Colombian pop singer Shakira has not reached an agreement with the Public Ministry and is going on trial in Spain claiming his innocence, according to a statement released by his public relations team.
“Shakira and her team believe that this case constitutes a total violation of her rights, as she has always demonstrated impeccable behavior, both as a person and as a taxpayer, and total willingness to resolve any disagreements from the very beginning, even before the criminal process,” says the document.
In July 2021, a judge at a court near Barcelona ruled that the Colombian singer could be tried for alleged tax evasion of 14.5 million euros ($17 million) in Spain.
There is “sufficient evidence” to hold a trial for Shakira’s alleged tax evasion in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the investigating magistrate said in a ruling, obtained by CNN .
The judge Marco Jesús Juberías argued that Shakira lived more than 200 days in Spain in each of those three years, which makes her responsible for paying taxes in the country.
Juberias said that in the investigation so far, Spain’s tax agency and Shakira’s lawyers had argued over what “main residence” means.
The Spanish tax code says that anyone who resides in Spain for at least six months and a day — or 183 days — in any given year is required to pay taxes in Spain, Madrid tax consultant Beatriz Garcia told CNN.
Spanish media said at the time that Shakira’s team argued that her primary residence was in the Bahamas. But local media also reported that he has a home in the Barcelona area with his now ex-partner, FC Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué, with whom he has two children. Piqué and Shakira announced their separation in June this year.
The judge, in Esplugas de Llobregat court, argued that Shakira and a financial adviser, also named in the sentence, used a number of companies in tax havens to try to hide the sources of their income during those years.
CNN has attempted to contact the Attorney General’s Office for comment, but there is still no response.
Source: CNN Brasil
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