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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-20-001609
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200531
FILED AS OF DATE: 20200813
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200813
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200813
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND/MA/
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000792288
IRS NUMBER: 046626127
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0531
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04518
FILM NUMBER: 201097934
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND II
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND /MA/
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920609
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BOSTON
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1-800-225-1581
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1-800-225-1581
Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Rules promulgated thereunder are responded to under B.3.a-g
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225 FRANKLIN STREET
BOSTON
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Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Rules promulgated thereunder are responded to under B.3.a-g
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INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
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G.1.a.iii845.txt
INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGISTRANT
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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 (the Fund) as of
and for the year ended May 31, 2020, in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds internal control over
financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding
securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for
the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements
and to comply with the requirements of Form NCEN, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Funds internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we
do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds
internal control over financial reporting.
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 companys 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 generally accepted accounting principles. A
companys 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 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 companys 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 companys annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Funds 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 over financial reporting that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we
noted no deficiencies in the Funds internal control over
financial reporting and its operation, including controls over
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of May 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the
Trustees of Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and
should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 7, 2020
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