[LOGO] LIBERTY
COLONIAL. CRABBE HUSON. NEWPORT. STEIN ROE ADVISOR
April 3, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Liberty Funds Trust IV (Trust)
Colonial High Yield Municipal Fund
Colonial Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Tax-Exempt Insured Fund
Colonial Utilities Fund (Funds)
File Nos. 811-2865 & 2-62492
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933,
please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses and Statements
of Additional Information dated April 1, 2000 for the Funds do not differ from
that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 (Amendment) to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed electronically on
March 17, 2000.
The Funds' Class A, B, and C Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and the Colonial Utilities Fund's Class Z prospectus, dated April 1,
2000 are now being used in connection with the public offering and sale of
shares of the Funds.
The Funds are separate portfolios of the Trust.
Very truly yours,
COLONIAL TRUST IV
By:William Ballou
Assistant Secretary
cc: M. Muller (Ropes & Gray)(5)
Blue Sky
M. Jarstfer
J. Sinclair
L. DaSilva (2)
J. DeMaria (PWC) (2)
M. Newman
S. Schermerhorn
W. Loring
B. Hartford
G. Swayze
J. Costopoulos
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2621, 1-800-225-2365
