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Zero income federal tax return efile?

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March 2, 2021
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I remember you can't file a federal return with 0 income; however all you have to do is put 1$ in the interest income then the federal return can be efiled and accepted. Can somebody confirm this and tell me the precise steps to achieve this in turbotax? I just put in 1$ under the interest income section? Then what about the name of the bank and all that other information that turbotax needs? Thanks a lot for your help.

Best answer by KrisD15

You don't need to enter it as interest, enter it as other income

Type other reportable income into the Search Box and click the “Jump to other reportable income” link

-OR-

Click Federal on the left side-bar

Click Wages & Income along the top

Scroll down to the last section Less Common Income and click Show more to open drop-down

Scroll down to last section Miscellaneous Income and click Start

Scroll down to the last section Other reportable income and click Start

Enter the description as "To file for Recovery Credit" then enter 1 for the amount

That should do it.

TO GET TO THE STIMULUS SECTION OF TURBOTAX:

Go into your account and click "Tax Home"

On that screen click "Other Tax Situations"

When the drop-down opens, click "Let's Get Started" or "Review/Edit" to move forward

There may be a delay when opening to this next screen

Scroll to the bottom of this screen and click "Let's keep going"

The next screen should read "Let's make sure you got the right stimulus amount" (If not, click continue to move forward until you do get to that screen)

Scroll down and click "Continue"

The next screens will ask if you received the stimulus, which ones and how much.

The software will calculate a credit if applicable.

For the stimulus reporting:

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