Shakira

A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of eight years for Colombian superstar Shakira over a 14.5 million-euro tax fraud case, a prosecutor's office ...

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A Spanish prosecutor is seeking an eight-year prison term for the Colombian superstar Shakira over a €14.5m (£3.8m) tax fraud case, a prosecutor's office ...

The latest development in the case comes a month after Shakira and her husband, the FC Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué, announced they were separating. No date for a trial has been set. The prosecutor’s document, seen by Reuters, asserts that Shakira was ordinarily resident in Spain between 2012 and 2014, and in May 2012 bought a house in Barcelona that became a family home for herself, her partner, and their son born in Spain in 2013.

You know what else is illegal? Tax fraud. On July 27, the Colombian singer rejected a settlement deal offered by Spanish prosecutors in the case of her alleged ...

The only question is if she’ll swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth on a Bible or on her hips. Shakira will now go to trial, and according to the According to AP, prosecutors are seeking to sentence her with eight years and two months in jail as well as a fine of €24 million. However, Shakira listed her primary residence as a private island in the Bahamas, which she co-owns with Roger Waters. They’d bought it in 2011 with the intent of turning it into a luxury artist retreat, but it seems like the Spanish government believes the most significant structure she built on it was … a tax shelter.

"Shakira is confident that her innocence will be proven by the end of the judicial process," a spokesperson for the singer told "Metro" as she faces trial.

The couple announced their separation in June. "Unfortunately, the Spanish Tax Office, which loses one out of every two lawsuits with its taxpayers, continues to violate her rights and pursue yet another baseless case. It has been alleged by Spanish authorities that Shakira owes 14.5 million euros (around $14.7 million) in unpaid taxes.

Un tribunal de Barcelona decidirá ahora si abre juicio oral a la cantante, que hasta el último momento tiene abierta la posibilidad de alcanzar un pacto con la ...

Cuando rechazó el miércoles llegar a un acuerdo con la fiscalía de Barcelona, Shakira declaró en un comunicado que las acusaciones en su contra son "un total atropello a sus derechos" e insistió en que la acusación "se ha empeñado en recaudar el dinero devengado en giras internacionales y en 'The Voice'" pese a que en ese tiempo "aún no era residente en España". La cantante ya devolvió los 14,5 millones de euros que le exigía el fisco español y otros 2,7 millones en intereses (US$2,75 millones) en 2018, con un desembolso total de 17,2 millones de euros (US$17,5 millones). El organismo presentó este viernes el escrito de acusación, que atribuye a la artista de 45 años haber defraudado 14,5 millones de euros (US$14,8 millones) en impuestos en los años 2012, 2013 y 2014.

La Fiscalía de España formalizó este viernes la acusación contra Shakira en la que pide una pena de ocho años y dos meses de cárcel por seis delitos contra ...

Algunos de éstos serán cuestionados por videoconferencia. La acusación se basa en que en ese periodo ya había iniciado con su ahora exesposo Gerard Piqué, por lo cual ya había iniciado su residencia en España, lo cual tiene efectos fiscales. Asimismo, los demandantes señalan que la cantante pasó más de 183 días en España, lo cual la convierte en una residente fiscal.

La estrella pop colombiana Shakira está acusada de evasión de impuestos.

Shakira, cuyo nombre completo es Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, está acusada de evadir el pago de 14,5 millones de euros (15 millones de dólares) en impuestos entre 2012 y 2014. Los fiscales dijeron que pedirán además una multa de 24 millones de euros.Shakira, cuyo nombre completo es Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, está acusada de evadir el pago de 14,5 millones de euros (15 millones de dólares) en impuestos entre 2012 y 2014. Shakira confía en que su inocencia será probada al final del proceso judicial'', agregó.

Madrid — Los fiscales en España dijeron el viernes que pedirán a un tribunal que condene a la estrella pop colombiana Shakira a ocho años y dos meses de ...

Dice que ella ha depositado la suma que supuestamente debe, incluidos intereses por $3 millones de euros. El acta de acusación incluye seis cargos. Los fiscales dijeron que pedirán además una multa de $24 millones de euros.

The Colombian pop star is charged with failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014.

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 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.

(Reuters) -- La Fiscalía de España pidió más de ocho años de prisión para la superestrella colombiana Shakira por un caso de fraude fiscal de 14,5 millones ...

Todavía no se ha fijado una fecha para el juicio. El documento de la Fiscalía, al que tuvo acceso Reuters, asegura que Shakira residió habitualmente en España entre 2012 y 2014 y que en mayo de 2012 compró una casa en Barcelona que se convirtió en domicilio familiar para ella, su pareja y su hijo nacido en España en 2013. (Reuters) -- La Fiscalía de España pidió más de ocho años de prisión para la superestrella colombiana Shakira por un caso de fraude fiscal de 14,5 millones de euros, según un documento de la Fiscalía publicado el viernes.

A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of eight years for Colombian superstar Shakira over a 14.5 million-euro tax fraud case, a prosecutor's office ...

The latest development in the tax case comes a month after Shakira and her husband, Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, announced they were separating. The 45-year-old singer — dubbed the Queen of Latin Pop — said she initially paid the $17.5 million that the Spanish tax office said she owed and claims she has no outstanding debt with the tax authorities. She is accused of failing to pay taxes between 2012 and 2014, a period in which Shakira says she did not live in Spain.

Prosecutors in Spain say they will ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison if she is convicted in her ...

The prosecutors said they would also seek a fine of 24 million euros ($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. A trial date has yet to be set.

El ministerio público acusa a la artista de seis delitos contra la Hacienda Pública.

Ha desarrollado su carrera en la redacción de Barcelona, donde ha cubierto escándalos de corrupción y el procés. Licenciado por la UAB, ha sido profesor universitario. La cantante se mantiene firme en la defensa de su inocencia. Pero la acusación las considera “ausencias esporádicas”. Con excepción de su participación en el programa The Voice, en Estados Unidos, se trata de “estancias muy cortas”. “Una vez concluidas sus actividades profesionales o de ocio, volvió inmediatamente a España”, sigue el escrito. La tesis de la acusación es que en ese periodo había iniciado ya su relación con el jugador del Barça Gerard Piqué y había establecido su residencia en España a efectos fiscales. Además de la pena de cárcel, que en caso de condena firme podría suponer su ingreso en prisión, solicita el pago de una multa de 23,7 millones de euros. La acusación atribuye a Shakira seis delitos contra la Hacienda pública con dos agravantes: por la elevada cuantía de la defraudación y por la “utilización de personas jurídicas interpuestas”, o sea, de sociedades en paraísos fiscales que le permitieron ocultar sus ingresos.

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.

Prosecutors in Spain said they'll ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years in prison if convicted in her expected trial for alleged ...

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 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.

What Is Shakira's net worth In 2022? Here's she got so rich. Plus, how her breakup with Gerard Pique and Spanish tax fraud claims affect her bottom line.

Shakira sold her music publishing rights to Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited in 2021. She broke into the English-language market in the early 2000s with her album, Laundry Service, and “Hips Don’t Lie” became a mega-hit in 2005. Shakira has been a big name in music since the mid-90s and early 2000s. They also were never married, so their individual wealth should just stay with each of them. Shakira “has always cooperated 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 recognized tax firm,” the rep said, before throwing some shade at Spanish authorities. In 2012, Shakira inked a $30 million deal with Live Nation and Sony to release her next three albums, according to The Hollywood Reporter. (The companies divvy up the sales proceeds.)

Shakira está acusada de defraudar al fisco español, se declaró inocente y está dispuesta a ir a juicio.

Por ello, pide para la cantante penas de más de ocho años de cárcel y el pago de una multa de unos 24 millones de euros. El escrito llegó dos días después de que los abogados de la cantante de 45 años anunciaran que habían rechazado un pacto con la Fiscalía y que pretendían ir a juicio. El escrito llegó dos días después de que los abogados de la cantante de 45 años anunciaran que habían rechazado un pacto con la Fiscalía y que pretendían ir a juicio.

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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The news comes after reports that the pop star rejected a plea deal related to alleged tax evasion in Spain.

Shakira's team, however, denied those claims and said they were "a total violation of her rights," as the singer did not live in Spain and was on various international tours during the years in question. The indictment detailed six charges against Shakira that suggested the "Waka Waka", "Hips Don't Lie", and "Whenever, Wherever" singer failed to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (which equates to roughly $15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. On Friday, prosecutors in Spain said they would ask a court to sentence the singer to eight years and two months in prison as well as enforce a proposed fine of 24 million euros ($24.39 million) to be paid by the pop sensation.

La Fiscalía de España formalizó este viernes la acusación contra Shakira en la que pide una pena de ocho años y dos meses de cárcel por seis delitos contra ...

Algunos de éstos serán cuestionados por videoconferencia. La acusación se basa en que en ese periodo ya había iniciado con su ahora exesposo Gerard Piqué, por lo cual ya había iniciado su residencia en España, lo cual tiene efectos fiscales. Asimismo, los demandantes señalan que la cantante pasó más de 183 días en España, lo cual la convierte en una residente fiscal.

On Friday, prosecutors in Spain are reportedly seeking an eight-year sentence for Shakira if she is convicted in trial over a $15 million tax fraud case, ...

Shakira previously claimed that she had spent the majority of those years as a resident of the Bahamas, and filed her taxes accordingly. The court upheld a ruling from July 2021, when Spanish Judge Marco Juberías determined there was "sufficient evidence of criminality" following an investigation that went on for three years, according to the AP. Their statement continues, "Unfortunately, the Spanish Tax Office, which loses one out of every two lawsuits with its taxpayers, continues to violate her rights and pursue yet another baseless case.

Prosecutors want the maximum sentence over six separate counts of tax fraud totalling £12.2 million. The charges were contained in an indictment submitted by ...

Official residents in Spain pay Spanish taxes on their worldwide income and people who spent more than 183 days in a calendar year there are considered Spanish residents for tax purposes. As well as an eight-year prison sentence, state prosecutors want the mum-of-two to be fined £19.2 million. “Shakira is confident that her innocence will be proven by the end of the judicial process.”

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.

Los fiscales en España dicen que pedirán a un tribunal que condene a la estrella pop colombiana Shakira a ocho años y dos meses de prisión si es hallada ...

Los fiscales dijeron que pedirán además una multa de 24 millones de euros. Shakira confía en que su inocencia será probada al final del proceso judicial”, agregó. El acta de acusación incluye seis cargos.

The singer is accused of not paying nearly $15 million taxes from 2012-2014. The singer says she has already paid about $17.5 million to the Spanish tax ...

Yet in July of last year, a judge ruled that there was enough “evidence of criminality” for the singer, who is the star and EP of NBC’s Dancing With Myself reality competition, to be tried. The duo announced they were separating last month. The superstar says she has already paid about $17.5 million to the Spanish tax office to settle her obligation.

The 'Hips Don't Line' singer, 45, is accused of defrauding the Spanish treasury out of a fortune over a three-year period from 2012 to 2014 and faces up to ...

They concluded she had spent 242 days in Spain in 2012, 212 days in 2013 and 243 days in the country in 2014. Official residents in Spain pay Spanish taxes on their worldwide income and people who spent more than 183 days in a calendar year there are considered Spanish residents for tax purposes. Shakira, previously living in the Bahamas, registered as a full tax resident in Spain in 2015.

Shakira es una de las artistas latinas más conocidas a nivel mundial, pero ahora enfrenta una causa judicial que podría frenar su carrera.

De hecho, por esta razón y porque Shakira inscribió a su primogénito en el registro civil de Barcelona durante esos años luego de comprar una casa junto a Piqué, La Fiscalía considera que sus ausencias en España por cuestiones laborales son “ausencias esporádicas” y no fueron tenidas en cuenta. A su vez, a esto, sumaron el alquiler de un estudio de grabación cerca de Barcelona. Pero, por si esto fuera poco, según indica el diario El País, los técnicos rastrearon las redes sociales de Shakira y eso permitió situarla en España la mayor parte del tiempo. Eso sí, además de la pena de cárcel, en el caso de que se transforme en una condena firme, Shakira debería abonar una multa de 23,7 millones de euros. Tal es así que, en el juicio, se presentarán 37 testigos citados y se la interrogará a ella en el banquillo de los acusados. Asimismo, según las pruebas de la fiscalía, en ese período ella pasó un total de 183 días en España. Por supuesto, ni bien se dio a conocer esta noticia generó revuelo en el mundo entero, puesto que estamos hablando de una de las cantantes más famosas.

A Spanish prosecutor is seeking an eight-year prison sentence for the singer, who was charged with tax evasion in 2018. Shakira's representatives say she is ...

Representatives for Shakira told People that the singer owed nothing to Spanish tax authorities, arguing that she had paid what she owed in full and that the prosecutor was spearheading a “smear campaign” and using Shakira as a “scapegoat” to frighten other taxpayers. Central to her case was the question of where she lived between 2012 and 2014: While the singer denied living in Spain during that time, officially listing her residence as the Bahamas, Spanish prosecutors insisted she was claiming the Bahamas for tax purposes (tax rates are significantly lower in the Bahamas, where Shakira bought a private island in 2011). Though Shakira and her ex, Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique, lived in Barcelona together for several years, the singer did not officially list Spain as her residence until 2015. Back in 2018, Spanish prosecutors charged Shakira with tax evasion, alleging that the singer had failed to pay more than $16 million in taxes on income she earned 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.

Prosecutors want the maximum sentence over six separate counts of tax fraud totalling £12.2 million. - Advertisement -. The charges were contained in an ...

Shakira has failed to reach an agreement with Spanish prosecutors on tax evasion charges, and she will go to trial insisting on her innocence, according to ...

The judge argued that Shakira and a financial adviser, also named in the ruling, used a series of companies in off-shore tax havens to attempt to hide the sources of her income during those years. In a ruling obtained by CNN, the investigating magistrate said that there is "sufficient evidence" to hold a trial for Shakira's alleged tax evasion for the years of 2012, 2013 and 2014. "Shakira and her team consider that this case constitutes a total violation of her rights," the statement reads, "since she has always shown impeccable behaviour, as a person and taxpayer, and total willingness to resolve any disagreement from the beginning, even before the criminal proceeding."