Can i file as a college student

[scfaulkner3]

I am a full time student this year with no income, can I still file?

[Hal_Al]

Probably not. If you have no income, there is usually no reason to file an income tax return. 

There is one exception. If you are a student, over age 23, and can not be claimed as a dependent by someone else (e.g. your parent) you may be eligible for the up to $1000 refundable American Opportunity (tuition) Credit. That credit is not dependent on having  income. You must be at least a half time undergraduate degree candidate and actually paid tuition (not just had it paid by grants*). Tuition paid by loans counts as paid by you (since you have to pay that back, someday)

* There is a tax “loophole” available. The student reports his scholarship, up to the amount needed to claim the American opportunity credit, as income on his return. That way, that much tuition was no longer paid by "tax free" scholarship.  You cannot do this if the school’s billing statement specifically shows the scholarships being applied to tuition or if the conditions of the grant are that it be used to pay for qualified expenses.

[pacremepuff]

I am a current college student but I do work can I still file? I have a past due student loan from another college how do I keep the IRS from taking my whole return for payment? They took my whole return this year but my loan doesn't show that it was paid towards it