Shakira's tax fraud trial to begin in November

[Teletubby 151,156]

Shakira has been granted permission to attend just “one or two days” of her tax fraud trial in Barcelona.
She will only have to appear in court on the day that she testifies over charges she defrauded the Spanish Tax Agency of €14.5 million ($15.9M) between 2012 and 2014. The trial is expected to be broadcast live.

Shakira has been charged with six crimes against tax authorities. The prosecution is requesting a prison term of eight years and two months, as well as a fine of €23.7 million ($25.9 million). Under Spanish law, a defendant facing more than two years in prison must be present at trial but the judge presiding over the case has allowed Shakira to be absent from nearly all the hearings due to her professional commitments and the fact that she now resides in the United States.

Last Thursday, the judge summoned all the parties involved in the case and  accepted the defense request that Shakira attend court on the days that she has to testify, and agreed to allow the singer to choose when she wishes to testify depending on her schedule, be it at the beginning of the trial, the middle or the end.

The meeting on Thursday also outlined a calendar for the trial, which currently includes 200 witnesses. The judge announced that the trial is scheduled to begin on November 20 and continue into December. 

The central question of the case is whether Shakira was a resident of Spain between 2012 and 2014, meaning she should have paid taxes in the country. According to court documents, Shakira should have paid €14.5 million in Spanish income tax and corporate tax, but instead used a “series of companies” to hide her wealth.

Shakira, however, claims that during this period she was traveling around the world for work, and only visited Spain “sporadically.”
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[Rat Boy 43,604]

How exciting!!  

[Ricardo 7,900]

she will prevail 

[Smother Em Eh 7,139]

She’s got this and is gonna prevail. 

[Esteban 2,300]

I hope she'll be an example for future fraudsters 

[Lanadelduck 2,006]

Lock her up! 

[63grekke 1,440]

taxation is THEFT. she did nothing wrong.

[rinasawachanta 3,096]

26 minutes ago, 63grekke said:

taxation is THEFT. she did nothing wrong.

Taxation for richs is justice