EX-99.77B 2 consentbbd.htm ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Board of Trustees of

Tilson Investment Trust

and Shareholders of Tilson Focus Fund

and Tilson Dividend Fund

 

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the Tilson Focus Fund and the Tilson Dividend Fund, each a series of shares of beneficial interest in Tilson Investment Trust, as of and for the year ended October 31, 2007, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered their internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for 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 Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

The management of the Tilson Focus Fund and the Tilson Dividend Fund are 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Such internal control includes policies and procedures that 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 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 control deficiency 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 significant deficiency is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of the company’s financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or 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 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 that might be significant deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the internal control over financial reporting and its operations, including controls for safeguarding securities that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of October 31, 2007.

 


This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, shareholders and the Board of Trustees of Tilson Investment 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.

 

 


 

 

BRIGGS, BUNTING & DOUGHERTY, LLP

 

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 28, 2007