FIFA agreed to cover Infantino’s US tax bill, report says

FIFA has agreed to pay the full US tax bill of its president, Gianni Infantino, through 2026, according to an arrangement described in reporting by The New York Times. The agreement followed Infantino’s move from Switzerland to Miami. The Times based its account on documents and interviews, and reported that the arrangement was not publicly disclosed.

The commitment covers 100% of the bill, placing the cost with FIFA rather than Infantino for the period covered. Swissinfo has also reported that FIFA quietly paid millions in taxes for its president. Together, those reports put the financial arrangement around Infantino’s move into focus for a Swiss audience. The story connects his departure from Switzerland with FIFA’s decision to take responsibility for his US tax costs, and raises a direct governance issue: how the organisation handles expenses linked to its president.

The agreement covers the entire tax bill, not a stated portion of it. The reported figure is 100%, and the coverage extends through 2026. Those terms make the arrangement a defined commitment tied to Infantino’s US tax obligations after he moved from Switzerland to Miami.

For FIFA, taking on a president’s tax costs is a matter of organisational spending as well as personal compensation. The reporting places the arrangement within the financial relationship between the governing body and its president. Swissinfo’s account adds that FIFA had quietly paid millions in taxes for Infantino. That figure signals the scale described in its headline, while the New York Times account supplies the specific terms of the reported coverage. The two reports together make the central point plain: FIFA accepted responsibility for the full bill over a period extending to the end of 2026.

The arrangement was not publicly disclosed, according to the New York Times account. That fact places transparency at the centre of the story. FIFA’s decision concerns a substantial personal tax obligation for its president, yet the agreement became public through reporting based on documents and interviews.

The issue is especially relevant in Switzerland because Infantino moved from the country to Miami before FIFA agreed to cover the US bill. The available details establish the basic sequence and the terms: a move, a full tax commitment, and coverage through 2026. They also make clear why the arrangement merits scrutiny as a governance matter. When an organisation assumes costs connected to its leader, members and the public have an interest in understanding the commitment. The reported agreement gives that discussion a concrete figure: FIFA accepted responsibility for 100% of the bill.

The reported commitment runs through 2026, giving the arrangement a clear endpoint. For now, the reporting links FIFA’s payment decision directly to Infantino’s relocation from Switzerland to Miami and sets out the organisation’s responsibility for the full US tax bill over that period.

For Switzerland, the story follows the movement of one of the country’s most prominent football figures abroad while keeping the financial role of FIFA in view. Swissinfo’s headline reports millions in tax payments for the president, while the New York Times account describes an agreement covering the full bill. Those details frame the questions that will follow the arrangement through its stated term: how FIFA accounts for the expense and how it communicates commitments made on behalf of its president. The facts now in public view are specific: 100% coverage, tied to US taxes, through 2026.