A week ago, Shakira was acquitted by the Barcelona Court by admitting that she did commit tax fraud against the Spanish Treasury. To save herself from the three years in prison that corresponded to her, the singer paid a fine of more than 7 million euros. In this way, the singer would have ended a legal problem that had been stalking her for several years.
However, not everything that glitters is gold and in the last few hours it became known that the Barranquilla woman would be in another mess that could keep her awake. According to the statement issued by her agency, Shakira has activated an administrative case against the Tax Agency for the fiscal year 2011, since according to what was accused by the Spanish entity, the artist should have paid taxes that year in Spain, when she was just starting his romance with Piqué.Announcements
“The 2011 case is nonsense; Not only because I wasn’t even close to being a resident in 2011, but because they have made me pay for all the working capital for my tour. They have not taken into account the expenses I incurred and I ended up paying for my tour expenses twice. There has been a kind of double taxation and they have imposed disproportionate fines on profits that did not exist. To the point that I have had to pay 60 million,” said the
It should be noted that the laws of Spain establish that any person who remains in the country for more than 183 days must pay taxes, since for them it means that they could become a habitual resident. It is no wonder that the situation is not to the interpreter’s liking, since at that time she was only eventually going to the Iberian country to visit Gerard, just when they were starting their relationship.
In 2011 he made visits to Spain to see the person with whom he was starting a relationship, adding a total of 70 days between all the visits. 2011 was a year in which she had no ties with Spain,” she says in the statement. Likewise, her legal team stated that: “Shakira will continue her fight against the Tax Agency in the administrative case for the 2011 fiscal year, a path with less wear and exposure than the criminal one.”
