The November 2023 outcome
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE reported on November 20, 2023 that Shakira acknowledged tax fraud relating to 2012–2014 as part of an agreement. The account described a three-year sentence and payments allowing her to avoid imprisonment, alongside a fine exceeding €7 million. It contrasted that outcome with the prosecution's earlier request for eight years and two months. Reporting the requested sentence as an eight-year prison term actually served would be wrong.
Source [1]Why the tax years matter
AP reported in May 2024 that a separate investigation concerning 2018 taxes was shelved after prosecutors cited insufficient evidence. That development concerned another tax period; it did not rewrite the agreement about 2012–2014. Court reporting should identify the tax years, the proceeding and whether a number is an allegation, a requested penalty or an agreed outcome. The linked Raj Kundra account applies a related distinction to arrest and bail: procedural steps should not be rewritten as final findings. This page is a dated account of reported proceedings, not personal tax advice or a claim about every later dispute.
Source [2]