How to claim a beer tax bad-debt refund — and autofill 013-3445 with my-id.ca
Recover beer tax on uncollectible sales without retyping vendor details
Licensed beer vendors claiming a bad-debt refund repeat business name, vendor permit details, address, and purchaser information on every BDT application to the Ministry of Finance. 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: Beer and wine tax — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for Refund - Bad Debt (BDT) — 013-3445
What this form is about
Form 013-3445 is the Application for Refund — Bad Debt (BDT) for beer vendors who paid beer tax on sales later written off as uncollectible — confirm eligibility on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Vendor legal name and business address.
- Vendor permit number and reporting period.
- Purchaser details and bad-debt write-off records.
- Beer tax remittance records supporting the claim.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your vendor name, address, and permit 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
- Who may file a BDT refund?
- Licensed beer vendors who remitted tax on beer later written off as bad debt — confirm rules on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills vendor name, address, and permit number.
- How does 013-0548 differ?
- Form 013-0548 is an older bad-debt refund form; confirm which version applies on ontario.ca.
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.