Tax fraud: Shakira is done with her legal troubles in Spain

A Spanish court announced Thursday that it had closed a second proceeding for tax fraud opened against the global star Shakira, who has therefore finished with legal hassles in the country where she resided for a long time.

Following the request of the prosecution, announced on Wednesday, this court on the outskirts of Barcelona recognized that the Colombian artist had committed “irregularities” in her 2018 tax declaration, with a shortfall of around 6 million euros for the Spanish tax authorities. But "irregularities are not enough for a (criminal) offense against the tax administration to be characterized", estimated the magistrate in charge of the case, according to which the interpreter of "Hips don't lie" does not did not have “the desire to evade taxes”. The prosecution, for its part, ruled that there was “no sufficient evidence” to criminally prosecute Shakira in this case.

This court announced in July that it had opened this procedure against the singer, suspected then of having used companies domiciled in tax havens to avoid paying all of her income and wealth tax in 2018.

In order to show her desire to regularize her situation with the tax authorities, Shakira paid 6.6 million euros to the courts in August, a sum corresponding to the 6 million owed to the tax authorities, increased by late payment interest. and regularization fees.

Shakira still remains in the sights of the Spanish tax authorities for the year 2011 but this procedure is only administrative and not judicial.