The Spanish judiciary has initiated legal prosecutions against the backdrop of millions of dollars in tax violations attributed to Shakira, dating back to 2018, in new charges added to others related to fraud between 2012 and 2014, for which the Colombian singer will be tried in the coming months.
According to Agence France-Presse, close to the star, who is now residing in Miami, after several years during which she took residence in Spain, confirmed Shakira’s innocence of the accusations against her, stressing that the singer had not yet been officially informed of the new lawsuit.
Shakira was previously accused of evading the payment of 14.5 million euros to the Spanish tax authorities between 2012 and 2014, and she will be tried on this basis before a court in Barcelona, most likely from November.
The prosecution accuses the Colombian singer, who has Lebanese roots, who sold more than 60 million albums in her career, of not declaring a large part of her income from her tours abroad during the period 2012-2014, when she lived in Spain for more than 183 days a year, which is the minimum period of residence at which it becomes necessary to declare tax residency in this country.
In particular, the prosecution demands more than eight years in prison and a fine of nearly 24 million euros.
