Just a few days after coming to an agreement to avoid going to trial in another tax matter, Colombian diva Shakira paid 6.6 million euros (USD 7.2 million) to a Spanish court that was looking into her unpaid taxes, her representative announced on Friday.
In July, a second investigation against the 46-year-old singer was initiated by Spanish prosecutors. They claim that she defrauded Spain’s tax office of almost 6.6 million euros in 2018, including interest and adjustments, by utilizing a network of companies, some of which were based in tax havens.
The agency that represents Shakira confirmed to AFP that the singer paid the court in August, validating a story that appeared in the daily El Periodico.
According to the publication, the 6.6 million euro payment is “another demonstration of her willingness to repay her possible debts to the Spanish tax authorities” and does not indicate the singer’s guilt or innocence in the case.
In a related development, the singer of “Hips Don’t Lie” on Monday came to a last-minute agreement with Spanish authorities in order to avoid going to trial for tax fraud related to revenue she received from 2012 to 2014.
Shakira agreed to pay a fine of 7.3 million euros, or 50% of the unpaid tax, as part of that agreement.
In order to resolve this matter, she had already paid the Spanish tax authorities 17.45 million euros.
