Can someone please explain to me what is the problem with Gisele taxes? Is it like Shakira? I really dont understand how this works in America, im brazilian! Thanks!
Gisele's wealth has been estimated at 400 million. I'm not sure if Gisele pays taxes in the US or in Costa Rica. (Costa Rica has a flat tax which may be more beneficial for her) The issue is that she's donating part of her salary to her own charity (for a tax write-off) and then her own charity keeps most of the money never distributing it or sends $ to friends' organizations. This is against the law in the US and the government can investigate/suspend the charity.
Shakira's problem is different. Shakira doesn't want to pay income taxes. Shakira lives in Spain but claims to spend 6 months and two days of the year in the Bahamas. She claims she is a Bahamas resident not a Spanish resident. People in the Bahamas pay no income taxes. Tax officials in Spain have looked at her private flight itineraries, paparazzi images and attendance at Spanish football events and determined that she lives in Spain for more than 6 months of the year making her a Spanish resident.
Shakira agreed to pay back taxes she owed the Spanish government and a fine but now says it was mistake and wants the money back. She says she is a victim. She will not admit guilt and will go trial for fraud.
Here's a recent associated press/npr story about Shakira
here:
Shakira will face a tax-fraud trial in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain — A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud.
Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9 million) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors are seeking
an eight-year prison sentence and a hefty fine if she is found guilty of tax evasion.
Shakira, 45, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and rejected a deal with authorities to avoid going to trial. Her public relations firm has said that she has already paid all that she owed and an additional 3 million euros ($2.8 million) in interest.
The court based in the town of Esplugues de Llobregat near Barcelona said that Shakira will face six counts of tax fraud. The date for the trial has yet to be set.
The case hinges on where Shakira lived during 2012-14. Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the Grammy winner spent more than half of that period in Spain and should have paid taxes in the country, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas.
Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has been linked to Spain since she started dating soccer player Gerard Pique. The couple, who have two children, used to live together in Barcelona but recently ended their 11-year relationship.
Spain has cracked down on soccer stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo over the past decade for not paying their full due in taxes. They were found guilty of evasion but both avoided prison time thanks to a provision that allows a judge to waive sentences under two years in length for first-time offenders.
.. something about her back in the day, the 'sense of humor' that's only funny if you think she's hot (remember the mini uproar when she called the crew of a photo shoot 'the little people'? lmao), running for a seat at the EU parliament? I definitely think Vogue's strategy of making it seem like Carmen was a threat to Gisele's skyrocketing career was a weird attempt to maintain momentum but if she bought into that (and.. she was gullible enough to think she was remotely ready for politics with just chess training and high school), and if you add Gisele's fake modesty and strict marketing ('opening/closing or not walking the show) rubbing her colleagues the wrong way, then.. yeah, the child actor tantrum is ON. 
