The Tax Collection and Customs Control Agency (ARCA) rejected the request from the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to change its tax address from the historic headquarters at Viamonte 1366, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, to a supposed new address at Mercedes 1366, in the town of Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, after verifying that said address does not physically exist.
According to information reconstructed by the Justice and confirmed by official sources, ARCA inspectors went to the site after being notified of the change approved by an AFA assembly on January 26, 2026. On the opposite side of the street, the inspectors detected a fenced-in lot, covered in vegetation, with an external sign displaying the AFA logo and the legend "Future headquarters and museum of world champions," though with no access or construction underway.
During the inspection, the inspectors also entered the facilities of the municipal club, where they were attended by staff who indicated that the institution is located on Néstor Kirchner Street, also known as Mercedes 1400, a fact that does not match the tax address reported by the AFA to the revenue agency. This data was used by Federal Chamber of San Martín judge Alberto Lugones as the main argument to remove City of Buenos Aires judge Marcelo Aguinsky from the case investigating the mansion in Pilar and to refer the file to the federal court of Zárate-Campana, headed by Javier González Charvay, as requested by the defense of monotributista Luciano Pantano.
Next is the Ricardo Rusticucci Municipal Microstadium, with no visible numbering, and between both points, an uninhabited plot of land for sale. The agency is currently analyzing the last eight balance sheets of the mother entity of Argentine football, which would include observations for alleged inconsistencies linked to some 450 million dollars, a figure that also involves the Professional Football League.
In this context, the IGJ is evaluating whether to approve the financial statements, reject them, or order the dispatch of an accounting supervisor, before defining if the transfer of jurisdiction to the Register of Legal Persons of the Province of Buenos Aires is appropriate, which would place the AFA under the orbit of the government of Axel Kicillof.
Meanwhile, the president of the AFA, Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, criminally denounced Vítolo for alleged violation of secrets and breach of duties of a public official, and also recused him from participating in the analysis of the balance sheets. Judicial sources attribute that property, valued at around 20 million dollars, to the AFA's treasurer, Pablo Toviggino.
During the verification, ARCA agents noted that the last visible numbering corresponds to a private dwelling identified as Mercedes 906. On that occasion, the new Executive Committee was also appointed, with Juan Román Riquelme as first vice president. Meanwhile, ARCA, which is under the orbit of presidential advisor Santiago Caputo, has already filed two complaints against the AFA: one for the alleged undue retention of employee contributions and another related to Sur Finanzas, a former sponsor of the entity, whose owner, Maximiliano Vallejo, maintained a close relationship with the former president of Barracas Central.
