I know these posts are a little out of date (only five months) but it's tax season again so here is the meaning of that article versus the question asked. Q= Should a person file a tax return since they have children but did not work? Answer = YES (according to the IRS) in her question there is no mention of tax credits or tax refunds just "should a person with kids that didn't work file taxes". Why = That is where the article mentioned by chadroche5 above comes into play. The article very specifically states "IRS does not hold your refund" "however, if you file you maybe able to claim rollover tax credit(s)" What does that mean. So lets say she sold $500 worth of items on Amazon in 2016 but didn't file because of the information that was provided above. Well after paying the self employment tax and any other applicable tax they then could get the applicable tax credits that were available in 2016 for 2019
