4)  Explain if, and why an accountant will be held liable to: its client,  to 3rd party intended users of the financial statements and audits it prepares for its client, and  to reasonably foreseeable users of the work, it prepared for its client.   ∙ Be sure to identify who reasonably foreseeable users would be and why the accountant is responsible to them in the absence of privity.

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  1. Explain if, and why an accountant will be held liable to:
  1. its client, 
  2. to 3rd party intended users of the financial statements and audits it prepares for its client, and 
  3. to reasonably foreseeable users of the work, it prepared for its client.  

∙ Be sure to identify who reasonably foreseeable users would be and why the accountant is responsible to them in the absence of privity.

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