EXHIBIT INDEX
(h)(1)    Fee Waiver Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, between American
          Express Financial Corporation and AXP Variable Portfolio - Select
          Value Fund, a series of AXP Variable Portfolio - Partners Series, Inc.
(h)(2)    Fee Waiver Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, between American
          Express Financial Corporation and AXP Variable Portfolio - Small Cap
          Value Fund, a series of AXP Variable Portfolio - Partners Series, Inc.
(i)       Opinion and Consent of Counsel as to the  legality of the  securities
          being registered.
(j)       Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.