EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 2 ex99-77b.htm

Exhibit 77(b)

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders

of JPMorgan Trust I

 

 

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of the funds listed in Appendix I of JPMorgan Trust I (hereafter referred to as the “Trust”) as of and for the periods ended June 30, 2017, 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-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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 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 Trust’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 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 Trust’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of June 30, 2017.

 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of JPMorgan Trust I 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/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

New York, New York

 

 

August 25, 2017

 

 

 

Appendix I

 

All funds were audited for the year ended June 30, 2017 except as noted below:

 

JPMorgan Access Balanced Fund

JPMorgan Access Growth Fund

JPMorgan Diversified Fund

JPMorgan Intrepid Sustainable Equity Fund (formerly known as JPMorgan Intrepid Advantage Fund)

JPMorgan Intrepid America Fund

JPMorgan Intrepid Growth Fund

JPMorgan Intrepid Value Fund

JPMorgan Disciplined Equity Fund

JPMorgan Dynamic Growth Fund

JPMorgan Equity Focus Fund

JPMorgan Equity Low Volatility Income Fund (for the period July 20, 2016 through June 30, 2017)

JPMorgan Growth and Income Fund

JPMorgan Hedged Equity Fund

JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

JPMorgan Mid Cap Equity Fund

JPMorgan Value Advantage Fund

JPMorgan U.S. Dynamic Plus Fund

JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund

JPMorgan U.S. Research Equity Plus Fund

JPMorgan Dynamic Small Cap Growth Fund

JPMorgan Small Cap Core Fund

JPMorgan Small Cap Equity Fund

JPMorgan U.S. Small Company Fund

JPMorgan SmartAllocation Equity Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend Income Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2020 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2025 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2030 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2035 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2040 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2045 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2050 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2055 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Blend 2060 Fund (for the period August 31, 2016 through June 30, 2017)

JPMorgan SmartRetirement Income Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2020 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2025 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2030 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2035 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2040 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2045 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2050 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2055 Fund

JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2060 Fund (for the period August 31, 2016 through June 30, 2017)