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The Barcelona accusation on Friday (14) filed a complaint against Shakira for six crimes against the tax administration, in which she accused him of having ousted 14.5 million euros (or 16.4 millions of dollars). claiming not to reside in Spain between 2012 and 2014.
The Colombian singer would have hidden her earnings via a corporate network based on tax havens from 2012 to 2014, according to the lawsuit filed in the courts of Esplugas de Llobregat (Barcelona).
The prosecutor asks the singer to be the subject of an investigation and to impose a fine equivalent to the sum of the extended amounts plus a third – € 19.4 million (a little more than $ 22 million) – or embargo on badets up to that amount
The complaint is directed against both the singer and her accountant in the United States, who has been director of several companies belonging to Shakira, and notes that for the moment "it is unclear what would have been the participation of members of the professional bureau PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to maintain and restructure the corporate network that she used.
According to the Spanish Prime Minister, the artist drew up a plan not to pay taxes, income taxes or wealth taxes, using a network of companies located in tax havens that were receiving formally the income it received.
Specifically, the prosecutor claims that the singer "channeled the capital movements generated by her professional activity" – her performances and participation in the American program "The Voice" and the sale of perfumes bearing her name – through the intermediary of companies domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Malta, Panama and Luxembourg.
In addition, the text of the complaint adds that the artist has signed agreements with the Luxembourg tax authorities, known as "Tax Ruling", in order to create "specific and privileged tax conditions" while she was already residing in Spain and that she was required to pay their taxes there.
According to the public prosecutor, the singer used this network of companies "in order to avoid paying taxes", knowing that "she lived as usual in Spain and remained there almost all the time. Year, with the exception of their products to fulfill their professional commitments and hobbies ".
The prosecution believes that Shakira was required to pay her taxes to the Spanish Treasury, since she remained in the country for more than 183 days, the time required to acquire resident status for tax purposes. in Spain and the United States.
In this sense, the complaint adds that in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 during which Shakira participated in the American program "The Voice", she filed a tax return in California, claiming that she was not resident in Spain, and reported staying there 61, 118 and 117 days, respectively.
For the prosecutor, once the surveillance and subsequent investigation into the singer began, she "did not provide any documentation or information regarding income and badets", claiming that she did not reside in Spain .
In total, the complaint estimates the amount that Shakira should have paid to the Tax Agency for income tax for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 and nearly 2.2 million euros ( 12.3 million euros (13.9 million US dollars)). euros (US $ 2.5 million) the amount that should be paid to the Catalan Tax Agency for the heritage sold in those years.
In a statement sent to the press, the singer – the wife of Gerhard Piqué – guarantees that she has always fulfilled her tax obligations and that she "owes no value to the Spanish Treasury".
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