EXHIBIT 16

                           SCUDDER TAX FREE MONEY FUND
                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated. By so signing, the undersigned in his capacity as
trustee or officer, or both, as the case may be, of the Registrant, does
hereby appoint Sheldon A. Jones, Allison R. Beakley, Caroline Pearson and
John Millette and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney
and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead (in such capacity) any
and all amendments to the Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection
therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys and
agents shall have power to act with or without the other and have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be
done in the premises as fully and to all intents and the purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the
act of said attorneys and agents and each of them.

        SIGNATURE                        TITLE                       DATE
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/s/ Linda C. Coughlin            President & Trustee          February 8, 2000
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Linda C. Coughlin


/s/ Henry P. Becton, Jr.               Trustee                February 8, 2000
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Henry P. Becton, Jr.


/s/ Dawn-Marie Driscoll                Trustee                February 8, 2000
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Dawn-Marie Driscoll


/s/ Peter B. Freeman                   Trustee                February 8, 2000
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Peter B. Freeman


/s/ George M. Lovejoy, Jr.             Trustee                February 8, 2000
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George M. Lovejoy, Jr.


/s/ Welsey W. Marple, Jr.              Trustee                February 8, 2000
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Welsey W. Marple, Jr.


/s/ Kathryn L. Quirk           Trustee, Vice President &      February 8, 2000
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Kathryn L. Quirk


/s/ Jean C. Tempel                     Trustee                February 8, 2000
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Jean C. Tempel


                          Treasurer (Principal Financial      February 8, 2000
- -------------------          and Accounting Officer)

John R. Hebble


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