FILE – Shakira performs in the course of the World Citizen Competition in New York on Sept. 27, 2025.
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MADRID — A Spanish court docket acquitted Shakira in a tax fraud case, ordering the federal government to return greater than 55 million euros ($64 million) in wrongly imposed fines and curiosity, a court docket doc seen Monday by The Related Press mentioned.
The choice follows years of tax troubles in Spain for the Colombian celebrity.
The ruling pertains to a dispute over the 2011 tax yr through which Spanish tax authorities didn’t show that the singer was a resident of Spain, the Madrid-based court docket mentioned in its determination.
For an individual to be thought of a tax resident in Spain, she should spend greater than 183 days within the nation. Spanish authorities had been solely capable of show that Shakira lived in Spain that yr for a complete of 163 days, the court docket mentioned.
Spain’s tax authorities have over the previous decade or so cracked down on soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for not paying their full due in taxes. These gamers had been discovered responsible of tax evasion however averted jail time because of a provision that permits a decide to waive sentences below two years in size for first-time offenders.
