Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 revenue, authorities stated Tuesday, in Spain’s newest fiscal allegations towards 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 line with the assertion.
Shakira is already on account of 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 did not 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, although her official residence was within the Bahamas.
Spanish tax officers opened the most recent case towards Shakira final July. After reviewing the proof gathered during the last two months, prosecutors have determined to convey expenses. No date for a trial was set.
The general public relations agency that beforehand has dealt with Shakira’s affairs, Llorente y Cuenca, made no speedy remark.
Final July, it stated the artist had “at all times acted in concordance with the legislation and on the recommendation of her monetary advisers.”
Shakira, whose full title is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has been linked to Spain since she began relationship the now-retired soccer participant Gerard Pique. The couple, who’ve two kids, lived collectively in Barcelona till final yr, 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. These gamers had been discovered responsible of tax evasion however prevented jail time due to a provision that permits a choose to waive sentences beneath two years in size for first-time offenders.
