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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-11-000085
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110531
FILED AS OF DATE: 20110728
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110728
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110728
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000869392
IRS NUMBER: 046665534
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0531
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: NSAR-B
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06258
FILM NUMBER: 11992870
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: PUTNAM INVESTMENTS INC
STREET 2: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE MAIL STOP A 14
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 8002251585
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2 LIBERTY SQUARE
STREET 2: MAIL STOP L6
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
0000869392
S000005506
PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND
C000014989
Class M Shares
C000014990
Class A Shares
PTAZX
C000014991
Class B Shares
PAZBX
C000039832
Class C Shares
C000060572
CLASS Y
NSAR-B
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SIGNATURE JANET C. SMITH
TITLE PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER
EX-99
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perclass855.txt
Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund, May 31, 2011, annual
report
Because the electronic format for filing Form N-SAR does not
provide adequate space for responding to certain items correctly,
the correct answers are as follows:
72DD1
Class A 2,462
Class B 51
Class C 74
72DD2
Class M 45
Class Y 60
73A1
Class A 0.3802
Class B 0.3231
Class C 0.3102
73A2
Class M 0.3554
Class Y 0.3995
74U1
Class A 5,921
Class B 121
Class C 238
74U2
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74V1
Class A 8.81
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Class C 8.82
74V2
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Class Y 8.82
61
Additional Information About Minimum Required Investment
Shareholders can open a fund account with as little as $500 and
make subsequent investments in any amount. The minimum investment
is waived if you make regular investments weekly, semi monthly,
or monthly through automatic deductions through your bank
checking or savings account. Currently, Putnam is waiving the
minimum, but reserves the right to reject initial investments
under the minimum.
85B
Additional Information About Errors and Omissions Policy
While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed
under such policy during the period, requests under such policy
for reimbursement of legal expenses and costs arising out of
claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been
submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.
EX-99
3
audltr855.txt
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund:
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements
of the Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund (the Fund) as of and
for the year ended May 31, 2011, in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
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 NSAR, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds internal
control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such
opinion.
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 the 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 a Funds 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 that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). 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 a material weakness as defined above as of May
31, 2011.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Arizona 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.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 18, 2011