@MissMCJ - can you show us your math on breakeven? I came up with a very different answer and we owe it to those asking to back up our responses; it's only fair.
If I assume single filing under the age of 65 and absolutely nothing else, then the refund would be about $885. That takes the $35k reduced for the standard deduction and apply the tax bracket table (12% marginal rate over $9875 and 10% under $9875)
@MissMCJ - also, I can't figure out where to put any gambling losses on the tax return so I didn't include an estimate for them in the above. Where do they go?
HOWEVER, @schristianlpn how are you otherwise living? if you have social security and that is normally not taxable, it may be in this instance and would eat up any potential refund.
please take @xmasbaby0's advise, just do a tax return. at your income level, you can probably do it for free at a number of websites authorized by the IRS.
