0001752724-20-152670.txt : 20200807 0001752724-20-152670.hdr.sgml : 20200807 20200807122549 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-152670 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200807 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200807 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200807 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEUTSCHE DWS TAX FREE TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000711600 IRS NUMBER: 042782118 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-03632 FILM NUMBER: 201084578 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 875 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022-6225 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-454-4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 875 THIRD AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022-6225 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DEUTSCHE TAX FREE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140811 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DWS TAX FREE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060207 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCUDDER TAX FREE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930909 0000711600 S000006133 DWS Intermediate Tax-Free Fund C000016867 Class A SZMAX C000016870 Class C SZMCX C000016871 Class S SCMTX C000016872 Institutional Class SZMIX C000188524 Class T SZMTX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0201 N-CEN LIVE 0000711600 XXXXXXXX 811-03632 false false false N-1A S000006133 C000016870 C000016867 C000188524 C000016872 C000016871 DEUTSCHE DWS TAX FREE TRUST 811-03632 0000711600 OIW3BT7ZMM086NH3EO53 875 Third Avenue NEW YORK 10022-6225 US-NY US 212-454-4500 DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. 5022 Gate Parkway Jacksonville 32256-7019 904-645-1070 Book and records related to advisory and administrative services. Iron Mountain Incorporated 12646 NW 115th Avenue Medley 33178-3179 773-579-6210 General books and records related to Registrant. DST Systems, Inc. 333 West 11th Street Kansas City 64105-1628 816-435-8655 Book and records related to sub-transfer agency services and shareholder services. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. One International Place Boston 02110-2618 617-295-1000 Book and records related to advisory and administrative services. State Street Bank and Trust Company State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street Boston 02111-2900 617-786-3000 Book and records related to custodian, accounting and sub-administrator services. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. 875 Third Avenue New York 10022-6225 212-454-4500 Book and records related to advisory and administrative services. DWS Distributors, Inc. 222 South Riverside Plaza Chicago 60606-5808 312-537-4511 Book and records related to distributor services. N N N-1A 1 Y Dr. Richard J. Herring 000000000 N Keith R. 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LLC 8-15869 000008209 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 50007938.10000000 RBC Capital Markets, LLC 8-45411 000031194 549300LCO2FLSSVFFR64 49330397.05000000 Pershing LLC 8-17574 000007560 ZI8Q1A8EI8LQFJNM0D94 56353642.70000000 State Street Bank and Trust Company N/A 000000000 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 500990268.66000000 Barclays Capital Inc. 8-41342 000019714 AC28XWWI3WIBK2824319 52215742.15000000 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 8-8177 000007059 MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 70131933.77000000 1198891339.50000000 N 1030916055.59000000 Committed 350000000.00000000 N N N true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 NCEN_11647009810489414.txt Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Trustees of Deutsche DWS Tax Free Trust and Shareholders of DWS Intermediate Tax-Free Fund: In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of DWS Intermediate Tax- Free Fund (one of the funds constituting Deutsche DWS Tax Free Trust) (the "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 Trust'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 Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Trust 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 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 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 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, 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 a 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 company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Trust'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 material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trust's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls 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 Deutsche DWS Tax Free 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/ ERNST & YOUNG, LLP Boston, Massachusetts July 27, 2020