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<LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
year ended March 30, 1997 Form 10-K Balance  Sheets and Statements of Operations
and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>  American Tax Credit Properties, II L.P.
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