How to claim a tobacco tax bad-debt refund — and autofill 013-0548 with my-id.ca
Recover tobacco tax on uncollectible sales without retyping vendor details
Tobacco 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: Tobacco tax refunds and rebates — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for Refund Bad Debt (BDT) — 013-0548
What this form is about
Form 013-0548 is the Application for Refund — Bad Debt (BDT) for tobacco vendors who remitted 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.
- Tobacco 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?
- Registered tobacco vendors who remitted tax on sales 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 relate to beer tax form 013-3445?
- Form 013-3445 is the beer tax bad-debt refund; 013-0548 is for tobacco tax under the Tobacco Tax Act.
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.