Filing a claim with zero income???? This mess makes my head spin!! Can you imagine how many checks will kick back because people closed out their bank accounts or the checks that are mailed have to be returned or better yet, how many of those mailed checks will be forged and cashed?
It’s actually always been advisable to file taxes even when you have zero income. Keeps your papertrail going which keeps you in government systems and provides a small amount of protection against ID theft. And many aid programs want to see a copy of your taxes. And you never know, with as many odd tax situations as we have, just because you have no income doesn’t mean the IRS won’t write you a check. You can pay nothing and be owed anyway.