EXHIBIT 16

                             SCUDDER TAX FREE TRUST

                               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/ Wesley W. Marple, Jr.              Trustee                 February 8, 2000
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Wesley W. Marple, Jr.

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