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No. If that's all the income you have, you don't have to file. However, you may want to in order to get a refund. There may be other credits that you may also qualify for if you file (Earned Income Credit and American Opportunity Credit).
For your info, here's the rest of the rules:
The Gross income requirements for each filing status (If your income is below these, you don't need to file.)
The IRS increases the standard deduction amount for taxpayers who are 65 or older by the end of the tax year. If your 65th birthday falls on January 1, you can take the larger standard deduction for the prior tax year since the IRS treats you as being 65 on December 31
No. If that's all the income you have, you don't have to file. However, you may want to in order to get a refund. There may be other credits that you may also qualify for if you file (Earned Income Credit and American Opportunity Credit).
For your info, here's the rest of the rules:
The Gross income requirements for each filing status (If your income is below these, you don't need to file.)
The IRS increases the standard deduction amount for taxpayers who are 65 or older by the end of the tax year. If your 65th birthday falls on January 1, you can take the larger standard deduction for the prior tax year since the IRS treats you as being 65 on December 31
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