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    Dec 30, 2007, 04:01 PM
    How to file taxes without an income?
    I receive 115 from Disability Financial Assistance from Job and Family services. I also attend college full time how do I file taxes to get the hope and lifetime tax credit and the telephone tax credit. The 115 a month from Job and Family Services is not taxable income. Any idea of how I would file taxes?
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    Dec 30, 2007, 11:57 PM
    If you have NO taxable income, you cannot claim either the Hope or Lifetime Learning Credit, as these are NO refundable credits. Hence, you have NO REQUIREMENT to file a tax return.

    Go to Internal Revenue Service to see if you can file JUST for the Telephone Tax Credit, whichwas a one-time credit for 2006.
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