0001752724-20-047810.txt : 20200310 0001752724-20-047810.hdr.sgml : 20200310 20200310125153 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-047810 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200310 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200310 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200310 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER SERIES TRUST II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001265389 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21460 FILM NUMBER: 20700729 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 STATE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-422-4947 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 STATE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 0001265389 S000010085 Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund C000027935 Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund: Class A PBMFX C000027937 Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund: Class C MNBCX C000035677 Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund: Class Y PBYMX C000202419 Pioneer AMT-Free Municipal Fund: Class K N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0201 N-CEN LIVE 0001265389 XXXXXXXX 811-21460 true false false N-1A S000010085 true Pioneer Series Trust II 811-21460 0001265389 549300YL3O4P6CF3WW53 60 State Street Boston 02109-1820 US-MA US 617-422-4947 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 50 Post Office Sq. 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Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2019. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Pioneer Series Trust II, and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ ERNST& YOUNG LLP Boston, Massachusetts February 26, 2020