 in tax, and is new facing new alleged tax breaches Shakira has been accused of defrauding the Spanish treasury out of £5.75 million (6.6 million euros) by prosecutors who asked a court to investigate her for new tax breaches. The 46-year-old singer-songwriter is due to go on trial on November 20 for six counts of tax fraud she allegedly committed in 2012, 2013 and 2014. It first emerged in July she was facing a new tax probe linked to alleged irregularities in her tax returns for 2018. A court near Barcelona said an investigation had been opened at the request of state prosecutors. On Tuesday, the amount of money they are accusing her of defrauding as part of their new allegations against the Colombian mum-of-two was made public. Reports in Spain said prosecutors were claiming she had failed to declare just over £13 million (15 million euros) in income and claimed false deductions totalling around £5.5 million (6.5 million euros). Respected Spanish daily El Mundo, one of several papers which offered more details today about the prosecution allegations against Shakira, also reported she was being accused of using companies in offshore tax havens for the alleged tax fraud. Prosecutors are said to have asked the investigating judge to summon her for questioning via videolink from her new home in the States. Shakira is facing up to eight years in prison if convicted of the six counts of tax fraud totalling £12.6 million (14.5 million euros) she is facing trial for from November 20 at a court in Barcelona. She has denied any wrongdoing and insisted she will fight the accusations levied against her in court instead of seeking a last-minute deal with Spanish state prosecutors. The new tax probe is being conducted by a judge at a court in Esplugues de Llobregat, the same court which launched the earlier investigation which resulted in the artist being ordere){kind=link}
Shakira is already facing a trial in November, after being accused of failing to pay 14.5 million euros (£13 million) in tax, and is new facing new alleged tax breaches
Shakira has been accused of defrauding the Spanish treasury out of £5.75 million (6.6 million euros) by prosecutors who asked a court to investigate her for new tax breaches.
The 46-year-old singer-songwriter is due to go on trial on November 20 for six counts of tax fraud she allegedly committed in 2012, 2013 and 2014. It first emerged in July she was facing a new tax probe linked to alleged irregularities in her tax returns for 2018. A court near Barcelona said an investigation had been opened at the request of state prosecutors. On Tuesday, the amount of money they are accusing her of defrauding as part of their new allegations against the Colombian mum-of-two was made public.
Reports in Spain said prosecutors were claiming she had failed to declare just over £13 million (15 million euros) in income and claimed false deductions totalling around £5.5 million (6.5 million euros). Respected Spanish daily El Mundo, one of several papers which offered more details today about the prosecution allegations against Shakira, also reported she was being accused of using companies in offshore tax havens for the alleged tax fraud. Prosecutors are said to have asked the investigating judge to summon her for questioning via videolink from her new home in the States.
Shakira is facing up to eight years in prison if convicted of the six counts of tax fraud totalling £12.6 million (14.5 million euros) she is facing trial for from November 20 at a court in Barcelona. She has denied any wrongdoing and insisted she will fight the accusations levied against her in court instead of seeking a last-minute deal with Spanish state prosecutors. The new tax probe is being conducted by a judge at a court in Esplugues de Llobregat, the same court which launched the earlier investigation which resulted in the artist being ordered to stand trial later this year.