La prescripción de la responsabilidad contable: Plazos y régimen especial de prescripción. La interrupción del plazo de prescripción

The current legal regulation of the prescriptive period of accounting liability is included in the first additional provision of Law 7/1988, of 5 April, on the Functioning of the Court of Auditors. Such provision regulates two classes of prescriptive periodS of accounting liability (sections 1...

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Main Author: Izquierdo Arines, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8114766
Source:Revista española de control externo, ISSN 1575-1333, null 22, Nº 66, 2020, pags. 30-47
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Summary: The current legal regulation of the prescriptive period of accounting liability is included in the first additional provision of Law 7/1988, of 5 April, on the Functioning of the Court of Auditors. Such provision regulates two classes of prescriptive periodS of accounting liability (sections 1 and 2), its interruption and effects (section 3) and a special prescriptive period when the same facts constitute a crime (section 4). This article will analyze the above-mentioned issues, in addition to other relevant particulars regarding the interpretation and application of rules, which have been already solved with the addition of the criteria contained in the judgements made by both the Spanish Court of Auditors Courtroom and the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court. Finally, due to long period elapsed since the approval of the Law 7/1988, of 5 April, on the Functioning of the Court of Auditors — over thirty years ago —, and the referred matters of interpretation and application of rules which have emerged during daily practice in the accounting jurisdiction, some conclusions have been added merely as lege ferenda considerations in view of a future modification of the existing regulation on the prescriptive period of accounting liability.