LETTER 1 filename1.txt Mail Stop 4561 June 15, 2005 VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX (864) 239-5824 Mr. Stephen Waters Vice President National Corporation for Housing Partnerships 55 Beattie Place, PO Box 1089 Greenville, SC 29602 Re: National Tax Credit Partners LP Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004 File No. 0-18541 Dear Mr. Waters: We have reviewed your June 9, 2005 response letter and have the following additional comments. Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004 Financial Statements and Notes Note 1 - Summary of Partnership Organization and Significant Accounting Policies Recent Accounting Pronouncements 1. We have reviewed your response to comment 2 in our letter dated May 25, 2005. Please address the following additional items: * Tell us the name of the general partner of the local limited partnerships and if they are currently consolidating the variable interest entities. * Please provide us with a representative excerpt from the local limited partnerships agreements that discuss the fact that the general partner is prohibited from selling, assigning, transferring, mortgaging, pledging or otherwise encumbering or disposing of its interests and identifies the parties with the related consent rights. 2. In your response you list a number of indicators that you believe make the general partner the principal and the limited partner the agent. A number of the indicators related to the general partner appear to be the role of a management company. In addition, under the terms of the partnership agreement, the general partner is prohibited from selling, transferring or encumbering its interest in the partnership without the approval of the limited partner. This also appears to indicate that the general partner is the agent. Tell us how you addressed the above factors in determining which party was the principal and agent and also discuss any kick-out rights that the limited partner possesses. You may contact Matthew Dowling, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3467 or me at (202) 551-3403 if you have questions. Please respond to the comments included in this letter within ten business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please file your response on EDGAR. Sincerely, Steven Jacobs Accounting Branch Chief ?? ?? ?? ?? Mr. Stephen Waters National Tax Credit Partners, L.P. June 15, 2005 Page 1