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The Board of Trustees
Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the
Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust (including Evergreen Aggressive Growth Fund,
Evergreen VA Fund, Evergreen VA Foundation Fund, Evergreen VA Growth and Income
Fund, Evergreen VA Global Leaders Fund, Evergreen VA International Growth Fund,
Evergreen VA Small Cap Equity Income Fund and Evergreen VA Strategic Income
Fund) for the year ended December 31, 1998, 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 Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust 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 risks 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 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 and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to
be material weaknesses as defined above.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees of Evergreen Variable Annuity Trust, and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
January 29, 1999
