How do you file with no income?

Answer 1

You get a blank form. Federal forms are here:

http://www.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/formsInstructions.html

State tax forms are here:

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html

You fill out the form and you mail it in. If you really and truly had no income whatsoever (not even interest on a bank account), most of the lines will be zero.

Most tax software will assume you made a mistake if your return is all zeroes, so you won't be able to submit your return electronically. But you can still print out the forms and mail them in.