[Liberty Logo]
LIBERTY
Colonial Crabb Huson Newport Stein Roe Advisor
June 4, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Liberty Funds Trust V (the "Trust) (Formerly Colonial Trust V)
Colonial California Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Connecticut Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Florida Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Michigan Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial New York Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial North Carolina Tax-Exempt Fund
Colonial Ohio Tax-Exempt Fund (the "Funds")
File Nos. 811-5030 & 33-12109
-----------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information dated May 31,1999 for the Funds does not
differ from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 (the "Amendment")
to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed
electronically on May 28, 1999.
Very truly yours,
LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST V
By Tracy DiRienzo
Assistant Secretary
cc: M. Muller
B. Hartford
B. Loring
M. Newman
G. Swayze
J. DiMaria
D. Young (2 copies)
E. Edson
J. Terrazino
Blue Sky
One Finacnial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2161, 1-800-225-2365
