How to claim a tobacco tax product-loss refund — and autofill 013-0550 with my-id.ca
Recover tobacco tax on lost or destroyed product without retyping vendor details
Tobacco vendors claiming a product-loss or overpayment refund repeat business name, vendor permit details, address, and incident particulars on every PRL 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 Loss of Product (PRL) / Overpayment of Tax — 013-0550
What this form is about
Form 013-0550 is the Application for Refund — Loss of Product (PRL) / Overpayment of Tax for tobacco vendors who remitted tax on product lost, stolen, destroyed, or overpaid — confirm eligibility on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Vendor legal name and business address.
- Vendor permit number and reporting period.
- Loss or overpayment incident details and supporting records.
- Tobacco tax remittance records for the affected product.
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 PRL refund?
- Registered tobacco vendors who remitted tax on product later lost or on tax overpaid — confirm rules on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills vendor name, address, and permit number.
- How does 013-0550 relate to beer tax form 013-3446?
- Form 013-3446 is the beer tax product-loss refund; 013-0550 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.