Prosecutors say the Grammy winner spent more than half of the 2012-14 period in Spain and therefore should have paid taxes in the country.
Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros in tax on her 2018 income, the latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer.
Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax, Barcelona prosecutors said in a statement.Shakira is already due to be tried in Barcelona on Nov. 20that hinges on where she lived between 2012-14. In that case, prosecutors allege she failed to pay 14.5 million euros in tax.
Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the Grammy winner spent more than half of the 2012-14 period in Spain and therefore should have paid taxes in the country, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas. Spanish tax officials opened the latest case against Shakira last July. After reviewing the evidence gathered over the last two months, prosecutors have decided to bring charges. No date for a trial was set.
The public relations firm that previously handled Shakira’s affairs, Llorente y Cuenca, made no immediate comment.
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