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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-23-277920
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230930
FILED AS OF DATE: 20231213
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231213
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20231213
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Advisors Preferred Trust
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001556505
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22756
FILM NUMBER: 231483490
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1445 RESEARCH BOULEVARD
STREET 2: SUITE 530
CITY: ROCKVILLE
STATE: MD
ZIP: 20850
BUSINESS PHONE: 2402231998
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1445 RESEARCH BOULEVARD
STREET 2: SUITE 530
CITY: ROCKVILLE
STATE: MD
ZIP: 20850
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INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
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Internal_Control_Letter.txt
SPECTRUM ICL 9.30.23
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of Spectrum Low Volatility Fund, Spectrum Active
Advantage Fund, and Spectrum Unconstrained Fund and Board of
Trustees of Advisors Preferred Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Spectrum Low Volatility Fund, Spectrum Active Advantage Fund, and
Spectrum Unconstrained Fund (the Funds), each a series of Advisors
Preferred Trust, as of and for the year ended September 30, 2023, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), 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-CEN, but not for the purpose
of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control
over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
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 funds
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 (GAAP). A
funds 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 GAAP, 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 funds 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 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 that might be
material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB.
However, we noted no deficiencies in the funds 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 September 30, 2023.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and the Board of trustees of the Funds 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/ COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 27, 2023