I didn't work at all last year, do I still have to file taxes?

Question

I have three children that I used to claim when I was working. Do I still need to file for their sake or mine???

Answer 1

You have to file for both sake.

Answer 2

As long as you are not a resident of the United States and do not receive any income or benefits from it, you do not have to file, regardless if you have had income or not. (NOTE that I said "the United States", not "these united States" or "the States united" - the federal U.S. and the States are two foreign entities with respect to each other).


Note that -

By 1945, the year of the first nuclear war on planet Earth, the U.S. Supreme Court had come to dispute Marshall's singular definition, but most people were too distracted to notice. The high Court confirmed that the term "United States" can and does mean three completely different things, depending on the context:

"The term "United States" may be used in any one of several senses. [1] It may be merely the name of a sovereign* occupying the position analogous to that of other sovereigns in the family of nations. [2] It may designate the territory over which the sovereignty of the United States** extends, or [3] it may be the collective name of the states*** which are united by and under the Constitution."

[Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt, 324 U.S. 652 (1945)]

Where:

* denotes a nation such as the U.S.A. in the international community;
** denotes the Congressionally controlled federal districts and enclaves under the jurisdiction of the federal government - the District of Columbia and its outlying areas, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.;
*** denotes the rest of the "U.S.", i.e. the 50 States


Note also that -

In 1953, Mr. Dwight E. Avis, head of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, made the following remarkable statement to a subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means in the House of Representatives:

"Let me point this out now: Your income tax is 100 percent voluntary tax, and your liquor tax is 100 percent enforced tax. Now, the situation is as different as day and night."

[Internal Revenue Investigation]
[Hearings before a Subcommittee of the ]
[Committee on Ways and Means]
[Feb. 3 thru Mar. 13, 1953, emphasis added]


DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT responsible for any legal action taken against those who may read what I have posted and are too stupid and ignorant to properly research the facts of their citizenship in order to determine what their taxation status is - YOU MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED WAGES OR BENEFITS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS TAX PERIOD.


All rights reserved, without prejudice - U.C.C. 1-207, U.C.C. 1-103.6

Answer 3

Probably not. I say "probably" because if you had other types of income over a certain amount, say you had $10,000 in interest or from stock sales, then you would. I know, you wish...... ;-}

Answer 4

you do not if you did not have any earnings or any type of income