In this paper, the problem of l 2 - l ∞ filtering for a class of discrete-time Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy time-varying delay systems is studied. Our attention is focused on the design of full- and reduced-order filters that guarantee the filtering error system to be asymptotically stable with a prescribed H ∞ performance. Sufficient conditions for the obtained filtering error system are proposed by applying an input-output approach and a two-term approximation method, which is employed to approximate the time-varying delay. The corresponding full- and reduced-order filter design is cast into a convex optimization problem, which can be efficiently solved by standard numerical algorithms. Finally, simulation examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.