I'm totally amazed that this information is not as well known. The IRS needs to have at least $1.00 in your tax return to receive it. You may be able to add this dollar one of two ways.
When we do tax returns for AARP Tax-Aide, we go to Additional Income (I can't remember the form) and add $1. For reason, we write, "TO FILE TAX RETURN." This will show up on one of the schedules and bounce to the 1040.
You may want to try this on your Schedule C under additional expenses, add $1 and write the same above explanation.
I hope this helps.
