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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Scudder
New York Tax Free Fund Annual Report for the fiscal year ended 3/31/2000 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
<NUMBER> 1
<NAME> Scudder New York Tax Free Fund
<S> <C>
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<PERIOD-START> APR-01-1999
<PERIOD-END> MAR-31-2000
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<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 171,878,737
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<APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT> (8,577,570)
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