MADRID, May 18 — A Spanish court has ordered the tax authority to refund Colombian pop star Shakira more than €55 million (RM254 million) improperly collected in a dispute over her 2011 taxes, according to a court document seen by AFP on Monday.

The National Audience court ordered in mid-April “the reimbursement of the sums paid, together with legal interest”, cancelling the tax assessments and multi-million-euro fines imposed by the tax authorities, which had considered the singer a tax resident in Spain in 2011. — AFP