It depends.
If you have paid any out of pocket qualified education expenses including tuition, you may qualify for a refundable credit even you have no income. Enter information in the program and let it calculate our refundable portion. For more information, see Refundable credit
To enter your education expenses, here are the steps:
- Sign into your account and select Take me to my return
- At the right upper corner, in the search box, type in 1098t and Enter (Upgrade might be prompted)
- Select Jump to form 1098T
- On screen, "Do you want to enter your higher education expenses?" answer Yes.
- Follow prompts
