Shakira faces second Spanish tax fraud investigation

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Singer already responds to a tax evasion inquiry in the country between 2012 and 2014. This time, the judge of a court authorized the investigation referring to the year 2018, Singer Shakira performs at Madison Square Garden in New York in August 2018 According to the Associated Press news agency, a court near Barcelona has agreed to open an investigation into a second case of tax fraud by the singer. The artist is already facing a judgment, which must still have a date set, for allegedly not having paid 14.5 million euros (about R$ 78 million, in the current conversion) in tax on income that were received between the years 2012 and 2014. The singer denies any irregularity. This time, a Spanish judge has agreed with state prosecutors to investigate two possible cases of Shakira’s 2018 tax evasion. The court says it has no information on how much money is at issue. The two cases are being heard by a court in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona. The first case to be tried depends on where Shakira lived between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors in Barcelona allege that the singer spent most of that period in Spain and should have paid taxes in the country, despite her official residence being in the Bahamas. Shakira has been linked to Spain since she started dating now-retired soccer player Gerard Piqué. The couple, who have two children, lived together in Barcelona until last year, when their 12-year relationship ended. Spain has cracked down on football stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the past decade for failing to pay taxes. They were found guilty of evasion, but both avoided prison thanks to a clause that allows a judge to waive sentences of less than two years for first-time offenders. Shakira will be tried for tax fraud in Spain Singer had already been accused of tax evasion in the country between the years 2012 and 2014.

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