What Ontario exploration expenses Schedule 12 asks for — and how to autofill 013-1537 with my-id.ca
Report exploration expenses without retyping corporation and project details
Corporations completing Ontario Exploration Expenses Schedule 12 repeat legal name, business number, mailing address, and exploration expenditure summaries on every Ontario corporate tax filing package. 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: Corporations tax forms and publications — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Ontario Exploration Expenses Schedule 12 — 013-1537
What this form is about
Form 013-1537 is Ontario Exploration Expenses Schedule 12 filed with Ontario corporation income tax — confirm eligible expenses and filing rules on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporation legal name and Ontario business number.
- Mailing address and taxation year end date.
- Exploration project descriptions and eligible expenditure amounts.
- Authorized signatory name and contact details.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your corporation name, business number, and signatory contact details 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
- Who files Schedule 12?
- Corporations with Ontario exploration expenses to report — confirm eligibility on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills corporation name, business number, and signatory contact details.
- How does Schedule 12 relate to Schedule 18?
- Schedule 12 covers exploration expenses; Schedule 18 addresses capital gains refunds.
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.