Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 earnings, authorities stated Tuesday, in Spain’s newest fiscal allegations in opposition to the Colombian singer.
Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore firm primarily based in a tax haven to keep away from paying the tax, Barcelona prosecutors stated in an announcement.
She has been notified of the fees in Miami, the place she lives, in response to the assertion.
Shakira is already resulting from be tried in Barcelona on Nov. 20 in a separate case that hinges on the place she lived between 2012-14. In that case, prosecutors allege she didn’t pay 14.5 million euros ($15.4 million) in tax.
Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the Grammy winner spent greater than half of the 2012-14 interval in Spain and due to this fact ought to have paid taxes within the nation, though her official residence was within the Bahamas.
Spanish tax officers opened the newest case in opposition to Shakira final July. After reviewing the proof gathered during the last two months, prosecutors have determined to carry expenses. No date for a trial was set.
The public relations agency that beforehand has dealt with Shakira’s affairs, Llorente y Cuenca, made no quick remark.
Last July, it stated the artist had “always acted in concordance with the law and on the advice of her financial advisers.”
Shakira, whose full title is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has been linked to Spain since she began courting the now-retired soccer participant Gerard Pique. The couple, who’ve two kids, lived collectively in Barcelona till final 12 months, after they ended their 11-year relationship.
Spain tax authorities have over the previous decade or so cracked down on soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for not paying their full due in taxes. Those gamers have been discovered responsible of tax evasion however prevented jail time due to a provision that permits a choose to waive sentences below two years in size for first-time offenders.
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