Shakira carryingout live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo Credit: Andres.Arranz
About 10 months after being purchased to stand trial in Spain for supposedly stoppingworking to pay ?%AIRCONDITIONING14.5 million (currently $16.14 million) worth of taxes inbetween 2012 and 2014, Shakira is supposedly the subject of a 2nd tax probe in the European country.
Word of this 2nd examination simply justrecently gotin the media spotlight in an AP report. For referral, the Barranquilla, Colombia-born vocalist supposedly lived in Spain for numerous years with now-former partner Gerard Piqué; this relationship started in 2011 and ended last year.
And as discussed, districtattorneys in Spain claim that the three-time Grammy winner inbetween 2012 and 2014 decided not to pay over $16 million in due taxes. Shakira has long rejected the claims – preserving, amongst other things, that she didn’t live in Spain for the 183 days required to develop “tax house” throughout each of the 3 years in concern.
“First of all, I didn’t invest 183 days per year [in Spain] at that time at all,” the 46-year-old spelled out in an interview after declining a plea offer. “I was hectic satisfying my expert dedications around the world. Second, I’ve paid whatever they declared I owed, even inthepast they submitted a claim.”
In any occasion, Shakira – who supposedly bought an island in the Bahamas with Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters in 2011 – is anticipated to face a trial for the declare