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February 6, 1998
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Prudential Tax-Free Money Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Prudential Tax-Free
Money Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") for the year
ended December 31, 1997, we considered its
internal control, including control
activities 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 internal control.
The management of the Fund is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal
control. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of control activities.
Generally, control activities that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's
objective of preparing financial statements
for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles. Those
control activities include the safeguarding
of assets against unauthorized acquisition,
use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal
control, errors or irregularities may occur
and not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of internal control 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 internal control would
not necessarily disclose all matters in
internal control 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
any specific internal control components 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 internal control,
including control activities for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of December
31, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the
information and use of management and the
Board of Directors of the Fund and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP