Prosecutors in Barcelona have charged Shakira with tax fraud to the tune of $7.1 million, alleging that the Colombian singer used an offshore firm to keep away from paying her 2018 taxes.
Spanish prosecutors are charging pop singer Shakira with failure to pay $7.1 million in taxes, in line with Barcelona authorities. They allege the singer used an offshore firm in a “tax haven” to keep away from paying taxes on her 2018 revenue. This follows the fees she faces in a separate case, additionally in Barcelona, alleging her failure to pay $15.4 in owed taxes, for which she is being tried on November 20.
Tax officers opened the newest case in opposition to the Colombian singer in July, having reviewed the proof and deciding to press expenses. A trial date is but to be set. Llorente y Cuenca, the PR agency that has been dealing with Shakira’s affairs, stated in July that the singer had “all the time acted in concordance with the regulation and on the recommendation of her monetary advisers.”
The case tied to the November 20 trial hinges on Shakira’s place of residence from 2012 to 2014, as prosecutors allege the artist spent greater than half of that interval in Spain, and will due to this fact have paid taxes within the nation, regardless of her official residence on the time within the Bahamas.
The fiscal allegations in opposition to Shakira — who has lived in Barcelona for the previous 11 years with former soccer participant Gerard Pique and their two youngsters till final yr when the couple separated — observe Spain’s tax authorities’ crackdown inside the final decade on soccer stars failing to pay their full due in taxes.
Stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo had been discovered responsible of tax evasion, however evaded jail time due to a provision permitting a decide to waive sentences underneath two years for first-time offenders. Shakira was notified of the fees in opposition to her in Miami, the place she presently lives.