Shakira

Spanish prosecutors say they will seek a prison sentence of more than eight years for global music superstar Shakira, after she rejected a plea deal on ...

She says she has paid 17.2 million euros to Spanish tax authorities and that she has "no debt to the Treasury for many years". Shakira, who has sold over 60 million albums, rejected a plea deal on Wednesday, saying in a statement through her lawyers that she was "absolutely certain of her innocence" and had decided to let the case go to court, "confident" that her innocence would be proven. - The global music superstar says she is "absolutely certain of her innocence", and has rejected a plea deal

Spanish authorities have accused the singer of defrauding the country's tax office out of €14.5 million by avoiding paying personal income tax and estate ...

Accusing the prosecutors of “abusive methods”, Shakira on Wednesday argued that they were “insisting on claiming money earned during my international tours and the show ‘The Voice’”, for which she was a judge in the United States, AFP reported. Shakira has maintained that she has already paid €17.2 million in taxes, and that she owes nothing more, Reuters reported. On Wednesday (July 27), Shakira rejected a settlement deal offered by Spanish prosecutors, and instead chose to go to trial, which will likely begin in the coming weeks.

Shakira is facing up to eight years in jail if found guilty of an alleged €14.5 million ($23.6m) tax fraud. The Hips Don't Lie singer, 45, is accused of ...

The report prosecutors submitted alleged the time she spent out of Spain were "sporadic absences" linked to work. Tax inspectors spent more than a year checking up on the singer and even visited her favourite hairdressers in Barcelona and trawled her social media to try to show she spent most of the three years in dispute in Spain. They concluded she had spent 242 days in Spain in 2012, 212 days in 2013 and 243 days in the country in 2014. A representative for Shakira said in a statement: "Shakira has always co-operated and abided by the law, demonstrating impeccable conduct as an individual and a taxpayer, and faithfully following the counsel of PriceWaterhouse Coopers, a prestigious and globally recognised tax firm. Shakira – born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll – is accused of pretending to live abroad to avoid paying tax despite moving to Barcelona in 2011 to be with her ex, 35-year-old Spanish footballer Gerard Pique, with whom she has two children. The charges were contained in an indictment submitted by prosecutors to the investigating court near Barcelona and made public for the first time on Friday, July 29.

The singer is charged with failing to pay the Spanish government $23.9 million in taxes between 2012 and 2014.

A trial date has yet to be set. The prosecutors said they would also seek a fine of US$24 million. Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the Grammy winner spent more than half of each year between 2012 and 2014 in Spain and should have paid taxes in the country.

Colombian pop star Shakira faces eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud.

The prosecutors said they would also seek a fine of 24 million euros ($24 million). A trial date has yet to be set. Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud.

Prosecutors in the case are reportedly seeking a fine of €24 million in addition to the sentence.

Conversely, the artist’s publicists insist Shakira has paid the money she allegedly owes to the Spanish Tax Agency in addition to €3 million in interest, and has no pending debts. Despite her timeless assertion regarding the honesty of her hips, prosecutors in Spain are moving forward with charges stating Shakira has been dishonest about her taxes. Prosecutors claim that Shakira lived mostly in Spain during those years even though her primary residence was listed as The Bahamas—in 2021, Spanish judge Marco Juberías wrote that his three-year probe into Shakira’s tax history reflected “ sufficient evidence of criminality” warranting a trial.

Authorities say the Columbian spent at least half the year in Spain in 2012, 2013 and 2014, when she was married to an FC Barcelona football player.

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Spanish prosecutors said on Friday they would ask the court to sentence her to eight years and two months if the three-time Grammy Award winner is ...

The publicists accused the Spanish Tax Agency of violating her rights. The prosecutors said they would also seek a fine of 24 million euros ($24 million). Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014.

Shakira could also be hit with around $24 million in fines as prosecutors in Spain push ahead with their tax fraud case against the Colombian pop star.

The investigations connected her to offshore companies in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands and Malta. But according to Spanish investigators, Shakira allegedly spent more than 200 days in the country in each of those three years. The tax fraud charges hinge on where Shakira lived from 2012 to 2014.