Key takeaways:
- Shakira has been charged with failing to pay $7.1 million in taxes on her 2018 income.
- She is also due to be tried in Barcelona on Nov. 20 in a separate case that hinges on where she lived between 2012-14.
- The charges come as part of a wider crackdown on tax evasion in Spain, and this is not the first time Shakira has been accused of tax evasion.
Pop star Shakira has been charged with failing to pay $7.1 million in taxes on her 2018 income, according to Spanish prosecutors. The Colombian singer is accused of using an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the taxes.
In a statement, Barcelona prosecutors said that Shakira is also due to be tried in Barcelona on Nov. 20 in a separate case that hinges on where she lived between 2012-14. In that case, prosecutors allege she failed to pay $15.4 million in tax.
Shakira has not yet commented on the charges, but her lawyer has denied any wrongdoing. The lawyer said that all taxes due in Spain have been paid and that Shakira has always complied with her fiscal obligations.
The charges come as part of a wider crackdown on tax evasion in Spain. The government has been cracking down on celebrities and other high-profile figures who are suspected of avoiding taxes.
This is not the first time Shakira has been accused of tax evasion. In 2016, she was accused of failing to pay taxes on income earned between 2011 and 2014. She has denied any wrongdoing in that case as well.
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