The Spanish Tax Agency ratified this Wednesday that the Colombian singer Shakira defrauded 14.5 million euros in the Treasury between 2012 and 2014, showing that he did not reside in Spain and hiding their income through a network of societies.
In an additional report on the case, the technicians of Treasury contradict the arguments of the defense of the performer of “Eyes like this”, which uses its concert and television agenda to try to prove that he remained less than 184 days in Spain and therefore had no obligation to pay tax in that country, they have reported to Efe legal sources.
Faced with this situation, the magistrate instructing the case summoned to testify on July 8 to the technicians of Treasury and in defense of the singer to present their thesis on what were the tax obligations of Shakira, According to the newspaper “El Periódico de Catalunya”.
In January last year, two Tax Agency officials already testified before the judge and reaffirmed in the report that they once sent to the Prosecutor’s Office to communicate that the artist had been evading payment of the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) between 2012 and 2014.
Following the report, the prosecution filed a lawsuit in December 2018 against the singer and her tax advisor in the United States, whom she accuses of six crimes against the Treasury public to order a “plan” to pay neither personal income tax nor wealth tax, using a network of companies based in tax havens that were formally the holders of the income that Shakira received.
Specifically, the prosecution maintains that the singer “channeled the capital movements generated by her professional activity” -his performances or participation in the American program “The voice“Or the marketing of perfumes with his name-, through companies domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Malta, Panama and Luxembourg.
The Prosecutor’s Office considers that Shakira had the obligation to pay his taxes to the Spanish Treasury since he remained in the country more than 183 days, time necessary to acquire the status of tax resident in Spain.
Shakira paid the sum but does not admit the foul
Shakira has already returned to the Tax Agency the 14.5 million that it claimed, plus the corresponding debts and interest, but insists – and so he maintained before the investigating judge when he cited it as investigated – that on the dates analyzed not had an obligation to tax in Spain.
The 44-year-old artist also claims that he settled in Esplugues de Llobregat, a town in the province of Barcelona, In 2015, when she gave birth to her second child, and until then she only made occasional visits due to her romantic relationship with her current partner, the FC Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué.
the Colombian Shakira allege before the judge that his absences were not sporadic, but that he actually resided abroad, as he maintained an international concert schedule and participated in the television program “The Voice” in United States. (EFE)
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