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 		Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of DWS Target Date Series (formerly
DWS Allocation Series) and the Shareholders of DWS
LifeCompass Retirement Fund (formerly DWS
Conservative Allocation Fund), DWS LifeCompass 2015
Fund (formerly DWS Moderate Allocation Fund), DWS
LifeCompass 2020 Fund (formerly DWS Growth
Allocation Fund), DWS LifeCompass 2030 Fund
(formerly DWS Growth Plus Allocation Fund), and DWS
LifeCompass 2040 Fund:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial
statements of DWS LifeCompass Retirement Fund, DWS
LifeCompass 2015 Fund, DWS LifeCompass 2020 Fund,
DWS LifeCompass 2030 Fund, and DWS LifeCompass
2040 Fund (the "Funds"), as of and for the period ended
August 31, 2008, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States), we considered the Funds' 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
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 significant deficiencies or 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 operation,
including controls for safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as
of August 31, 2008.

This report is intended solely for the information and use
of the 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
October 27, 2008