Shakira stars in a new investigation for alleged tax evasion in Spain
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Shakira is once again in the eye of the hurricane after starring in a new investigation by the Spanish Treasury for alleged tax evasion.
Shakira faces new problems with the Spanish Treasury after a court, located near Barcelona, ??said it had agreed to open an investigation into a second case of alleged tax fraud involving the Colombian singer.
Shakira was already awaiting trial, no date yet, for failing to pay 14.5 million euros in income taxes between 2012 and 2014. The artist has denied any wrongdoing.
Now, a Spanish judge has accepted a request by the local prosecutor's office to investigate two possible cases of Shakira's tax fraud in 2018. The court said it had no information on how much money would have been involved in the two cases, which are being processed in a court in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona.
The first case revolves around where Shakira lived between 2012 and 2014. The Barcelona prosecutor's office alleges that the multi-Grammy winner spent more than half of that period in Spain and should have paid taxes in the country, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas.
Shakira, whose real name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has ties to Spain since she began a relationship with former soccer player Gerard Piqué. The couple, who have two children, lived together in Barcelona until last year, when she ended their relationship after 11 years.
Over the past decade, Spanish authorities have gone after soccer stars such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for not paying all their due taxes. Both were convicted of tax evasion but avoided jail time because the law allows a judge to waive sentences of less than two years for people with no criminal record.
Shakira faces new problems with the Spanish Treasury after a court, located near Barcelona.
,Shakira was already awaiting trial, no date yet, for failing to pay 14.5 million euros in income taxes between 2012 and 2014. The artist has denied any wrongdoing.
Now, a Spanish judge accepted the request of the local prosecutor's office to investigate two possible cases of Shakira's tax fraud in 2018. The court said it had no information on how much money would have been involved in the two cases, which are being processed in a court in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona.
The first case revolves around where Shakira lived between 2012 and 2014. Barcelona prosecutors allege that the multi-Grammy winner spent more than half of that period in Spain and should have paid taxes in the country, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas.
Shakira, whose real name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has ties with Spain since he began a relationship with former soccer player Gerard Pique. The couple, who have two children, lived together in Barcelona until last year, when they ended their relationship after 11 years.
Over the past decade, Spanish authorities have gone after soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for failing to pay all their due taxes. Both were convicted of tax evasion but avoided going to prison because the law allows the judge to exempt people without criminal records from serving sentences of less than two years.
Shakira faces new problems with the Spanish Treasury after a court, located near Barcelona,
Shakira was already awaiting trial, no date yet, for failing to pay 14.5 million euros in income taxes between 2012 and 2014. The artist has denied any wrongdoing.