[Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company]

September 22, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

RE:	Separate Account VA-7 of TALIAC
	File No. 811-08835, CIK 0001044604
	Rule 30b2-1 Filing

Dear Sir or Madam:

As required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), Separate Account VA-7 of TALIAC, a unit investment trust registered under the Act, mailed to its contract owners the semi-annual report for the following underlying management investment companies: AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc.; The Alger American Fund; AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.; Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund; Janus Aspen Series; MFS^® Variable Insurance Trust^SM; The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc.; PIMCO Advisors VIT; and PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust. This filing constitutes the filing of those reports as required by Rule 30b2-1 under the Act.

Pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Act, the following semi-annual reports were filed with the Commission via EDGAR on the dates indicated:

• AEGON/Transamerica Series, Fund (CIK: 778207) filed September 3, 2004

• The Alger American Fund (CIK: 832566) filed August 18, 2004

• AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. (CIK:825316) filed September 15, 2004

• Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund (CIK: 813383) filed August 17, 2004

• Janus Aspen Series (CIK: 906185) filed August 20, 2004

• MFS^® Variable Insurance Trust^SM (CIK:918571) filed August 31, 2004

• The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. (CIK: 1011378) filed September 1, 2004

• PIMCO Advisors VIT (CIK: 923185) filed September 3, 2004

• PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (CIK: 1047304) filed September 7, 2004

To the extent necessary, these filings are incorporated herein by reference.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Darin D. Smith

Darin D. Smith

Assistant General Counsel

Financial Markets Group