I'm not sure what you mean by an "advance tax payment." An advance payment in Direct Pay would be either a payment with an extension or an estimated tax payment. In either case, when you made the payment you specified the year that it was for. If you made the payment for 2021, you cannot use it on your 2022 tax return. But as Mike9241 said, the IRS will apply it to your 2021 tax return.
