How to apply for an Ontario tax refund — and autofill 013-0255 with my-id.ca
Claim a provincial tax refund without retyping your business details
Taxpayers applying for a provincial tax refund repeat legal name, business number, mailing address, and account identifiers on every Ministry of Finance refund application. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Retail sales tax — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for Refund — 013-0255
What this form is about
Form 013-0255 is the general Application for Refund used for certain Ontario provincial tax refunds — confirm which tax program applies on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Legal name or business name and mailing address.
- Business number or ministry account number.
- Tax period and refund basis with supporting records.
- Authorized representative details if someone files for you.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your name, address, and business or account identifiers in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Which taxes use form 013-0255?
- Certain provincial tax refund programs — confirm the correct refund form for your tax type on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills name, address, and business or account numbers.
- How does 013-0255 differ from specialized refund forms?
- Ontario also publishes program-specific refund forms such as BDT or TAF — use the form matching your tax program.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.