Renowned Colombian singer Shakira has won a Spanish tax case, with Spain’s High Court ordering the country’s Treasury to reimburse her millions of euros in tax payments and fines, along with interest.
According to details reported by Reuters, the amount exceeded €60 million, citing a court document reviewed by the news agency.
The ruling relates to a dispute over the 2011 tax year. Spain’s High Court, the National Audience, ruled that tax authorities failed to prove the ‘Waka Waka’ singer spent more than 183 days in Spain in 2011, the legal threshold requiring residents to pay personal income tax in the country.
According to the ruling, issued last month, the court found that Shakira spent 163 days in Spain. It cancelled the tax assessments and multi-million-euro fines imposed by tax authorities, ordering that the sums paid be returned with legal interest.
The case is separate from the Spanish tax fraud case settled by Shakira in 2023, relating to income earned between 2012 and 2014.
A separate investigation into alleged tax fraud linked to 2018 was dismissed by a Spanish court in 2024.
The ruling comes as Shakira prepares to conclude her record-breaking Women Don’t Cry Anymore world tour with a concert residency in Madrid beginning in September.
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