VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL MUNICIPAL TRUST
NSAR-B, 1996-10-30
Previous: VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL CALIFORNIA QUALITY MUNI TRUST, NSAR-B, 1996-10-30
Next: VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL NEW YORK QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST, NSAR-B, 1996-10-30



<PAGE>      PAGE  1
000 A000000 
000 B000000 08/31/96
000 C000000 877463
000 D000000 N
000 E000000 NF
000 F000000 Y
000 G000000 N
000 H000000 N
000 I000000 3.0.a
000 J000000 A
001 A000000 VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL MUNICIPAL TRUST
001 B000000 811-6362
001 C000000 6306846000
002 A000000 ONE PARKVIEW PLAZA
002 B000000 OAKBROOK TERRACE
002 C000000 IL
002 D010000 60181
003  000000 N
004  000000 N
005  000000 N
006  000000 N
007 A000000 N
007 B000000  0
007 C010100  1
007 C010200  2
007 C010300  3
007 C010400  4
007 C010500  5
007 C010600  6
007 C010700  7
007 C010800  8
007 C010900  9
007 C011000 10
008 A000001 VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADVIS 
008 B000001 A
008 C000001 801-18161
008 D010001 OAKBROOK TERRACE
008 D020001 IL
008 D030001 60181
010 A000001 VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS,INC.
010 B000001 8-19412
010 C010001 OAKBROOK TERRACE
010 C020001 IL
010 C030001 60181
011 A000001 VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS,INC.
011 B000001 8-19412
011 C010001 OAKBROOK TERRACE
011 C020001 IL
011 C030001 60181
012 A000001 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
012 B000001 85-5003
<PAGE>      PAGE  2
012 C010001 BOSTON
012 C020001 MA
012 C030001 02105
013 A000001 KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
013 B010001 CHICAGO
013 B020001 IL
013 B030001 60601
015 A000001 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
015 B000001 C
015 C010001 BOSTON
015 C020001 MA
015 C030001 02105
015 E010001 X
015 A000002 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
015 B000002 S
015 C010002 NEW YORK
015 C020002 NY
015 C030002 10015
015 E010002 X
015 A000003 CHEMICAL BANK
015 B000003 S
015 C010003 NEW YORK
015 C020003 NY
015 C030003 10172
015 E010003 X
015 A000004 THE BANK OF NEW YORK
015 B000004 S
015 C010004 NEW YORK
015 C020004 NY
015 C030004 10286
015 E010004 X
015 A000005 MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST CO
015 B000005 S
015 C010005 NEW YORK
015 C020005 NY
015 C030005 10015
015 E010005 X
018  000000 Y
019 A000000 Y
019 B000000  101
019 C000000 VANKAMPENA
020 C000001      0
020 C000002      0
020 C000003      0
020 C000004      0
020 C000005      0
020 C000006      0
020 C000007      0
020 C000008      0
020 C000009      0
020 C000010      0
<PAGE>      PAGE  3
021  000000        0
022 A000001 MERRILL LYNCH
022 B000001 13-5674085
022 C000001     92785
022 D000001     53700
022 A000002 LEHMAN BROTHERS
022 B000002 13-2518466
022 C000002     55500
022 D000002     52710
022 A000003 MORGAN STANLEY
022 B000003 13-2655998
022 C000003     44599
022 D000003     52395
022 A000004 SMITH BARNEY
022 B000004 13-1912900
022 C000004     55919
022 D000004     40753
022 A000005 BEAR STEARNS
022 B000005 13-3299429
022 C000005     53069
022 D000005     25850
022 A000006 PAINE WEBBER
022 B000006 13-2638166
022 C000006     41370
022 D000006     36755
022 A000007 JOHN NUVEEN & CO.
022 B000007 36-2639476
022 C000007     32800
022 D000007     33020
022 A000008 CHEMICAL SECURITIES
022 B000008 13-3379014
022 C000008     33020
022 D000008     30125
022 A000009 J.P.MORGAN
022 B000009 13-3224016
022 C000009     21206
022 D000009     32320
022 A000010 WILLIAM SIMON
022 B000010 22-3017217
022 C000010      2957
022 D000010     50041
023 C000000     526984
023 D000000     530946
024  000000 N
026 A000000 N
026 B000000 Y
026 C000000 N
026 D000000 Y
026 E000000 N
026 F000000 N
026 G010000 N
<PAGE>      PAGE  4
026 G020000 N
026 H000000 N
027  000000 N
028 A010000         0
028 A020000         0
028 A030000         0
028 A040000         0
028 B010000         0
028 B020000         0
028 B030000         0
028 B040000         0
028 C010000         0
028 C020000         0
028 C030000         0
028 C040000         0
028 D010000         0
028 D020000         0
028 D030000         0
028 D040000         0
028 E010000         0
028 E020000         0
028 E030000         0
028 E040000         0
028 F010000         0
028 F020000         0
028 F030000         0
028 F040000         0
028 G010000         0
028 G020000         0
028 G030000         0
028 G040000         0
028 H000000 0
029  000000 N
030 A000000      0
030 B000000  0.00
030 C000000  0.00
031 A000000      0
031 B000000      0
032  000000      0
033  000000      0
034  000000 N
035  000000      0
036 A000000 N
036 B000000      0
037  000000 N
038  000000      0
039  000000 N
040  000000 N
041  000000 N
042 A000000   0
042 B000000   0
<PAGE>      PAGE  5
042 C000000   0
042 D000000   0
042 E000000   0
042 F000000   0
042 G000000   0
042 H000000   0
043  000000      0
044  000000      0
045  000000 Y
046  000000 N
047  000000 Y
048  000000  0.700
048 A010000        0
048 A020000 0.000
048 B010000        0
048 B020000 0.000
048 C010000        0
048 C020000 0.000
048 D010000        0
048 D020000 0.000
048 E010000        0
048 E020000 0.000
048 F010000        0
048 F020000 0.000
048 G010000        0
048 G020000 0.000
048 H010000        0
048 H020000 0.000
048 I010000        0
048 I020000 0.000
048 J010000        0
048 J020000 0.000
048 K010000        0
048 K020000 0.000
049  000000 N
050  000000 N
051  000000 N
052  000000 N
053 A000000 N
054 A000000 Y
054 B000000 N
054 C000000 N
054 D000000 N
054 E000000 N
054 F000000 N
054 G000000 Y
054 H000000 N
054 I000000 Y
054 J000000 N
054 K000000 N
054 L000000 N
<PAGE>      PAGE  6
054 M000000 N
054 N000000 N
054 O000000 N
055 A000000 Y
055 B000000 N
056  000000 Y
057  000000 N
058 A000000 N
059  000000 Y
060 A000000 Y
060 B000000 Y
061  000000        0
062 A000000 Y
062 B000000   0.0
062 C000000   0.0
062 D000000   0.0
062 E000000   2.2
062 F000000   0.0
062 G000000   0.0
062 H000000   0.0
062 I000000   0.0
062 J000000   0.0
062 K000000   0.0
062 L000000   0.0
062 M000000   0.0
062 N000000   0.0
062 O000000  98.5
062 P000000   0.0
062 Q000000   0.0
062 R000000   0.0
063 A000000   0
063 B000000 18.9
064 A000000 Y
064 B000000 N
065  000000 N
066 A000000 N
067  000000 N
068 A000000 N
068 B000000 N
069  000000 N
070 A010000 N
070 A020000 N
070 B010000 N
070 B020000 N
070 C010000 Y
070 C020000 N
070 D010000 N
070 D020000 N
070 E010000 Y
070 E020000 Y
070 F010000 N
<PAGE>      PAGE  7
070 F020000 N
070 G010000 Y
070 G020000 Y
070 H010000 N
070 H020000 N
070 I010000 N
070 I020000 N
070 J010000 Y
070 J020000 Y
070 K010000 Y
070 K020000 N
070 L010000 N
070 L020000 N
070 M010000 N
070 M020000 N
070 N010000 Y
070 N020000 N
070 O010000 Y
070 O020000 N
070 P010000 N
070 P020000 N
070 Q010000 N
070 Q020000 N
070 R010000 N
070 R020000 N
071 A000000    309172
071 B000000    329107
071 C000000    865111
071 D000000   36
072 A000000 12
072 B000000    56314
072 C000000        0
072 D000000        0
072 E000000        0
072 F000000     6168
072 G000000     1762
072 H000000        0
072 I000000      175
072 J000000      183
072 K000000        0
072 L000000       45
072 M000000       30
072 N000000        0
072 O000000        0
072 P000000        0
072 Q000000       23
072 R000000       37
072 S000000       41
072 T000000        0
072 U000000       10
072 V000000        0
<PAGE>      PAGE  8
072 W000000      870
072 X000000     9344
072 Y000000        0
072 Z000000    46970
072AA000000        0
072BB000000      766
072CC010000     4555
072CC020000        0
072DD010000    35907
072DD020000        0
072EE000000        0
073 A010000   0.9900
073 A020000   0.0000
073 B000000   0.0000
073 C000000   0.0000
074 A000000       24
074 B000000        0
074 C000000    19514
074 D000000   861203
074 E000000        0
074 F000000        0
074 G000000        0
074 H000000        0
074 I000000        0
074 J000000       15
074 K000000        0
074 L000000    13682
074 M000000       92
074 N000000   894530
074 O000000    18374
074 P000000      672
074 Q000000        0
074 R010000        0
074 R020000        0
074 R030000        0
074 R040000      898
074 S000000   300000
074 T000000   574586
074 U010000    36270
074 U020000        0
074 V010000    15.84
074 V020000     0.00
074 W000000   0.0000
074 X000000     6158
074 Y000000   243463
075 A000000        0
075 B000000   881276
076  000000   14.500
077 A000000 N
077 B000000 Y
077 C000000 
<PAGE>      PAGE  9
077 D000000 
077 E000000 
077 F000000 
077 G000000 
077 H000000 
077 I000000 
077 J000000 
077 K000000 
077 L000000 
077 M000000 
077 N000000 
077 O000000 
077 P000000 
077 Q010000 
077 Q020000 
077 Q030000 
078  000000 N
080 A000000 ICI MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
080 C000000    65000
081 A000000 Y
081 B000000 107
082 A000000 Y
082 B000000      100
083 A000000 N
083 B000000        0
084 A000000 N
084 B000000        0
085 A000000 Y
085 B000000 N
086 A010000      0
086 A020000      0
086 B010000      0
086 B020000      0
086 C010000      0
086 C020000      0
086 D010000      0
086 D020000      0
086 E010000      0
086 E020000      0
086 F010000      0
086 F020000      0
087 A010000 COMMON
087 A020000 920919-107
087 A030000 VKQ
087 B010000 AUCTION PREFERRED SHARES SERIES A AND B
087 C010000 AUCTION PREFERRED SHARES SERIES C AND D
088 A000000 N
088 B000000 N
088 C000000 N
088 D000000 Y
SIGNATURE   DENNIS J MCDONNELL
TITLE       PRES, CEO & TRUSTEE


KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

      Peat Marwick Plaza
      303 East Wacker Drive
      Chicago, IL 60601-9973




The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
 Van Kampen American Capital Municipal Trust:


In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Van 
Kampen American Capital Municipal Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended 
August 31, 1996, we considered its internal control structure, including 
procedures for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing 
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial 
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to 
provide assurance on the internal control structure.

The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining an
internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and 
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and 
related costs of internal control structure policies and procedures. Two of 
the objectives of an internal control structure are to provide management
with reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded 
against loss from unauthorized use or disposition and that transactions are 
executed in accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly 
to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with 
generally  accepted accounting principles.

Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or
irregularities may occur and may not be detected. Also, projection of any 
evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that it 
may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the 
effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily 
disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be material 
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of Certified 
Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or 
operation of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce
to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts 
that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited 
may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the 
normal course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no 
matters involving the internal control structure, including procedures for 
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as 
defined above as of August 31, 1996.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and 
the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                    KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

October 11, 1996


<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<MULTIPLIER> 1
       
<CAPTION>
<S>                         <C>                  
<PERIOD-TYPE>               YEAR                 
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>               AUG-31-1996     
<PERIOD-START>                  SEP-01-1995     
<PERIOD-END>                    AUG-31-1996     
<INVESTMENTS-AT-COST>             840367826     
<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE>            880716930     
<RECEIVABLES>                      13697389     
<ASSETS-OTHER>                        17459     
<OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS>                  98606     
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                    894530384     
<PAYABLE-FOR-SECURITIES>           18374293     
<SENIOR-LONG-TERM-DEBT>                   0     
<OTHER-ITEMS-LIABILITIES>           1570230     
<TOTAL-LIABILITIES>                19944523     
<SENIOR-EQUITY>                   300000000     
<PAID-IN-CAPITAL-COMMON>          537223277     
<SHARES-COMMON-STOCK>              36270469     
<SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR>              36270469     
<ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT>           2705542     
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII>                    0     
<ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS>           (8573480)     
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS>                  0     
<ACCUM-APPREC-OR-DEPREC>           43230522     
<NET-ASSETS>                      874585861     
<DIVIDEND-INCOME>                         0     
<INTEREST-INCOME>                  56314042     
<OTHER-INCOME>                            0     
<EXPENSES-NET>                    (9344039)     
<NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME>            46970003     
<REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT>           (766198)     
<APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT>           4555031     
<NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS>              50758836     
<EQUALIZATION>                            0     
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME>        (46850166)     
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS>                  0     
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER>                     0     
<NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD>                   0     
<NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED>               0     
<SHARES-REINVESTED>                       0     
<NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS>              3908670     
<ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR>             2585705     
<ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR>         (7807282)     
<OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR>                   0     
<OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR>                0     
<GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES>               6168343     
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        0     
<GROSS-EXPENSE>                     9344039     
<AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS>              581275809     
<PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN>                15.734     
<PER-SHARE-NII>                       1.295     
<PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC>                .105     
<PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND>                (1.292)     
<PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS>                 0     
<RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL>                      0     
<PER-SHARE-NAV-END>                  15.842     
<EXPENSE-RATIO>                        1.61     
<AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING>                    0     
<AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE>                      0     
        

</TABLE>


© 2022 IncJournal is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission