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E-Filing: Intuit's told me for 2 yrs my income/taxes are too low to qualify for E-File. I live in Colombia (S. America), and this imposes a real hardship. Any ideas?

 
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E-Filing: Intuit's told me for 2 yrs my income/taxes are too low to qualify for E-File. I live in Colombia (S. America), and this imposes a real hardship. Any ideas?

That's not one of the reasons.  What kind of income?   If you have no taxable income you can try  adding $1 of interest to allow you to efile.  Enter a fake 1099Int and put $1 in box 1.  If you need to file 2022 or prior you have to print and mail it it.   Efiling is closed.

E-Filing: Intuit's told me for 2 yrs my income/taxes are too low to qualify for E-File. I live in Colombia (S. America), and this imposes a real hardship. Any ideas?

If you have no taxable income on your federal tax return, it cannot be e-filed, from Columbia or anywhere else.

 

To resolve this issue, you can enter $1 of interest income on the return and then it can be e-filed.

When entering interest on the Form 1099-INT use any name for the payer of the interest and enter $1 in box 1 of the 1099-INT.

 

To report interest income received -

Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home & Business)
Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home & Business)
Click on I'll choose what I work on
Under Interest and Dividends
On Interest on 1099-INT, click on the start or update button

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