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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-13-000081
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130531
FILED AS OF DATE: 20130729
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130729
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130729
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: 13991125
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
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SIGNATURE JANET C. SMITH
TITLE PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER
EX-99
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acctnewpr855.txt
77L New accounting pronouncement
In January 2013, ASU 2013 01, Clarifying the Scope of
Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, amended ASU
No. 2011 11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and
Liabilities. The ASUs create new disclosure requirements
requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information
for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either
offset in the Statement of assets and liabilities or subject to
an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement.
The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting
periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and interim
periods within those annual periods. Putnam Management is
currently evaluating the application of ASUs 2013 01 and 2011 11
and their impact, if any, on the funds financial statements.
EX-99
3
auditletter855.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 audit of the financial
statements of Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund (the
Fund) as of and for the year ended May 31, 2013, 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 N-SAR, 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 trustees
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 2013.
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 11, 2013
EX-99
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perclass855.txt
Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund, May 31, 2013 , 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 1,934
Class B 45
Class C 78
Class M 36
72DD2
Class Y 95
73A1
Class A 0.330921
Class B 0.270301
Class C 0.256241
Class M 0.303860
73A2
Class Y 0.351517
73C
Class A 0.000431
Class B 0.000352
Class C 0.000334
Class M 0.000396
Class Y 0.000458
74U1
Class A 5,813
Class B 193
Class C 309
Class M 121
74U2
Class Y 347
74V1
Class A 9.40
Class B 9.39
Class C 9.41
Class M 9.42
74V2
Class Y 9.41
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The fund is currently operating as a diversified fund. In
the future, the fund may operate as a nondiversified fund
to the extent permitted by applicable law. Under current
law, shareholder approval would be required before the fund
could operate as a nondiversified fund.
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,
semimonthly, 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.