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Shakira in line for €55m payout as Spanish court rules tax fines were wrong

A Madrid court (Audiencia Nacional) has ordered Spain’s tax authority (Agencia Tributaria) to repay Shakira over €55 million plus interest and costs after ruling the agency wrongly fined her for 2011 tax non-payment, failing to prove she spent more than 183 days in Spain that year. The singer stated this decision ends over eight years of public shaming, though it only applies to the 2011 case; she previously settled a separate 2012-2014 tax dispute in 2023 to avoid a trial.