{"id":15535,"date":"2026-09-29T03:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/help-center\/my-income-tax-prepayments-were-not-received-by-the-fps\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T03:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:30:54","slug":"my-income-tax-prepayments-were-not-received-by-the-fps","status":"publish","type":"help_center","link":"https:\/\/www.accountable.de\/en\/help-center\/my-income-tax-prepayments-were-not-received-by-the-fps\/","title":{"rendered":"My income tax prepayments were not received by the FPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udca1 How the structured communication for your advance payments works<\/b><\/h1>\n

When you make an advance payment, the FPS Finances does not identify you by your name, but by the structured communication used for the payment. That communication is generated from your national registry number, so it alone determines which taxpayer the payment is attributed to.<\/p>\n

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\u26a0\ufe0f What can go wrong<\/b><\/h2>\n

If an error slipped into one of the digits of your national registry number, the structured communication that was generated can be technically valid while actually corresponding to a different taxpayer. In that case, the payment does leave your account, but it may have been attributed to someone else.<\/p>\n

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\u2139\ufe0f Your money is not lost.<\/b> It is a matter of reattributing the payment to the right taxpayer, which the FPS can do once your file has been checked.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\ud83d\udc49 How to check<\/b><\/h2>\n
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    Check your national registry number in Accountable.<\/b><\/p>\n

    \u2192 Open your account settings<\/a> and make sure your national registry number is entered correctly. Correct it if needed, so that your next payments use the right structured communication.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Check your payments on MyMinfin.<\/b><\/p>\n

    \u2192 Log in to MyMinfin<\/a> to confirm that your advance payments were recorded under your name.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Contact the FPS if something is missing.<\/b><\/p>\n

    \u2192 If a payment does not appear or was not attributed correctly, get in touch with the Advance Payments Department of the FPS Finances. For payments made in 2026, a correction is still possible, so report them without waiting too long.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \ud83d\udcc4 What information to send the FPS<\/b><\/h2>\n

    When you contact the FPS, explain that you noticed a material error when making your advance payments, linked to an issue with how the structured communication was generated. To let them analyse your file, ideally send them:<\/p>\n