SEC Company Response from TASA PRODUCTS LTD (CIK 0000318346) — May 17, 2005
TASA PRODUCTS LTD (CIK 0000318346)
Date: May 17, 2005 · CIK: 0000318346 · Accession: 0001015402-05-002647
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Referenced dates: April 25, 2005
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<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>CORRESP <SEQUENCE>1 <FILENAME>filename1.txt <TEXT> Tasa Products Limited c/o Michel Maes 14508 S.E. 51st Bellevue, WA 98006 (425) 882-2206 day phone (425) 867-0865 fax May 16, 2005 Mr. Larry Spirgel Assistant Director Division of Corporate Finance Mail Stop 0407 United States Securities and Exchange Commission Washington D.C. 20549 (202) 551-3810 (202) 772-9205 fax Dear Mr. Spirgel: With respect to your letter dated April 25, 2005, please find the following responses attached to this letter: 1. Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) 2. Certification required by Rule 13a-14(b) 3. Disclosure required by Item 307 of Regulation S-K 4. Disclosure required by Item 308 of Regulation S-K We will submit an amended Form 10-K for the year ending 12-31-05 incorporating these additional certifications and disclosures. We do confirm that all future periodic reports will include these certifications and disclosures. We also acknowledge that: The company is resaponsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filings; Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments in the filings reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; The company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. <PAGE> Thank you and your staff for your assistance in clarifying the issues that have been addressed in our responses. Very truly yours, Michel Maes Co-General Partner Tasa Products Limited <PAGE> Item 9: Disagreements on Accounting and Financial Disclosure Matters TASA has no independent accountant at present. Item 9A Controls and Procedures The Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures are designed to insure that information required to be disclosed in reports that are filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summerized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The General Partners have reviewed the effectiveness of the Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-K report and have concluded that the disclosure controls and proceedures are effective. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended December 31, 2004 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting The management (General Partners) of the Partnership is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, a company's principle executive and principle financial officers (in this case, the General Partners) 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 and 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 Partnership. 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 Partnership are made only in accordance with authorization of the General Partners of the Partnership. 3. Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Partnership's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. <PAGE> Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. 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. The General Partners assessed the effectiveness of the Partnership's interanl control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004. The General Partners believe that, as of December 31, 2004, The Partnership's internal control over financial reporting is adaquate and effective. The Partnership does not have independent auditors. 9B Other Information None <PAGE> Exhibit 31 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification Certifications I, Michel Maes, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this 10-K of Tasa Products Limited; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which the statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d- 15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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; c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and <PAGE> 5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summerize and report financial information; and b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. Date: /s/Michel Maes Co-General Partner <PAGE> Exhibit 32 Certification Persuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350) Persuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350) the undersigned General Partners of TASA Products Limited, a Washington limited partnership (the "Company"), do hereby certify, to the best of such General Partner's knowledge and belief, that: 1. The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (the "Form 10-K) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 2. The information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. /s/MICHEL E. MAES /s/JAMES R. STEFFEY Michel E. Maes James R. Steffey Co-General Partner Co-General Partner Date: Date: </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>