Exhibit 32.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of American Tax Credit Properties II
L.P. (the "Registrant") on Form 10-Q for the period ending December 30, 2003 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, David Salzman, Chief Executive Officer of Richman Tax Credits
Inc., general partner of Richman Tax Credit Properties II L.P., general partner
of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (S) 1350, as adopted pursuant
to (S) 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant.



/s/ David Salzman
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David Salzman
Chief Executive Officer of Richman Tax
Credits Inc., general partner of Richman
Tax Credit Properties II L.P., general
partner of the Registrant
February 13, 2004