
100,000	Baldor Electric Co.2	0.3	%	$	2,565,000
	ELECTRONICS
300,000	Electro Scientific Industries Inc.1, 2			$	7,245,000
1,250,000	Vishay Intertechnology Inc.1, 2				17,200,000
		2.7	%	$	24,445,000
	ENTERTAINMENT
650,500	Cedar Fair, L.P. .2	2.0	%	$	18,565,270
	FOOD PRODUCTS
50,000	McCormick & Co.			$	1,546,000
500,000	Sysco Corp.				15,525,000
		1.9	%	$	17,071,000
	HAND & MACHINE TOOLS
275,000	The Stanley Works 2	1.5	%	$	13,211,000
	HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS
600,000	Johnson & Johnson	4.0	%	$	36,060,000
	HEALTHCARE SERVICES
396,304	Emdeon Corp.1, 2	0.4	%	$	3,352,732

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 17

THE EQUITY INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005 continued

Shares	Common Stocks	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	HOME PRODUCTS
400,000	Proctor & Gamble Co.			$	23,152,000
760,000	WD-40 Co.2				19,957,600
		4.8	%	$	43,109,600
	INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING
400,000	3M Co.			$	31,000,000
145,800	Teleflex Inc.2				9,474,084
		4.5	%	$	40,474,084
	INSURANCE
250,000	AFLAC Inc.			$	11,605,000
250,000	HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.				7,420,000
		2.1	%	$	19,025,000
	INSURANCE BROKERAGE
700,000	Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.2	2.4	%	$	21,616,000
	INTERNET
450,000	eBay Inc.1	2.1	%	$	19,462,500
	MACHINERY
50,000	Graco Inc.	0.2	%	$	1,824,000
	MEDIA
225,000	McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.	1.3	%	$	11,616,750
	MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
100,000	Dentsply International Inc.	0.6	%	$	5,369,000
	NATURAL GAS
326,500	Energen Corp.2			$	11,858,480
75,000	ONEOK, Inc.2				1,997,250
150,000	Southern Union Co.				3,544,500
		1.9	%	$	17,400,230
	NETWORKING PRODUCTS
1,500,000	Cisco Systems, Inc.1	2.8	%	$	25,680,000
	OFFICE EQUIPMENT
375,000	Avery Dennison Corp.2			$	20,726,250
325,000	Canon Inc.2				19,119,750
400,000	Pitney Bowes Inc.				16,900,000
		6.3	%	$	56,746,000

18 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Shares	Common Stocks	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	OIL & GAS
350,000	Apache Corp.			$	23,982,000
125,000	Devon Energy Corp.				7,817,500
		3.5	%	$	31,799,500
	PHARMACEUTICALS
400,000	Pfizer Inc.	1.0	%	$	9,328,000
	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
15,000	Maguire Properties Inc.	0.1	%	$	463,500
	RETAIL
1,200,000	Ross Stores, Inc.			$	34,680,000
575,000	The Gap, Inc.				10,143,000
375,000	Home Depot, Inc.				15,180,000
225,000	Nautilus Inc.2				4,198,500
450,000	TJX Companies Inc.				10,453,500
		8.1	%	$	74,655,000
	SEMICONDUCTORS
925,000	Integrated Device Technology Inc.1, 2			$	12,191,500
250,000	Intel Corp.				6,240,000
1,150,000	Taiwan Semiconductor
	Manufacturing Co. Ltd.2				11,396,500
250,000	Xilinx, Inc.				6,302,500
		4.0	%	$	36,130,500
	SEMICONDUCTOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
350,000	Credence Systems Corp.1, 2	0.3	%	$	2,436,000
	SERVICES
1,275,000	ServiceMaster Company	1.7	%	$	15,236,250
	SOFTWARE
1,200,000	Mentor Graphics Corp.1, 2	1.4	%	$	12,408,000
	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
625,000	Nokia Corp. (ADR)			$	11,437,500
750,000	Verizon Communications Inc.				22,590,000
		3.8	%	$	34,027,500
	Total investment in common stocks (cost $721,260,728)	84.3	%	$	764,494,916

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 19

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Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005 continued

Shares	Preferred Stocks	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	BANKS
55,439	First Republic Preferred Capital Corp.
	Preferred 8.875%, Series B,
	callable 12/30/2006			$	1,407,042
55,000	Zions Capital Trust B2
	Preferred 8.000%,
	callable 09/01/2007				1,433,300
		0.3	%	$	2,840,342
	HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS
350,000	Baxter International Inc.
	Preferred 7.000%,
	convertible 02/16/2006	2.1	%	$	18,812,500
	NATURAL GAS
325,000	ONEOK , Inc.
	Preferred 8.500%,
	convertible 02/16/2006	1.2	%	$	10,556,000
	Total investment in preferred stocks (cost $28,192,946)	3.6	%	$	32,208,842
Principal Amount $	Convertible Bonds
	COMPUTERS
1,660,000	Radisys Corp.
	1.375%, due 11/15/20232	0.2	%	$	1,514,750
	ELECTRONICS
30,000,000	Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
	3.625%, due 08/01/20232	3.1	%	$	29,250,000
	FINANCIAL SERVICES
1,000,000	E*trade Financial Corp.
	6.000%, due 02/01/20072	0.1	%	$	1,010,000
	HEALTH CARE SERVICES
22,000,000	Emdeon Corp.
	1.750%, due 06/15/20232	2.0	%	$	17,902,500
	SEMICONDUCTORS
10,000,000	Agere Systems, Inc.
	6.500%, due 12/15/2009	1.1	%	$	9,837,500

20 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Principal Amount $	Convertible Bonds	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	SEMICONDUCTOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
12,500,000	Credence Systems Corp.
	1.500%, due 05/15/2008			$	11,125,000
3,500,000	Veeco Instruments Inc.
	4.125%, due 12/21/2008 2				3,285,624
		1.6	%	$	14,410,624
	SOFTWARE
17,637,000	Mentor Graphics Corp.
	6.875%, due 06/15/2007			$	17,526,769
9,586,000	Mentor Graphics Corp.
	5.941% (resets quarterly),
	due 08/06/2023				8,706,964
		2.9	%	$	26,233,733
	Total investment in convertible bonds (cost $99,972,150)	11.0	%	$	100,159,107
	Total investment in stocks and convertible bonds (cost $849,425,824)	98.9	%	$	896,862,865
	Short-Term Investments
	Certificates of Deposit 3
100,000	Community Bank of the Bay
	3.630%, matures 08/24/2006	0.0	%	$	97,413
	Registered Investment Companies—Money Market Funds
1,010,305	Evergreen U.S. Government Fund
	variable rate, 3.950%			$	1,010,305
97,464	Goldman Sachs FS Government Fund
	variable rate, 4.120%				97,464
27,834	Janus Government Fund
	variable rate, 4.160%				27,834
117,092	Scudder Government Fund
	variable rate 4.050%				117,092
31	SSGA U.S Government Fund
	variable rate, 3.880%				31
		0.2	%	$	1,252,726

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 21

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Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005 continued

Principal Amount $	Short-Term Investments	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	Community Development Loans3
100,000	Boston Community Loan Fund
	2.000%, matures 06/30/2006			$	97,025
100,000	Ecologic Finance
	2.000%, matures 01/25/2006				99,590
100,000	Vermont Community Loan Fund
	2.000%, matures 04/16/2006				98,258
		0.0	%	$	294,873
	Securities Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending
	Registered Investment Companies
91,324,258	State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio
	variable rate, 4.230%	10.1	%	$	91,324,258
	Total investment in short-term securities (cost $92,969,270)	10.3	%	$	92,969,270
	Total securities (cost $849,425,824)	109.2	%	$	989,832,135
	Payable upon return of securities loaned	–10.1	%	$	(91,324,258	)
	Other assets and liabilities – net	0.9	%		8,335,835
	Total net assets	100.0	%	$	906,843,712

1 These securities are non-income producing securities.

2 This security or partial position of this security was on loan at December 31, 2005 (Note 1). The total value of securities on loan at December 31, 2005 was $88,542,622.

3 Market value adjustments have been applied to these securities to reflect early withdrawal.

Fund will vary over time.

Fund shares are not FDIC insured.

22 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

THE EQUITY INCOME FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

as of December 31, 2005

Assets
Investments in securities, at market value (identified cost $849,425,824)	$	896,862,865
Temporary investments in short-term securities (at amortized cost which approximates market value)		92,969,270
Cash		478,169
Receivables:
Dividends and interest		1,165,316
Investment securities sold		8,811,072
Capital shares sold		1,021,189
Other assets		22,224
Total assets	$	1,001,330,105
Liabilities
Payable upon return of loaned securities		91,324,258
Capital shares redeemed		2,221,811
Fees payable to Parnassus Investments		475,773
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		464,551
Total liabilities	$	94,486,393
Net assets	$	906,843,712
Net assets consist of
Undistributed net investment income		2,628,318
Unrealized appreciation on securities		47,437,041
Accumulated net realized gain		1,858,428
Capital paid-in		854,919,925
Total net assets	$	906,843,712
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net asset value and redemption price per share ($906,843,712 divided by 37,756,503 shares)	$	24.02

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 23

THE EQUITY INCOME FUND

Statement of Operations

Year ended December 31, 2005

Investment income
Dividends (net of foreign tax witholding of $19,235)	$	21,532,335
Interest		3,036,122
Securities lending		144,744
Other income		5,107
Total investment income	$	24,718,308
Expenses
Investment advisory fees (note 5)		6,202,047
Transfer agent fees (note 5)		430,363
Fund administration (note 5)		651,340
Service provider fees (note 5)		1,973,660
Reports to shareholders		320,740
Registration fees and expenses		81,886
Custody fees		58,923
Professional fees		156,156
Trustee fees and expenses		47,881
Other expenses		149,342
Total expenses	$	10,072,338
Fees waived by Parnassus Investments (note 5)		(719,987	)
Expense offset (note 6)		(6,571	)
Net expenses	$	9,345,780
Net investment income	$	15,372,528
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions	$	54,405,759
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities		(43,978,912	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on securities	$	10,426,847
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	25,799,375

24 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

THE EQUITY INCOME FUND

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

	Year Ended December 31, 2005			Year Ended December 31, 2004
Income (loss) from operations
Net investment income	$	15,372,528		$	11,928,154
Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions		54,405,759			20,107,046
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(43,978,912	)		38,007,995
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations	$	25,799,375		$	70,043,195
Distributions
From net investment income		(31,885,584	)		(17,436,082	)
From realized capital gains		(29,345,893	)		(21,462,046	)
Dividends to shareholders	$	(61,231,477	)	$	(38,898,128	)
From capital share transactions
Increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions		47,861,166			233,020,302
Increase (decrease) in net assets	$	12,429,064		$	264,165,369
Net assets
Beginning of period		894,414,648			630,249,279
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $2,628,318 and $266,831 respectively)	$	906,843,712		$	894,414,648

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 25

THE FIXED - INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005

Principal Amount $	Corporate Bonds	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	BANKS
500,000	Bank One Corp.
	Notes, 6.000%, due 02/17/2009	1.1	%	$	512,127
	ELECTRONICS
2,300,000	Cymer Inc.1
	Notes, 3.500%, due 02/15/2009			$	2,251,125
2,400,000	Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
	Notes, 3.625%, due 08/01/2023				2,340,000
		10.0	%	$	4,591,125
	FINANCIAL SERVICES
500,000	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
	Notes, 6.650%, due 05/15/2009			$	525,442
500,000	Wells Fargo Financial Inc.
	Notes, 6.850%, due 07/15/2009				530,198
		2.3	%	$	1,055,640
	RETAIL
400,000	Target Corp.
	Notes, 7.500%, due 08/15/2010	1.0	%	$	442,412
	Total investment in corporate bonds (cost $6,519,016)	14.4	%	$	6,601,304
Shares	Preferred Stocks
	NATURAL GAS
55,000	ONEOK , Inc.
	Preferred, 8.500%, convertible 02/16/2006			$	1,786,400
	Total investment in preferred stock (cost $1,680,283)	3.9	%	$	1,786,400

26 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Principal Amount $	U.S. Government Agency Securities	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
3,000,000	Fannie Mae
	5.125%, due 04/22/2013			$	2,958,048
1,000,000	Federal Home Loan Bank System
	5.000%, due 05/28/2015				974,001
	Total investment in U.S. Government Agency securities (cost $4,000,000)	8.6	%	$	3,932,049
	Total investment in long-term securities (cost $12,199,299)	26.9	%	$	12,319,753
	Short-Term Investments
	U.S. Government Agency
	Discount Notes
1,000,000	Federal Home Loan
	Mortgage Corporation
	Zero Coupon,
	4.434%, equivalent,
	matures 02/22/2006			$	993,787
2,500,000	Federal Home Loan
	Mortgage Corporation
	Zero Coupon,
	4.220%, equivalent,
	matures 01/31/2006				2,491,088
10,000,000	Federal National Mortgage Association
	Zero Coupon,
	4.208%, equivalent,
	matures 02/27/2006				9,931,528
5,000,000	Federal National Mortgage Association
	Zero Coupon,
	4.440%, equivalent,
	matures 01/25/2006				4,985,521
10,000,000	Federal National Mortgage Association
	Zero Coupon,
	4.170%, equivalent,
	matures 01/17/2006				9,980,308
1,000,000	Federal National Mortgage Association
	Zero Coupon,
	4.035%, equivalent,
	matures 01/04/2006				999,551
		64.0	%	$	29,381,783

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 27

THE FIXED - INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005 continued

Principal Amount $		Short-Term Investments	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
		Registered Investment Companies— Money Market Funds
1,010,305		Evergreen U.S. Government Fund
		variable rate, 3.950%			$	1,010,305
291,442		Goldman Sachs FS Government Fund
		variable rate, 4.120%				291,442
144,268		Janus Government Fund
		variable rate, 4.160%				144,268
1,302		Scudder Government Fund
		variable rate, 4.050%				1,302
1,379,706		SSGA U.S. Government Fund
		variable rate, 3.880%				1,379,706
			6.2	%	$	2,827,023
		Securities Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending
		Registered Investment Companies
101,250		State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio
		variable rate, 4.230%	0.2	%	$	101,250
		Total investment in short-term securities (cost $32,310,056)	70.4	%	$	32,310,056
	��	Total securities (cost $44,509,355)	97.3	%	$	44,629,809
		Payable upon return of securities loaned	– 0.2	%	$	(101,250	)
		Other assets and liabilities – net	2.9	%		1,350,055
		Total net assets	100.0	%	$	45,878,614

1 This security or partial position of this security was on loan at December 31, 2005 (Note 1). The total value of securities on loan at December 31, 2005 was $99,188.

Fund will vary over time.

Fund shares are not FDIC insured.

28 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

THE FIXED - INCOME FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

as of December 31, 2005

Assets
Investments in securities, at market value (identified cost $12,199,299)	$	12,319,753
Temporary investments in short-term securities (at amortized cost which approximates market value)		32,310,056
Cash		1,225,752
Receivables:
Dividends and interest		148,179
Capital shares sold		41,042
Other assets		1,547
Total assets	$	46,046,329
Liabilities
Payable upon return of loaned securities		101,250
Capital shares redeemed		18,858
Fees payable to Parnassus Investments		25,373
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		22,234
Total liabilities	$	167,715
Net assets	$	45,878,614
Net assets consist of
Undistributed net investment income		—
Unrealized appreciation on securities		120,454
Accumulated net realized loss		(8,879	)
Capital paid-in		45,767,039
Total net assets	$	45,878,614
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net asset value and redemption price per share ($45,878,614 divided by 2,905,413 shares)	$	15.79

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 29

THE FIXED - INCOME FUND

Statement of Operations

Year ended December 31, 2005

Investment income
Dividends	$	200,932
Interest		1,359,059
Securities lending		611
Total investment income	$	1,560,602
Expenses
Investment advisory fees (note 5)		205,770
Transfer agent fees (note 5)		53,660
Fund administration (note 5)		28,396
Service provider fees (note 5)		38,132
Reports to shareholders		24,379
Registration fees and expenses		33,937
Custody fees		4,641
Professional fees		14,351
Trustee fees and expenses		1,803
Other expenses		10,424
Total expenses	$	415,493
Fees waived by Parnassus Investments (note 5)		(105,813	)
Expense offset (note 6)		(857	)
Net expenses	$	308,823
Net investment income	$	1,251,779
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions	$	(8,879	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities		(239,981	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on securities	$	(248,860	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	1,002,919

30 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

THE FIXED - INCOME FUND

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

	Year Ended December 31, 2005			Year Ended December 31, 2004
Income (loss) from operations
Net investment income	$	1,251,779		$	755,834
Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions		(8,879	)		161,083
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(239,981	)		(168,658	)
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations	$	1,002,919		$	748,259
Distributions
From net investment income		(1,263,108	)		(755,834	)
From realized capital gains		—			(222,827	)
Return of capital		—			(71,829	)
Dividends to shareholders	$	(1,263,108	)	$	(1,050,490	)
From capital share transactions
Increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions		7,934,016			4,409,201
Increase (decrease) in net assets	$	7,673,827		$	4,106,970
Net assets
Beginning of period		38,204,787			34,097,817
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $0 and $0 respectively)	$	45,878,614		$	38,204,787

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 31

THE CALIFORNIA TAX - EXEMPT FUND

Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005

Principal Amount $	Municipal Bonds	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	AIRPORT
1,000,000	San Francisco City & County
	Airport Commission
	FGIC Insured,
	5.000%, due 05/01/2010	4.9	%	$	1,064,180
	DEVELOPMENT
800,000	State of California
	5.000%, due 07/01/2016			$	849,192
500,000	California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank
	5.000%, due 10/01/2012				542,465
1,000,000	Indian Wells Redevelopment Agency AMBAC Insured,
	4.500%, due 09/01/2011				1,049,300
600,000	La Quinta Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation MBIA Insured,
	7.300%, due 09/01/2011				711,630
425,000	Rialto Redevelopment Agency
	4.500%, due 09/01/2013				436,076
860,000	Rialto Redevelopment Agency
	4.000%, due 09/01/2007				861,608
625,000	San Mateo Redevelopment Agency XLCA Insured,
	4.200%, due 08/01/2023				620,375
		23.3	%	$	5,070,646
	EDUCATION
200,000	Sweetwater Union High School District
	4.250%, due 09/01/2017	0.9	%	$	198,358
	GENERAL
1,000,000	Abag Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps
	4.250%, due 11/15/2012	4.7	%	$	1,019,640
	GENERAL OBLIGATION
700,000	State of California
	6.100%, due 10/01/2009			$	762,965
1,000,000	State of California
	6.600%, due 02/01/2009				1,089,220
		8.6	%	$	1,852,185

32 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Principal Amount $	Municipal Bonds	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	HOUSING
910,000	California Statewide Communities Development Authority ACA Insured,
	4.500%, due 08/01/2010			$	920,465
1,000,000	California State Public Works Board FSA Insured,
	5.375%, due 10/01/2013				1,102,170
960,000	California State Public Works Board
	5.500%, due 12/01/2009				1,025,510
		14.1	%	$	3,048,145
	MEDICAL HEALTHCARE
300,000	California Health Facilities Financing Authority
	5.000%, due 07/01/2009			$	314,055
500,000	Loma Linda Hospital
	4.500%, due 12/01/2018				495,155
415,000	Loma Linda Hospital AMBAC Insured,
	4.850%, due 12/01/2010				440,232
		5.8	%	$	1,249,442
	POWER
1,100,000	California State Department of Water Resources
	5.500%, due 05/01/2009	5.4	%	$	1,168,024
	SCHOOL DISTRICT
450,000	Los Altos School District
	5.250%, due 08/01/2010			$	485,162
440,000	Los Angeles Unified School District FGIC Insured,
	5.500%, due 07/01/2013				479,697
450,000	Morgan Hill Unified School District FGIC Insured,
	4.900%, due 08/01/2013				478,076
410,000	Sacramento City Unified School District
	5.750%, due 07/01/2017				450,877
		8.8	%	$	1,893,812

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 33

THE CALIFORNIA TAX - EXEMPT FUND

Portfolio of Investments

as of December 31, 2005 continued

Principal Amount $	Municipal Bonds	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
	TRANSPORTATION
300,000	Bay Area Toll Authority AMBAC Insured,
	2.870%, due 04/01/2025			$	300,000
1,000,000	Contra Costa Transportation Authority FGIC Insured,
	4.000%, due 03/01/2009				1,021,990
250,000	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority AMBAC Insured,
	5.000%, due 07/01/2013				262,073
260,000	San Francisco Bay Area Transit Financing Authority Prerefunded
	5.250%, due 07/01/2013				275,184
140,000	San Francisco Bay Area Transit Financing Authority Unrefunded
	5.250%, due 07/01/2013				147,728
		9.3	%	$	2,006,975
	UTILITIES
200,000	City of Los Angeles CA FGIC Insured,
	5.000%, due 06/01/2011			$	210,214
1,000,000	San Francisco City & County Public Utilities Commission MBIA Insured,
	5.000%, due 10/01/2009				1,058,930
		5.9	%	$	1,269,144
	WATER
215,000	California State Department of Water Resources
	5.125%, due 12/01/2016			$	228,349
185,000	California State Department of Water Resources
	5.125%, due 12/01/2016				195,958
500,000	Central Coast Water Authority AMBAC Insured,
	5.000%, due 10/01/2016				515,890

34 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Principal Amount $	Municipal Bonds	Percent of Net Assets		Market Value
350,000	Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
	5.250%, due 07/01/2015				363,888
		6.0	%	$	1,304,085
	Total investments in municipal bonds (cost $20,889,735)	97.7	%	$	21,144,636
	Short-Term Investments
	Registered Investment Companies—Money Market Funds
265,954	California Investment Trust Tax Free Fund
	variable rate, 2.570%			$	265,954
4,583	Goldman Sachs California Tax-Exempt Fund
	variable rate, 2.880%				4,583
	Total investment in short-term securities (cost $270,537)	1.3	%	$	270,537
	Total securities (cost $21,160,272)	99.0	%	$	21,415,173
	Other assets and liabilities – net	1.0	%		219,538
	Total net assets	100.0	%	$	21,634,711

Fund Holdings will vary over time.

Fund shares are not FDIC insured.

Glossary of Terms

ACA	ACA Financial Guaranty Corp.
AMBAC	American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.
FGIC	Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FSA	Financial Security Assistance
MBIA	Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp.
XLCA	XL Capital Assurance Inc.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 35

THE CALIFORNIA TAX - EXEMPT FUND

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

as of December 31, 2005

Assets
Investments in securities, at market value (identified cost $20,889,735)	$	21,144,636
Temporary investments in short-term securities (at amortized cost which approximates market value)		270,537
Receivables:
Dividends and interest		287,027
Other assets		978
Total assets	$	21,703,178
Liabilities
Capital shares redeemed		46,063
Fees payable to Parnassus Investments		5,809
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		16,595
Total liabilities	$	68,467
Net assets	$	21,634,711
Net assets consist of
Undistributed net investment income		959
Unrealized appreciation on securities		254,901
Accumulated net realized gain		10,832
Capital paid-in		21,368,019
Total net assets	$	21,634,711
Computation of net asset value and offering price per share
Net asset value and redemption price per share ($21,634,711 divided by 1,300,323 shares)	$	16.64

36 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

THE CALIFORNIA TAX - EXEMPT FUND

Statement of Operations

Year ended December 31, 2005

Investment income
Interest	$	856,168
Total investment income	$	856,168
Expenses
Investment advisory fees (note 5)		115,828
Transfer agent fees (note 5)		12,747
Fund administration (note 5)		15,990
Service provider fees (note 5)		31,896
Reports to shareholders		7,686
Registration fees and expenses		1,287
Custody fees		2,201
Professional fees		12,105
Trustee fees and expenses		1,543
Other expenses		10,635
Total expenses	$	211,918
Fees waived by Parnassus Investments (note 5)		(54,426	)
Net expenses	$	157,492
Net investment income	$	698,676
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions	$	80,253
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities		(642,709	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on securities	$	(562,456	)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	136,220

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 37

THE CALIFORNIA TAX - EXEMPT FUND

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

	Year Ended December 31, 2005			Year Ended December 31, 2004
Income (loss) from operations
Net investment income	$	698,676		$	714,362
Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions		80,253			—
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(642,709	)		(36,967	)
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations	$	136,220		$	677,395
Distributions
From net investment income		(698,991	)		(718,553	)
From realized capital gains		(69,608	)		(22,133	)
Dividends to shareholders	$	(768,599	)	$	(740,686	)
From capital share transactions
Increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions		(3,326,713	)		832,566
Increase (decrease) in net assets	$	(3,959,092	)	$	769,275
Net assets
Beginning of period		25,593,803			24,824,528
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $959 and $5,021 respectively)	$	21,634,711		$	25,593,803

38 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The Parnassus Income Funds (the “Trust”), formerly The Parnassus Income Trust, organized on August 8,1990 as a Massachusetts Business Trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a diversified, open-end investment management company comprised of three separate funds (the “funds”), each offering separate shares. The Trust began operations on August 31, 1992.

Securities Valuations

Equity securities that are listed or traded on a national securities exchange are stated at market value, based on recorded closing sales on the exchange or on the Nasdaq’s National Market System official closing price. In the absence of a recorded sale, and for over-the-counter securities, equity securities are stated at the mean between the last recorded bid and asked prices. Long-term, fixed-income securities are valued each business day using prices based on procedures established by independent pricing services and approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). Fixed-income securities with an active market are valued at the “bid” price where such quotes are readily available from brokers and dealers, and are representative of the actual market for such securities. Other fixed-income securities experiencing a less active market are valued as determined by the pricing services based on methods which include consideration of trading in securities of comparable yield, quality, coupon, maturity and type, as well as indications as to values from dealers and other market data without exclusive reliance upon quoted prices or over-the-counter prices, since such valuations are believed to reflect more accurately the value of such securities. Short-term investments in U.S. Government Agency discount notes, certificates of deposit and community development loans are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments in registered investment companies are valued at their net asset value.

Investments where market quotations are not readily available are priced at their fair value, in accordance with procedures established by the Trustees. In determining fair value, the Trustees may consider a variety of information including, but not limited to, the following: price based upon a multiple of earnings or sales, fundamental analytical data, and an evaluation of market conditions. A valuation adjustment is applied to certificates of deposit and community development loans as an estimate of potential penalties for early withdrawal.

Federal Income Taxes

The Trust intends to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all taxable and tax-exempt income to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Income distributions and capital-gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED

Securities Transactions

Securities transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses on securities transactions are determined on the basis of first-in, first-out for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.

Dividends to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the record date. The Equity Income Fund pays income dividends quarterly and capital-gain dividends annually. The Fixed-Income and California Tax-Exempt Funds pay income dividends monthly and capital-gain dividends annually.

Investment Income and Expenses

Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the lives of the respective securities using the constant yield method, which approximates the interest method. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis.

Securities Lending

The Equity Income Fund and the Fixed-Income Fund lend securities to approved financial institutions to earn additional income and receive cash and/or securities as collateral to secure the loans. Collateral is maintained at not less than 102% of the value of loaned securities. Although the risk of lending is mitigated by the collateral, the funds could experience a delay in recovering securities and a possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them.

Repurchase Agreements

Collateral from securities lending may include investments in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government obligations or other securities. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by the funds’ custodian bank until maturity of the repurchase agreements. Provisions of the agreements ensure that the market value of the collateral is sufficient in the event of default; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreements, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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2. Tax Matters and Distributions

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 were as follows:

	Equity Income Fund				Fixed- Income Fund				California Tax- Exempt Fund
From	2005		2004		2005		2004		2005		2004
Ordinary income	$	31,885,584	$	21,011,990	$	1,251,779	$	755,834	$	—	$	—
Tax-exempt income		—		—		—		—		698,991		719,079
Long-term capital gains		29,345,893		17,886,138		—		222,827		69,608		21,607
	$	61,231,477	$	38,898,128	$	1,251,779	$	978,661	$	768,599	$	740,686
Return of capital		—		—		—		71,829		—		—
Total distributions	$	61,231,477	$	38,898,128	$	1,251,779	$	1,050,490	$	768,599	$	740,686

At December 31, 2005, the cost of investments in securities excluding temporary investments, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation), distributable earnings, and undistributed earnings, for income tax purposes were as follows:

	Equity Income Fund			Fixed- Income Fund			California Tax- Exempt Fund
Cost of investment	$	849,837,046		$	12,199,299		$	20,889,735
Unrealized appreciation	$	55,552,672		$	227,458		$	322,667
Unrealized depreciation		(8,526,853	)		(107,004	)		(67,766	)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)	$	47,025,819		$	120,454		$	254,901
Distributable earnings – ordinary income	$	31,818,993		$	1,251,779			—
Distributable earnings – tax-exempt income		—			—		$	697,530
Distributable earnings – long-term capital gains	$	29,345,893			—		$	69,608
Undistributed – ordinary income	$	1,198,058			—			—
Undistributed earnings – tax-exempt income		—			—		$	959
Undistributed earnings – long-term capital gains	$	2,269,650			—		$	10,832

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Net investment income differs for financial statements and tax purposes primarily due to income recognition differences for Equity Income Fund’s investment in a partnership and differing treatments of bond discounts. Net realized gains differ for financial statements and tax purposes primarily due to differing treatments of wash sales and bond discounts.

Permanent differences incurred during the year ended December 31, 2005, resulting from differences in book and tax accounting, that have been reclassified at year- end to undistributed net investment income, undistributed net realized gain (loss) and capital paid-in were as follows:

Fund	Undistributed Net Investment Income			Undistributed Net Realized Gain (Loss)			Capital Paid-in
Equity Income Fund	$	18,874,543		$	(18,874,543	)	$	—
Fixed-Income Fund	$	11,329		$	—		$	(11,329	)
California Tax-Exempt Fund	$	(3,747	)	$	187		$	3,560

3. Capital Stock

Equity Income Fund: As of December 31, 2005, there were an unlimited number of authorized shares of capital stock, no par value. Paid-in capital aggregated $854,919,925. Transactions in capital stock (shares) were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31, 2005					Year Ended December 31, 2004
	Shares		Amount			Shares		Amount
Shares sold	10,778,103		$	265,932,798		16,399,818		$	399,938,907
Shares issued through dividend reinvestment	2,436,068			59,492,176		1,493,344			36,552,477
Shares repurchased	(11,238,235	)		(277,563,808	)	(8,375,092	)		(203,471,082	)
Net increase (decrease)	1,975,936		$	47,861,166		9,518,070		$	233,020,302

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Fixed-Income Fund: As of December 31, 2005, there were an unlimited number of authorized shares of capital stock, no par value. Paid-in capital aggregated $45,767,039. Transactions in capital stock (shares) were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31, 2005					Year Ended December 31, 2004
	Shares		Amount			Shares		Amount
Shares sold	1,090,481		$	17,334,116		772,208		$	12,333,370
Shares issued through dividend reinvestment	69,617			1,105,286		57,474			913,210
Shares repurchased	(661,531	)		(10,505,386	)	(554,100	)		(8,837,379	)
Net increase (decrease)	498,567		$	7,934,016		275,582		$	4,409,201

California Tax-Exempt Fund: As of December 31, 2005, there were an unlimited number of authorized shares of capital stock, no par value. Paid-in capital aggregated $21,368,019. Transactions in capital stock (shares) were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31, 2005					Year Ended December 31, 2004
	Shares		Amount			Shares		Amount
Shares sold	137,761		$	2,324,658		245,943		$	4,209,312
Shares issued through dividend reinvestment	40,694			684,185		38,113			649,799
Shares repurchased	(375,019	)		(6,335,556	)	(235,836	)		(4,026,545	)
Net increase (decrease)	(196,564	)	$	(3,326,713	)	48,220		$	832,566

4. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2005 were as follows:

		Purchases		Sales
Equity Income Fund		$	1,010,208,902	$	1,006,477,394
Fixed-Income Fund		$	4,628,000	$	3,775,182
California Tax-Exempt Fund	��	$	2,976,063	$	5,349,216

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5. Investment Advisory Agreement and Transactions with Affiliates

Under terms of an agreement which provides for furnishing investment management and advice to the funds, Parnassus Investments is entitled to receive fees payable monthly, based on each fund’s average daily net assets for the month, at the following annual rates:

Equity Income Fund: 0.75% of the first $30,000,000, 0.70% of the next $70,000,000 and 0.65% of the amount above $100,000,000. Fixed-Income Fund and California Tax-Exempt Fund: 0.50% of the first $200,000,000, 0.45% of the next $200,000,000 and 0.40% of the amount above $400,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2005, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee through May 1, 2006 to the extent necessary to limit total operating expenses to 0.99% of net assets for the Equity Income Fund, 0.87% of net assets for the Fixed-Income Fund and 0.75% of net assets for the California Tax-Exempt Fund.

As a result of fee waivers, including additional voluntary waivers of 0.12% for Fixed-Income Fund and 0.07% for California Tax-Exempt Fund, the following were actually charged for the year ended December 31, 2005. For the Equity Income Fund, the investment advisory fee was 0.58% and Parnassus Investments received net advisory fees totaling $5,482,060. For the Fixed-Income Fund, the investment advisory fee was 0.24% and Parnassus Investments received net advisory fees totaling $99,957. For the California Tax-Exempt Fund, the investment advisory fee was 0.26% and Parnassus Investments received net advisory fees totaling $61,402.

Parnassus Investments receives fees under terms of a separate agreement which provides for furnishing transfer agent and fund administration services to the funds. The transfer agent fee was $2.70 per month per account plus any out-of-pocket expenses. The funds pay the monthly fee based on the number of accounts on record at each month-end. The fund administration reflects annual rates based on net assets for all funds managed by Parnassus Investments and was allocated based on respective fund net assets. The annualized fund administration services fee was 0.07% of average net assets under this new agreement for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Parnassus Investments may also arrange for third parties to provide certain services, including account maintenance, recordkeeping and other personal services to their clients who invest in the funds. For these services, the funds may pay service providers an aggregate service fee on investment accounts at a rate not to exceed 0.25% per annum of average daily net assets.

Jerome L. Dodson is the president of the Trust and is the president and majority stock-holder of Parnassus Investments.

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6. Expense Offset Arrangement

The funds have entered into an arrangement with the custodian whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances are used to reduce a portion of the custodian fees. During the year ended December 31, 2005, the custodian fees were reduced as indicated in the statement of operations.

7. Geographic and Industry Concentration Risk Factors

The California Tax-Exempt Fund primarily invests in debt obligations issued by the State of California and its political sub-divisions, agencies and public authorities to obtain funds for various public purposes. There are certain risks arising from the concentration of investments in California municipal securities. The California Tax-Exempt Fund is more susceptible to factors adversely affecting issuers of California municipal securities than a fund that is not concentrated in these issuers to the same extent. Uncertain economic conditions or governmental developments may affect the ability of California municipal securities issuers to meet their financial obligations.

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8. Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding, total return and ratios/supplemental data for each of the five years ended December 31 are as follows:

Equity Income Fund

	2005			2004			2003			2002			2001
Net asset value at beginning of period	$	25.00		$	24.00		$	21.20		$	22.50		$	21.48
Income (loss) from operations:
Net investment income(a)		0.41			0.40			0.44			0.49			0.67
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on securities		0.24			1.79			2.85			(1.32	)		1.43
Total income (loss) from investment operations		0.65			2.19			3.29			(0.83	)		2.10
Distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.85	)		(0.56	)		(0.49	)		(0.29	)		(0.45	)
Distributions from net realized gains		(0.78	)		(0.63	)		—			(0.18	)		(0.63	)
Total distributions		(1.63	)		(1.19	)		(0.49	)		(0.47	)		(1.08	)
Net asset value at end of period	$	24.02		$	25.00		$	24.00		$	21.20		$	22.50
Total return		2.62	%		9.30	%		15.69	%		(3.69	%)		9.97	%
Ratios/supplemental data:
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets		1.07	%		1.04	%		0.96	%		1.03	%		1.18	%
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (net of reimbursement and credit offset arrangements)		0.99	%(b)		1.04	%		0.95	%		0.96	%		1.00	%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets		1.63	%		1.63	%		1.95	%		2.29	%		3.10	%
Portfolio turnover rate		109.54	%		79.88	%		79.21	%		42.01	%		86.78	%
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	906,844		$	894,415		$	630,249		$	273,429		$	85,501

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Fixed-Income Fund

	2005			2004			2003			2002			2001
Net asset value at beginning of period	$	15.87		$	16.00		$	15.88		$	14.94		$	14.19
Income (loss) from operations:
Net investment income (a)		0.48			0.33			0.58			0.82			0.87
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on securities		(0.08	)		(0.01	)		0.26			0.95			0.72
Total income (loss) from investment operations		0.40			0.32			0.84			1.77			1.59
Distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.48	)		(0.33	)		(0.65	)		(0.83	)		(0.84	)
Distributions from net realized gains		—			(0.09	)		(0.07	)		—			—
Return of capital		—			(0.03	)		—			—			—
Total distributions		(0.48	)		(0.45	)		(0.72	)		(0.83	)		(0.84	)
Net asset value at end of period	$	15.79		$	15.87		$	16.00		$	15.88		$	14.94
Total return		2.55	%		2.05	%		5.30	%		12.20	%		11.31	%
Ratios/supplemental data:
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets		1.01	%		0.97	%		0.92	%		1.08	%		1.15	%
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (net of reimbursement and credit offset arrangements)		0.75	%(b)		0.75	%		0.62	%		0.81	%		0.83	%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets		3.03	%		2.08	%		3.59	%		5.36	%		5.84	%
Portfolio turnover rate		34.08	%		24.38	%		125.74	%		59.00	%		21.19	%
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	45,879		$	38,205		$	34,098		$	19,092		$	12,947

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California Tax-Exempt Fund

	2005			2004			2003			2002			2001
Net asset value at beginning of period	$	17.10		$	17.14		$	17.19		$	16.61		$	16.90
Income (loss) from operations:
Net investment income(a)		0.50			0.48			0.53			0.59			0.70
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on securities		(0.40	)		(0.02	)		0.12			0.83			(0.18	)
Total income (loss) from investment operations		0.10			0.46			0.65			1.42			0.52
Distributions:
Dividends from net investment income		(0.51	)		(0.48	)		(0.53	)		(0.59	)		(0.70	)
Distributions from net realized gains		(0.05	)		(0.02	)		(0.17	)		(0.25	)		(0.11	)
Total distributions		(0.56	)		(0.50	)		(0.70	)		(0.84	)		(0.81	)
Net asset value at end of period	$	16.64		$	17.10		$	17.14		$	17.19		$	16.61
Total return		0.62	%		2.73	%		3.88	%		8.66	%		3.09	%
Ratios/supplemental data:
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets		0.91	%		0.81	%		0.83	%		0.95	%		0.85	%
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (net of reimbursement and credit offset arrangements)		0.68	%(b)		0.67	%		0.62	%		0.73	%		0.65	%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets		3.01	%		2.82	%		3.08	%		3.45	%		4.19	%
Portfolio turnover rate		13.18	%		—			16.16	%		41.73	%		23.14	%
Net assets, end of period (000’s)	$	21,635		$	25,594		$	24,825		$	26,163		$	18,891

(a) Net investment income per share is based on average daily shares outstanding.

(b) For the year ended December 31, 2005, Parnassus Investments has contractually limited expenses to an annualized rate of 0.99% for the Equity Income Fund, 0.87% for the Fixed-Income Fund and 0.75% for the California Tax-Exempt Fund. Parnassus Investments has also voluntarily limited additional expenses for the Fixed-Income Fund and the California Tax-Exempt Fund (see note 5 for details).

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

Board of Trustees and Officers

Independent Trustees^§

Name	Herbert A. Houston
Age	62
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	Trustee
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since 1992 for Parnassus Income
	Funds. Since 1998 for Parnassus Funds.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Healthcare consultant and owner of serveral small businesses; Chief Executive Officer of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. from 1987 to 1998; Trustee of the Parnassus Funds since 1998 and the Parnassus Income Funds since inception.
Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee	Four
Other Directorships Held by Trustee	None
Name	Jeanie S. Joe
Age	58
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	Trustee
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since October 2004.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	President of Geo/Resource Consultants, a geotechnical and environmental consulting firm, since 1995; director and secretary of Telecommunication Consumer Protection Fund Corporation.
Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee	Four
Other Directorships Held by Trustee	None

§ “Independent” trustees are trustees who are not deemed to be “interested persons” of the funds as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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Name	Donald V. Potter
Age	60
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	Trustee
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since 2002.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	President and owner of Windermere Associates, a consulting firm specializing in business strategy, since 1984.
Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee	Four
Other Directorships Held by Trustee	None

Interested Trustee^†

Name	Jerome L. Dodson††
Age	62
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	President and Trustee
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since 1992 for Parnassus Income Funds. Since 1984 for the Parnassus Funds.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	President and Trustee of the Parnassus Funds and the Parnassus Income Funds since their inceptions; President and Director of Parnassus Investments since June 1984; portfolio manager of the Parnassus Funds since its inception.
Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee	Four
Other Directorships Held by Trustee	None

† An “interested” trustee is a trustee who is deemed to be an “interested person” of the funds, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Jerome L. Dodson is an interested person of the funds because of his ownership in the funds’ investment adviser and because he is an officer of the Trusts.

†† Jerome L. Dodson is the father of Stephen J. Dodson, the Assistant Secretary of the funds.

Additional information about the fund’s Board of Trustees is available in the Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional information is available without charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov) or by calling us at (800) 999-3505.

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Board of Trustees and Officers — continued

Officers (other than Jerome L. Dodson)

Name	Debra A. Early
Age	41
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	Chief Compliance Officer and Treasurer
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since December 2004.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Treasurer of Parnassus Funds and Parnassus Income Funds since 2004 and Chief Compliance Officer since July 2005. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Parnassus Investments since 2004. Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP October 1992 to November 2004.
Name	Todd Ahlsten
Age	33
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	Vice President
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since 2001.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Vice President, Financial Analyst and Director of Research at Parnassus Investments since 1995. Portfolio manager of the Equity Income Fund and Fixed-Income Fund since May 2001.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) CONTINUED

Name	Richard D. Silberman
Age	68
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	Secretary
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since 1986.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Attorney specializing in business law in private practice.
Name	Stephen J. Dodson*
Age	28
Address	One Market – Steuart Tower, Suite 1600
	San Francisco, California 94105
Position(s) Held with Funds	Assistant Secretary
Term of Office and Length of Service	Indefinite. Since 2002.
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Financial Analyst with Morgan Stanley 1999-2001. Associate with Advent International, a venture capital firm 2001-2002. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Parnassus Investments 2002-Present.

* Stephen J. Dodson is the son of Jerome L. Dodson, the President and a trustee of the funds.

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Proxy Disclosures

Parnassus proxy voting policies and procedures are available, without charge, on our website (www.parnassus.com), on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov), and by calling us at (800) 999-3505. On the Parnassus website you can also find a record of our votes cast at shareholder meetings.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The quarterly portfolio holdings are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). The funds’ Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Federal Income Tax Information

For the year ended December 31, 2005, the following percentages of ordinary income distributed by the funds that qualify for the individual qualified dividend income deduction (QDI) and the corporate dividends received deduction (DRD) are as follows:

	QDI		DRD
Parnassus Equity Income Fund	40.73	%	41.06	%
Parnassus Fixed-Income Fund	2.15	%	2.15	%

The distribution from net investment income for the California Tax-Exempt Fund will be treated as exempt income for federal income tax purposes at 100%.

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Item 2: Code of Ethics

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics dated July 22, 2003 that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer (President) and principal financial officer (Treasurer) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005. During the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005 there were no amendments to any provisions of this code of ethics.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board of Trustees of the Parnassus Income Funds determined that Donald Potter, Chairman of the board’s Audit Committee, qualified as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by Form N-CSR. The Trustee’s decision was based on Mr. Potter’s understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), experience applying GAAP, familiarity with internal controls and procedures for financial reporting and understanding of audit committee functions. He gained this knowledge from thirty years of experience as a strategy consultant for major corporations while working at McKinsey & Co. Management Consultants and at his own firm, Windermere Associates. He also spent four years working as a financial executive for a Fortune 500 company. He served as Chairman of the Audit Committee of Media Arts Group and has also served on the Audit Committees of DLJ Direct and Peer Foods. Mr. Potter is a graduate of Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar for finishing in the top 5% of his class. Mr. Potter is an independent trustee.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services

(a) Audit Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 were $59,595 and $89,043 respectively.

(b) Audit-Related Fees

The aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services rendered by the principal accountants that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2005 were $4,100 and $6,000 respectively. Audit-related services relate to providing an internal control letter for affiliated transfer agent operations which are billed to the registrant’s investment advisor.

(c) Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 were $8,594 and $17,502 respectively.

(d) All Other Fees

There were no fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs(a) through (c) of this Item.

(e)(1) The Audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures are as follows:

The audit committee is required to pre-approve all audit services and permitted non-audit services provided by the independent accountants for the Parnassus Fund, affiliated funds, and other services affiliated.

Explicit pre-approval by the Audit Committee Chair shall be required for any individual non-audit engagement to be performed by the independent accountants with estimated fees of $10,000 or less and the Audit Committee Chair shall report such approval to the full audit committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Explicit pre-approval by the full Audit Committee shall be required for any individual non-audit engagement to be performed by the independent accountants with estimated fees in excess of $10,000. Officers of the Funds shall furnish the audit committee at least annually with a listing of all fees paid to the independent accountants including non-audit services performed. For certain non-audit services which are no more than five percent of the total fees paid by the Trust, such fees may be exempted from the required pre-approval process specified above subject to limitations and prompt disclosure of such services when such services are identified, and in all cases approval is required prior to completion.

(e)(2) None

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser act forth in 4(b) and (c) of this Item of $12,694 and $23,502 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005, respectively.

Item 5: Not applicable.

Item 6: Included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

Item 7: Not applicable.

Item 8: Not applicable.

Item 9: Not applicable.

Item 10: For the purposes of this Item, there have not been any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s certifying officers have reasonably designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure material information relating to the registrant is made known to them by others, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared. The registrant’s certifying officers have determined that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report.

(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting, or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls, that occurred during the registrant’s first fiscal half-year, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Item 12: Exhibits attached hereto.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics.

(a)(2) Certification for each principal executive and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) - Filed as an attachment to this filing.

(b) Certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350). A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference – Filed as an attachment to this filing.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Parnassus Income Funds
Date: February 17, 2006	By:	/s/ Jerome L. Dodson
		Jerome L. Dodson President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Date: February 17, 2006	By:	/s/ Jerome L. Dodson
		Jerome L. Dodson President

Date: February 17, 2006	By:	/s/ Debra A. Early
		Debra A. Early Treasurer