Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders of the Fund and Board of Trustees
Wells Fargo Funds Trust
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Wells Fargo Asset Allocation Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds comprising Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of and for the one month period ended May 31, 2020, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A fund's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). A fund's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the fund's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Fund’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and their operations, including controls for over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of May 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Asset Allocation Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
/s/KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 10, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders of the Funds and Board of Trustees
Wells Fargo Funds Trust:
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Wells Fargo C&B Large Cap Value Fund, Wells Fargo Core Bond Fund, Wells Fargo Diversified Equity Fund, Wells Fargo Emerging Growth Fund, Wells Fargo Growth Balanced Fund, Wells Fargo Index Fund, Wells Fargo International Value Fund, Wells Fargo Moderate Balanced Fund, Wells Fargo Real Return Fund, Wells Fargo Small Company Growth Fund, Wells Fargo Small Company Value Fund, Wells Fargo WealthBuilder Conservative Allocation Fund, Wells Fargo WealthBuilder Equity Fund, Wells Fargo WealthBuilder Growth Allocation Fund, Wells Fargo WealthBuilder Growth Balanced Fund, and Wells Fargo WealthBuilder Moderate Balanced Fund (collectively, the Funds), sixteen of the funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of and for the year ended May 31, 2020, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Funds’ annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting and their operations, including controls for over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of May 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Funds Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
/s/KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 29, 2020