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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-01-500110
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010531
FILED AS OF DATE: 20010730
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND II
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000792288
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: []
IRS NUMBER: 046626127
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0531
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: NSAR-B
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04518
FILM NUMBER: 1692351
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 617-292-14
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND /MA/
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920609
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SIGNATURE MICHAEL T. HEALY
TITLE MANAGING DIRECTOR
EX-99
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masstaxex845ltr.txt
July 12, 2001
To the Trustees and Shareholders of Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income
Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Putnam
Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund for the year ended May 31, 2001, we
considered its internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for
the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to
comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on
internal control.
The management of Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund is
responsible for establishing and maintaining internal control. In
fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls.
Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entitys
objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that are
fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud may
occur and may not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of
internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more of the internal control components does not reduce
to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by error or
fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely
period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions. However, we noted no matters involving internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider
to be material weaknesses as defined above as of May 31, 2001.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and the Board of Trustees and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is
not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties.