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CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS [Parenthetical] (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Sep. 04, 1993
Beneficial assignee certificate, par value (in dollars per share) $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
Units of limited partnership interest, authorized 22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized 22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized 20,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
Units of limited partnership interest, issued 21,996,102us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued 21,996,102us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued  
Units of limited partnership interest, outstanding 21,937,787us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding 21,981,089us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding  
Series Fifteen [Member]      
Beneficial assignee certificate, par value (in dollars per share) $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
$ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, authorized 22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, issued 3,870,500us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
3,870,500us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, outstanding 3,858,400us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
3,865,900us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesFifteenMember
 
Series Sixteen [Member]      
Beneficial assignee certificate, par value (in dollars per share) $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
$ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, authorized 22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, issued 5,429,402us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
5,429,402us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, outstanding 5,412,800us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
5,423,102us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSixteenMember
 
Series Seventeen [Member]      
Beneficial assignee certificate, par value (in dollars per share) $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
$ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, authorized 22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, issued 5,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
5,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, outstanding 4,980,687us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
4,995,887us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesSeventeenMember
 
Series Eighteen [Member]      
Beneficial assignee certificate, par value (in dollars per share) $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
$ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, authorized 22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, issued 3,616,200us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
3,616,200us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, outstanding 3,612,200us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
3,616,200us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesEighteenMember
 
Series Nineteen [Member]      
Beneficial assignee certificate, par value (in dollars per share) $ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember
$ 10us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountDistributionPerUnitOfLimitedPartnerInterest
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, authorized 22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember
22,000,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsAuthorized
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, issued 4,080,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember
4,080,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember
 
Units of limited partnership interest, outstanding 4,073,700us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember
4,080,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ bctciii_TaxCreditSeriesAxis
= bctciii_SeriesNineteenMember