According to Shakira, accusations of evading US$ 14 million in taxes amount to attempted defamation
Shakira he wasn’t content with just proving his innocence after an indictment by the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office. The singer filed a defamation suit against the agency after allegations that she withheld US$ 14 million (R$ 75.5 million) between 2012 and 2014.
The singer sent documents that would prove her residence in the United States during the period, and not in Spain. On US soil, Shakira claims to have contributed $10,141,075 in taxes.
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In these years, she was one of the jurors of the The Voice, in the United States. To pay taxes in Spain, she should have spent at least 183 days in the territory, which she claims did not happen. The prosecution is asking for eight years in prison and a fine of US$24 million.
Shakira alleges that prosecutors violated the right to privacy and the presumption of innocence by making allegations. According to her, it is a “smear campaign.”
The Public Prosecutor accuses Shakira of having used shell companies, created years before to avoid paying taxes in Spain in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, despite already residing in the country for more than the 183 days a year stipulated by law.
The accusation was registered for the first time in 2018 and prosecutors tried to prove, through publications on social networks and commercial proofs, that she had a fixed residence in the country.
Source: Rollingstone
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