Sabina loses against the Treasury: the Supreme Court forces her to pay the 2.5 million she owes

The Supreme Court rejects the appeal filed by the singer Joaquín Sabina against the ruling of the National Court and obliges him to pay the 2.5 million euros in income tax for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 for copyright , ceded to family businesses.

The author of And they got ten y Princesa, 74 years old, He was a partner of three companies that came to enter 12 million euros of exploitation. Under the name Ultramarinos Finos, Relatores and El Pan de Mis Niñas, Sabina managed its copyrights. Also, some real estate located in Madrid and in Cádiz (in Rota) and a sailboat, according to him stated in the sentence of April 13. Thus, the artist from Úbeda (Jaén) would have ceded his rights to these companies that paid less for corporate tax.

Sabina denied, in her defense, that she was related to these companies, but the magistrates have found that argument “implausible”, according to Europa Press. In addition, they determined that the composer and musician carried out a lower taxation during those years than he would have received.