Spanish prosecutors charge Shakira of failing to pay 6.7 million euros in tax on her 2018 income, authorities said in Spain's latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer.
Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore firm based in a tax haven to avoid paying taxes, Barcelona prosecutors said in a statement.
She has been notified of the charges in Miami, where she lives.
Shakira is currently being tried in Barcelona on Nov. 20 in a separate case that hinges on where she lived between 2012-2014. Prosecutors say the actress did not pay any tax.
Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the singer spent more than half of the 2012-2014 period in Spain and therefore should have paid taxes in the country, even though her official residence was in the Bahamas.
Spain's tax officials opened the case against Shakira in July. After considering evidence gathered over the last two months, prosecutors decided to bring charges. No date for the trial has been set.
The public relations firm that has been handling Shakira's affairs, Llorente y Cuenca, has no immediate comment.
Shakira, who is also known as Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has been linked to Spain since she began dating the now-retired soccer player Gerard Piqué. The couple, who have two children, lived together in Barcelona until last year, when they ended their 11-year relationship.
Over the past decade or so, Spain's tax authorities have cracked down on soccer stars such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for not paying their full due taxes. The two players were found guilty of tax evasion but were able to avoid prison time thanks to a clause that allows a judge to waive sentences under two years in length for first-time offenders.