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Hi, I and my wife were 100% unemployed in 2017, in 2016 I filed self employed... do I still file self employed?

 
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Hi, I and my wife were 100% unemployed in 2017, in 2016 I filed self employed... do I still file self employed?

If you didn't have any self-employment income then no you will not file as self-employed. 

If you had no taxable income at all then no you will not need to file a tax return.  If you had taxable income above the filing threshold then you will need to file.  See attached. 

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Hi, I and my wife were 100% unemployed in 2017, in 2016 I filed self employed... do I still file self employed?

If you didn't have any self-employment income then no you will not file as self-employed. 

If you had no taxable income at all then no you will not need to file a tax return.  If you had taxable income above the filing threshold then you will need to file.  See attached. 

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