Shakira was recently charged by the Spanish government with “tax fraud” for not paying 6.6 million euros (£5.7 million) in 2018.
It was said that the singer of “Hips Don’t Lie” had a case against her in 2012, 2013, and 2014 for tax theft worth £12.5 million.
Shakira has recently been accused of new things. A report from the Prosecutor’s Office said that the singer was “moved by the desire not to pay taxes on all of her income and to stop paying what was due to her into the State’s coffers.”
The statement also said that Shakira “consciously and voluntarily presented false personal income tax and IP declarations,” as El Mundo and The Mirror noted.
The Waka Waka singer, on the other hand, denied all of the claims that the court in Barcelona made against her.
Shakira lives in Miami right now, but she was said to have lived in Spain for more than 183 days in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Because of this, she was asked to pay taxes in Spain.
It is said that Spanish tax inspectors worked on Shakira’s case for more than a year. To gather proof against her, they went to her favorite hairdresser in Barcelona and looked at her social media.
They found out that the singer had been in Spain for 242 days in 2012, 212 days in 2013, and 243 days in 2014. This was before she was charged with six counts of tax theft for three years.
Shakira’s tax trial, on the other hand, will last for 12 rounds, starting on November 20 and ending on December 14.