"We" are on SSI? I think you meant to say that "you" are on SSI.
Basically, if SSI is your only source of income for the entire year, then you have no need to file a tax return at all.
Now some colleges have what I consider to be absolute idiots in the front office, who "insist" on a tax return for aid qualification reasons. So be it. But don't waste your time or money using TurboTax to file a zero taxable income return. Besides, you can't e-file a zero income return, and if you mail a zero income return to the IRS they won't even process it. It just goes straight to the shredder.
Instead, go to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf</a> and print out a blank 2018 form 1040 there. Then fill it out with the needed personal information. all zeros everywhere else and sign and date it. Then give that to the school telling them you "filed" it. Don't bother sending a copy to the IRS, since they'll just shred it anyway.
