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KPMG
112 East Pecan, Suite 2400
San Antonio, TX 78205-1585
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Shareholders and the Board of Directors
USAA Tax Exempt Fund, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of the USAA
Long-Term, USAA Intermediate-Term, USAA Short-Term, USAA Tax Exempt Money
Market, USAA California Bond, USAA California Money Market, USAA Virginia Bond,
USAA Virginia Money Market, USAA New York Bond and USAA New York Money Market
Funds, separate funds of USAA Tax Exempt Fund, Inc., for the year ended March
31, 1999, we considered internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements and to comply
with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal
control.
The management of USAA Tax Exempt Fund, Inc. 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 controls. Generally, controls 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 controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud 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 one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud 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 and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of
March 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Directors of USAA Tax Exempt Fund, Inc., and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone
other than these specified parties.
KPMG LLP
May 7, 1999
