Treasury courts corner Shakira: she defrauded 14.5 million euros in two years
Treasury Courts ratify that Shakira defrauded 14.5 million euros evading taxes
Shakira (44) may have to face a less forgiving audience than those who go to her concerts. The
Court of Instruction number 2 of Esplugues de Llobregat
has concluded the open investigation that it had against the singer for
allegedly defrauding the Treasury
in the years
2012, 2013 and 2014
, as considered by the Prosecutor's Office and the Tax Agency inspectors, and it has urged the parties to
present a statement of accusation or acquittal.
In this way and after the instruction carried out, the court considers that there are
indications that the singer and her tax advisor could commit this crime,
although it must be a court that decides it as long as it comes to trial. At the moment,
the defense of Shakira
and the other defendant are planning to
present an appeal to the Barcelona Court
against the judicial decision. If confirmed, the Prosecutor's Office could present an accusation document in which he
could request several years in prison for Shakira
and the other prosecuted for fraud against the Public Treasury.
The Public Ministry considers that the singer
had tax residence in Spain in those years
and that is why she allegedly
breached her tax obligations on personal income tax
and
wealth tax.
In addition, he
prosecutes his lawyer
and advisor for
allegedly collaborating in the maintenance of the corporate network
so that they appear as holders of the income and assets of the singer.
A few weeks ago, Shakira's lawyers presented before the court a
certificate of
permanent
residence in the Bahamas
until 2015, for which they assured that
she was not living in Spain the minimum of 183 days
that the Tax Agency considers between 2012 and 2014 to pay taxes. to the Spanish treasury. The experts from the Treasury and the Public Prosecutor's Office
do not recognize
the
certificate of permanent residence in the Bahamas for
tax residence purposes
and consider that despite making professional trips around the world between 2012 and 2014, the singer lived in Spain, since she
had started her relationship with him. Barça defender Gerard Piqué.
To argue this presence of the Colombian singer in our country, their social networks, invoices or use of credit cards were tracked.
The Prosecutor's Office considers that Shakira evaded the payment of taxes to the Treasury by
pretending that she did not reside in this country
and hiding her income through a
corporate network based in tax havens,
with companies domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Malta, Panama and Luxembourg with which he channeled the profits of his professional activity.
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The Prosecutor's Office accuses Shakira and her tax advisor in the United States of
six crimes against the Public Treasury
and accuses them of devising a
"plan" not to pay personal income tax
or wealth tax to the Treasury, using a network of companies based in tax havens that were formally the holders of the income it received.
The complaint indicated that
the singer signed agreements with the Luxembourg tax authorities
to achieve "specific and privileged tax conditions", when she already resided in Spain and had the obligation to pay her taxes in this country.
In total, the prosecutor estimates at
12.3 million the amount that Shakira had to pay
to the Tax Agency for personal income tax for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 and at almost 2.2 million the amount that she would have to have paid to the Tax Agency of Catalonia for the
patrimony
that it had in those years.
If an out-of-court settlement or the Barcelona Court does not prevent it, the singer
will sit on the bench to clear up her problems with the Treasury.
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