EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 5 vitex77b.htm
EX-99.77B - Exhibits; Accountant's Report on internal controls
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         Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of the following
funds of the Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust: Goldman Sachs Variable
Insurance Trust Money Market Fund, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
Capital Growth Fund, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Growth and Income
Fund, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Strategic International Equity Fund,
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Mid Cap Value Fund, Goldman Sachs Variable
Insurance Trust Structured Small Cap Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance
Trust Structured U.S. Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Growth
Opportunities Fund, Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Equity Index Fund,
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust Core Fixed Income Fund, and Goldman Sachs
Variable Insurance Trust Government Income Fund (collectively, referred to as
the “Funds”) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009, 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-SAR, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over
financial reporting.  Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness
of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting.

The 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 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.
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
generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of
the fund are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and
trustees of the fund; and (3)  provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a 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
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 over financial reporting that might
be 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 its operations, including controls
over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of December 31, 2009.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Trustees,
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and
should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.



PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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February 16, 2010