Spanish prosecutors have accused pop star Shakira of failing to pay taxes on 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in income in 2018, Spanish authorities said on Tuesday, in Spain’s latest financial charges against the Colombian singer.
Barcelona prosecutors said in a statement that Shakira was accused of using an offshore company located in a tax haven to avoid taxes.
She was notified of the charges in Miami, where she lives, the statement said.
Shakira will go on trial in Barcelona on November 20 separate case It depends on where she lived from 2012-14. In that case, prosecutors accused her of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($15.4 million) in taxes.
Barcelona prosecutors allege that the Grammy winner spent more than half of her time in Spain from 2012-14 and should therefore pay taxes there, even though her official residence is in the Bahamas.
Spanish tax officials opened the latest case against Shakira last July. Prosecutors decided to file charges after reviewing evidence gathered over the past two months. A trial date has not yet been set.
Llorente y Cuenca, the public relations firm that previously handled Shakira’s affairs, had no immediate comment.
Last July, it said the artist had “always acted in accordance with the law and on the advice of his financial advisers”.
Shakira’s full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, since she began a relationship with now-retired football player Gerard Pique She has been linked to Spain since they started dating. The couple have two children and lived together in Barcelona until last year. ended their 11-year relationship.
Spanish tax authorities have cracked down on football stars over the past decade or so Lionel Messi and cristiano ronaldo Failure to pay all taxes due. The players were convicted of tax evasion but avoided jail time thanks to a provision that allowed judges to waive sentences of up to two years for first-time offenders.
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