Shakira She criticized the Spanish tax authority for “using” her for exemplary purposes, to the point of “violating” her right to privacy.
The famous singer, who is being investigated for alleged tax fraud, confirms that since 2011 she has paid more than 104 million euros in taxes worldwide.
Her lawyer’s brief
Shakira She was charged with tax evasion of €14.5 million between 2012 and 2014, when she claimed she did not reside in Spain.
EFE has access to Shakira The lawyers’ brief, in which the Spanish tax authorities are accused of waging an “information campaign” with the sole aim of “forcing” the singer to “admit guilt despite her innocence and to come to terms with the charges”. .
For the defence, the tax agency acted with the “unacceptable purpose” of “exploiting” the Colombian singer “for purposes typical of the rest of the Spanish taxpayers”, and for this purpose it carried out “extraordinary actions” while investigating the case.
especially, ShakiraHe blames the Treasury’s legal team for resorting to “measures that violate the right to privacy such as requests from medical centers for reserved information such as appointments and test results” in order to prove that between 2012 and 2014 the artist resided in Spain more than 183 days a year and, therefore, She was obliged to pay taxes in this country.
However, the Colombian star’s defense claims she has “credible evidence” that “beyond any doubt”, she did not spend most of the year in Spain. As stated in the certificates of the Bahamas authorities, she was a tax resident in the country from 2004 until the end of 2014, when she settled in Barcelona due to her relationship with the footballer. Gerrard Pique.
For this reason, they maintain that it is “radically wrong” that she mimics her residence in the Bahamas and they assert that, since she began a relationship with Effects In 2011, her visits to Spain to meet the footballer, “on the few free days that her intense professional agenda allowed her”, were always “publicized” even in her social networks.
When in 2014 I decided to settle in Barcelona with Effects She reported it “explicitly” for appropriate purposes to the Tax Authority, which accepted it “without discussion, thus presuming that she had not up to that date resided in our country”, and since then “accurately” paid her taxes in Spain despite it not being a “center of economic interests”
Shakira She claims that in 2011 she spent a maximum of 60 days in Spain, with her world tour including shows in cities such as Abu Dhabi, Bologna, Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrade, Croatia, Munich, Beirut, Minsk, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Rabat, Lyon, Tijuana, Hermosillo, Genoa and Puerto Rico.
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