BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, authorities said Tuesday, in Spain’s latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer.
Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax, Barcelona prosecutors said in a statement.
In that case, prosecutors allege she failed to pay 14.5 million euros ($15.4 million) in tax.
Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesSpanish tax officials opened the latest case against Shakira last July.
Spain tax authorities have over the past decade or so cracked down on soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for not paying their full due in taxes.
Persons:
Shakira, Llorente y, “, ” Shakira, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Gerard Pique, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo
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Prosecutors
Locations:
BARCELONA, Spain, Colombian, Barcelona, Miami, Bahamas, Llorente y Cuenca