Choosing a digital postman on the Financial Administration portal step by step

In short

• The selection is made by a person logged in to the Financial Administration portal via slovensko.sk (for example with eID) or with an identifier and password.
• On behalf of a legal entity the selection can be made only by a user who has an authorisation to represent it. It does not have to be the managing director: it can also be an accountant or an accounting firm with the authorisation.
• A provider can be chosen only for an entity that has an assigned and notified DIČ (tax ID).
• The selection is not a contract. It is an expression of interest and a secure hand-over of verified data to the provider.
• For receiving you have one provider per DIČ; you can send through several.

What you need before the selection

• An account on the Financial Administration portal, the same one you use to log in to the personal internet zone (OIZ). You log in via slovensko.sk (an identity card with a chip, a residence document with a chip, the Slovensko v mobile app or a login means from an EU country) or with an identifier and password. Anyone without a portal account must register first (PDS application manual, chapters 3 and 3.1).
• An authorisation to represent, if you act on behalf of a company. The selection offers only the entities on whose behalf the logged-in user acts in the context of an authorisation, representation or legal succession (PDS application manual, chapter 4.2).
• An assigned and notified DIČ of the entity for which you make the selection.
• The entity’s contact e-mail and telephone. Both fields are mandatory and the telephone is entered in international format; the field has the +421 prefix preset (PDS application manual, chapter 4.3).

Step by step

The screens follow one another like this (according to the PDS application manual, chapters 3 and 4):

1. Open the list of providers at vpds.financnasprava.sk. On the first visit a cookie consent confirmation appears; each row of the list has a “Výber” (Select) button. A direct link leads to the selection of Verteco: vpds.financnasprava.sk/vyber-certifikovaneho-poskytovatela?id=33.
2. A screen with the details of the selected provider and intermediary appears (business name, country, e-mail, telephone). If it is correct, press “Pokračovať” (Continue).
3. On the screen “Spôsoby prihlásenia sa do portálu FS” (Ways of logging in to the FS portal) you log in in one of the two ways.
4. On first use the application asks for “Potvrdenie prístupu” (Access confirmation) to the user’s identification, to the list of entities (DIČ, IČO, business name, address) and to the legal title for acting. Without the confirmation it is not possible to continue.
5. On the screen “Výber daňového subjektu” (Selection of the tax entity) you choose the entity. Its IČO, DIČ and address are displayed.
6. On the screen “Kontaktné údaje daňového subjektu” (Contact details of the tax entity) you fill in the e-mail and telephone.
7. On the screen “Povolenie pre poskytnutie údajov subjektu” (Permission to provide the entity’s data) you press “Povoliť” (Allow). This allows the application to hand the entity’s data over to the selected intermediary.
8. On the screen “Odoslanie údajov subjektu” (Submission of the entity’s data) you check the summary and press “Pokračovať” (Continue). “Potvrdenie odoslania” (Confirmation of submission) follows.

When choosing Verteco, the contact e-mail is at the same time the address under which you will manage the company in our portal; enter the address of the person who will work with the invoices.

The company does not show up in the selection of the tax entity

If the selection shows only your trade licence (sole trader) and the company in which you are the managing director is missing, you probably do not have an authorisation on the portal to represent that legal entity. User registration and the authorisation to represent are two separate processes: the registration itself does not yet entitle you to act on behalf of a legal entity (FS FAQ, part I, question 41).

You apply for the authorisation in the personal internet zone (section “Autorizácie”, option “Žiadosť o autorizáciu”) or in person at the tax office. In the application you state the legal title on the basis of which you act (statutory body, authorised or delegated person) and, where needed, attach a power of attorney or a delegation. Once processed, a notification e-mail arrives (FS guide for non-governmental organisations). After the authorisation is granted, the company appears in the selection.

Selection on behalf of a client: an accountant or an accounting firm

The digital postman does not have to be chosen exclusively by the managing director. Another person entitled to act on behalf of the tax entity towards the Financial Administration can do it too, for example an accountant or an external accounting firm. An entrepreneur can grant it a power of attorney also for acts related to electronic invoicing, including the selection of a digital postman and the conclusion of a contract. The firm can thus choose the same provider for its individual clients if it has the relevant authorisation from each of them (FS press release of 24 September 2026).

A client appears in the selection only if the firm has an authorisation to represent them, and the selection is made for each entity separately. When choosing Verteco the contact e-mail decides: if you enter the firm’s e-mail, the client’s company appears in the firm’s account and you can give the client access by invitation (company detail, Access & contracts).

Duplicate selection, no e-mail arrived or you entered a different e-mail

Warning about a duplicate selection

If you have already submitted a request for the same intermediary for the same entity, the application asks whether you want to continue (PDS application manual, chapter 4.5). It is only a warning; with us a repeated selection does not create a second company, we find the existing one by its DIČ.

The confirmation e-mail did not arrive

The Financial Administration sends the confirmation to the message box in the OIZ; you receive it by e-mail only if you switch on the notification “Odoslanie žiadosti pre PDS” in the OIZ (User profile, Notification settings, Other). If the data cannot be handed over to the provider, you receive a message and an e-mail about it; if the provider then does not contact you, the selection has to be repeated (PDS application manual, chapter 4.7).

Our e-mail with access to the portal goes to the contact address you entered in the selection. Check your spam folder as well. If it still does not arrive, write to us via Support.

You entered a different e-mail in the selection

With us the company is assigned to the account with the address from the request; if it is a colleague’s address, they can invite you into the company (Access & contracts). If you repeat the selection with the correct e-mail, we also add that address as a further owner; the existing owners remain and receive an e-mail about it. We will help with an unclear case via Support.

An entity without a DIČ cannot choose a provider

If you choose an entity without a notified DIČ, the application reports that “Vybraný daňový subjekt nemá pridelené a oznámené DIČ” (The selected tax entity has no assigned and notified DIČ) and does not let you continue (PDS application manual, chapter 4.2). An entity that has only an IČO asks the tax administrator for registration for income tax and the assignment of a DIČ (FS FAQ, part I, question 49). According to its guide, the Financial Administration assigns a DIČ automatically to non-governmental organisations recorded in the register of legal entities that did not have one; most of them therefore do not need to apply for a DIČ.

The selection on the portal is not yet a contract

According to the Financial Administration, the selection itself is only an initial expression of interest and serves for the error-free hand-over of identifiers; it does not replace the conclusion of a contract. If the provider does not conclude a contract, the entity is not registered in the SMP and can repeat the selection with another provider (FS FAQ, part I, question 72). The terms of our service are in the terms and conditions.

What happens after choosing Verteco

The Financial Administration portal sends us an e-mail and a web notification with the entity’s business name, e-mail and telephone (PDS application manual, chapter 4.7) and with its verification data. We then automatically:

1. verify the verification data and activate the company,
2. register it in the central Slovak SMP under the identifier 0245:DIČ (only the digits of the DIČ, without the SK prefix), which usually takes a few minutes,
3. send an e-mail to the contact address: a new user receives a login link, an existing account receives a notice that the company has been added.

If your DIČ already has a record in the SMP with another provider, the selection itself does not move it: the Financial Administration neither manages the change of provider nor sends notifications between providers (FS FAQ, part II, question 32); the procedure is in the article changing your digital postman. Whether the company is in the network you check at /overenie; we explain the form of the Peppol ID separately.

One provider for receiving, several for sending

For one identifier only one digital postman can be registered in the SMP for receiving. For sending you can contract several; the choice is a matter of the settings of your accounting system (FS FAQ, part I, question 36). A provider through which you only want to send may require a verification token from you, which it obtains precisely through your selection on the portal (FS FAQ, part I, question 73). How to compare providers is discussed in the article how to choose a digital postman; the procedure in our portal is in the how-tos.

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