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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Trustees of
SEI Tax Exempt Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
SEI Tax Exempt 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 SEI Tax Exempt 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 preparation
of financial statements in conformity 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,
the Board of Trustees and the Securities and Exchange Commission and
should not be used for any other purpose.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Philadelphia, PA
October 11, 1996
