At its meeting on September 18-22, 2017, the ISA 315 Task Force presented to the IAASB proposed changes to the requirements in ISA 315 (Revised) to address identified issues relating to understanding the entity and its environment, including the applicable financial reporting framework, and internal control, including obtaining an understanding of the five components of internal control. The Board broadly supported the proposals, but asked for consideration about some of the proposed changes to the definitions, as well as the perceived focus on controls in obtaining the necessary understanding of the components of internal control. With regard to proposed changes to the identification and assessment of inherent and control risk, the Board supported a separate assessment of inherent and control risk, but asked that the ISA 315 Task Force further consider how this works practically and highlighted that further clarification is needed relating to the assessment of control risk.

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