0001752724-23-236035.txt : 20231025
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-23-236035
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191231
FILED AS OF DATE: 20231025
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231025
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20231025
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER VARIABLE CONTRACTS TRUST /MA/
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000930709
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN/A
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08786
FILM NUMBER: 231343966
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 60 STATE ST
STREET 2: 5TH FLOOR
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 617-742-7825
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 60 STATE ST
STREET 2: 5TH FLOOR
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 021091820
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VARIABLE INSURANCE CONTRACTS TRUST
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940929
0000930709
S000010159
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio
C000028182
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio: Class I
C000028183
Pioneer Fund VCT Portfolio: Class II
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Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio
C000028184
Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio: Class I
C000028185
Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio: Class II
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Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio
C000028190
Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio: Class I
C000028191
Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio: Class II
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Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth VCT Portfolio
C000030379
Pioneer Select Mid Cap Growth VCT Portfolio: Class I
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Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio
C000028201
Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio: Class II
C000030381
Pioneer Bond VCT Portfolio: Class I
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Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio
C000028211
Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio: Class I
C000028212
Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio: Class II
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Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio
C000028217
Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio: Class I
C000028218
Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio: Class II
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S000010186
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio
C000028221
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio: Class I
C000028222
Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT Portfolio: Class II
N-CEN/A
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N-CEN_Pioneer_VCT.txt
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Pioneer Variable Contracts Trust
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Pioneer
Bond VCT Portfolio, Pioneer Equity Income VCT Portfolio, Pioneer Fund VCT
Portfolio, Pioneer High Yield VCT Portfolio, Pioneer Mid Cap Value VCT
Portfolio, Pioneer Real Estate Shares VCT Portfolio, Pioneer Select Mid Cap
Growth VCT Portfolio and Pioneer Strategic Income VCT Portfolio
(the "Portfolios") (eight portfolios constituting Pioneer Variable
Contracts Trust) ("the Trust") as of and for the year ended December 31,
2019, 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
December 31, 2019.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and the Board of Trustees of Pioneer Variable Contracts 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
February 14, 2020
OTHER REQUIRED INFO
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explanatory_note_2023.htm
Form: N-CEN/A
Explanation:
This amendment is being filed to address incorrect or omitted responses from the original submission.