Shakira Addresses Tax Fraud Allegations, Reveals the Reason Why She's Fighting Back

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allegedly failing to pay $14.7 million in taxes when she lived in Spain between 2012 and 2014, a time she claims she did not live in the country. Prosecutors insist Shakira did live in the country during that time and said she bought a home in Barcelona in May 2012. They said she lived there with her former partner Gerard Piqué and their son, who was born in Spain in 2013.At the time, Shakira’s official residence was in the Bahamas but prosecutors claim she spent most of her time in Spain. “I’ve paid everything they claimed I owed, even before they filed a lawsuit,” she told Elle magazine.

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Shakira has broken her silence on her split from footballer Gerard Pique, saying the break up came at one of the “darkest hours” of her life. The Colombian singer, 45, split from the FC Barcelona star in June after 11 years of dating. The duo share two sons, Milan, nine, and seven-year-old Sasha.

Shakira feels confident that "justice will prevail" in her favour in her upcoming tax evasion trial in Spain. The Colombian popstar has been accused by the Spanish government of failing to pay her taxes in the country between the years 2012 and 2014. They argue that she spent over 183 days per year in Spain during that time, making her a resident for tax purposes, while her team insist that her main residence was in the Bahamas.

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Shakira has responded to the charges of tax evasion that have been levelled against her by the Spanish government.Authorities are seeking an eight-year prison sentence for the singer on the allegation that she made widespread use of shell companies to conceal her income between 2012 and 2014. Now — in her first response since the claims became public — Shakira has professed her innocence and deemed the charges “fictional.”In a cover story for Elle published yesterday (September 21), the pop star said she’d paid everything that the government had claimed she owed, revealing that “as of today, I owe zero to them.” Shakira went on to explain her confidence in being transparent about her earnings, since she “was advised by one of the four biggest tax specialist firms in the world, PricewaterhouseCoopers.”Shakira later claimed that the allegations — which she deemed “false” and “without evidence” — are an attempt by the Spanish government to “to coerce settlement agreements” via “a salacious press campaign” and the “the threat of reputational damage.” The singer also described such claims as commonplace among her country’s tax authorities, saying that “it’s just their style.”“It is well known that the Spanish tax authorities do this often not only with celebrities like me, it also happens unjustly to the regular taxpayer,” she said, “It’s just their style.