L067-ESPAÑA SHAKIRA ABSUELTA DE FRAUDE FISCAL

Spain's High Court has acquitted Colombian singer Shakira of tax fraud and ordered the Treasury to reimburse her with over 60 million euros ($69.8 million) in fines she had paid plus interest, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Monday (May 18).

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1. STATEMENT SENT OUT BY SHAKIRA'S TEAM READING (Spanish):

"Shakira wins the definitive battle against the Spanish Tax Agency, with a ruling against the Tax Authority

Definitive victory for Shakira.

The National Court has issued a ruling that conclusively and categorically sides with Shakira in the latest legal case the singer had open with the Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT). (...) In 2011, Shakira was touring around the world, performing as many as 120 concerts in 37 different countries. She did not have a home in Spain, nor children, nor did she ever have her centre of business in this country; (...) There was never any fraud (...) The judgment states, verbatim, that “this presence, as determined by the Administration itself, does not reach 183 days” and that, therefore, “it is obvious” that “the resulting penalties are unlawful.” Likewise, the National Court dismisses and rejects the so-called “sporadic absences” that the Tax Agency sought to use against Shakira."

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2. VARIOUS OF SPANISH HIGH COURT

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3. COLOMBIAN SINGER, SHAKIRA ON RED CARPET AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

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4. VARIOUS OF SHAKIRA, ALONG WITH ACTOR FOREST WHITAKER AND VIOLINIST ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER, POSING WITH AWARDS AT ANNUAL CRYSTAL AWARDS OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (ARCHIVE - JANUARY 17, 2017) (REUTERS - Access all)

5. SHAKIRA WALKING ONTO STAGE AND TAKING SEAT AT EVENT AT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

6. VARIOUS OF SHAKIRA SPEAKING AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM EVENT

7. SHAKIRA STANDING AT END OF EVENT

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8. GLIMPSE OF WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE COLOMBIAN STAR SHAKIRA SEEN THROUGH THE GLASS DOORS OF THE COURT AFTER APPEARANCE IN TAX CASE, WITH POLICE AND ADVISORS BLOCKING THE VIEW

9. CAR DEPARTING

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10. VARIOUS OF SINGER SHAKIRA POSING WITH FORMER PARTNER GERARD PIQUE AT PHOTOCALL

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11. THREE STILLS OF SHAKIRA AND FORMER PARTNER PIQUE

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12. SHAKIRA ARRIVING TO NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM WITH BARCELONA FC VICE PRESIDENT, JORDI CARDONER AND REPRESENTATIVE OF CATALAN BANK LA CAIXA, XAVIER BERTOLIN

13. VARIOUS OF SHAKIRA AT NEWS CONFERENCE

14. SHAKIRA ARRIVING AT NOU CAMP PITCH

15. SHAKIRA PLACING MAGAZINE INSIDE TRANSPARENT BOX

16. SHAKIRA STANDING AND LISTENING

17. SHAKIRA ON THE PITCH POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

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18. VARIOUS OF SHAKIRA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

19. SHAKIRA LEAVING PHOTOCALL

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20. SHAKIRA WAVING AND BLOWING KISSES TO FANS

21. SHAKIRA POSING WITH HER STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME

22. SHAKIRA SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS