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 Annual Report of American Tax Credit Properties II L.P.
(the "Registrant") on Form 10-K for the year ending March 30, 2004 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
July 13, 2004