Her hips don’t lie, but what about her tax return? There’s a new report that says Shakira has lost her final battle in the hopes that she can avoid a trial for her tax fraud. Here’s what you need to know.
Unfortunately for her, Shakira is closer to standing trial in Spain for tax fraud after a Barcelona court dismissed an appeal from the singer, in a ruling made public on Thursday. Prosecutors accuse the 45-year-old Hips don’t Lie singer of defrauding the Spanish tax office out of $15.5 million on income earned between 2012 and 2014.
Shakira Is In Deep Trouble Over Tax Fraud Charges
Prosecutors say she moved to Spain in 2011 when her relationship with FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique became public but maintained official tax residency in the Bahamas until 2015. Her defense team argues she moved to Spain full time only in 2015 and has met all tax obligations.
They say that until 2014 she earned most of her money from international tours, did not live more than six months a year in Spain and was therefore not resident under tax law.
But a Barcelona court ruled that “documentation provided to prove” tax residence overseas “does not appear to be sufficient.” “We can consider that the appellant had her usual residence in Spain,” the court added in a ruling.
The ruling ratifies a prior court decision issued in 2021. Prosecutors now need to present an indictment before the court can order a trial. Shakira’s lawyers insisted on Thursday that her “conduct on tax matters has always been impeccable in all the countries she had to pay taxes.”
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