Which account should you use to pay a fine? The account on the ticket and mistaken payments

Which account should you use to pay a fine?

Pay amounts due under penalty notices, such as police speeding tickets, and fines imposed by ticket for fiscal offences governed by the Fiscal Penal Code to the tax office account number shown on the ticket. This is the instruction given by the Ministry of Finance in its answer about fines.

Mistaken payment to your own tax microaccount

If you mistakenly pay an amount due under such a ticket to your own tax microaccount, the tax office will reallocate it to the correct account. However, processing that payment may take longer, according to the Ministry of Finance’s explanation.

We cite this explanation only for payments to your own tax microaccount. It should not be extended to payments to another person’s microaccount or to any other incorrect account.

Optional document check

For your own records, you can compare the ticket with the transfer confirmation:

• compare the account shown on the ticket with the recipient’s account on the confirmation;
• compare the fine amount with the transfer amount;
• compare the ticket reference with the payment description.

This is only an organizational recommendation, not an additional obligation or a condition for the reallocation described by the Ministry of Finance.

This guide covers choosing the account and the specific mistaken-payment case described above. It does not cover viewing fines in e-Urząd Skarbowy or investigating why a payment is not visible online.