AXP NEW DIMENSIONS FUND INC /MN/
NSAR-B, EX-99, 2000-09-28
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Independent Auditors' Report on Internal Accounting Control

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
AXP New Dimensions Fund, Inc.:

In planning and  performing  our audits of the  financial  statements of AXP New
Dimensions  Fund and AXP Growth  Dimensions  Fund (series of AXP New  Dimensions
Fund,  Inc.) for the year ended July 31,  2000 and the period from June 26, 2000
(date shares  became  publicly  available)  to July 31, 2000,  respectively,  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 the internal control.

The management of AXP New Dimension 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,  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 the internal  control would not necessarily  disclose all
matters  in the  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  that  misstatments  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 the
internal  control  and  its  operation,   including  controls  for  safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above.

This report is intended solely for the  information  and use of management,  the
Board of Directors of AXP New  Dimensions  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


Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 1, 2000



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