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Quickly confirm your eligibility to qualify for free tax filing
- Income $67,000 or less
- No rental income (from a property you own)
- Did not file for bankruptcy last year
- Had no cancellation of debt outside of non-business credit cards
- No clergy income
- If married, are filing jointly
- If self-employed, no business related expenses over $35,000 or businesses with employees, inventory, business property, net loss, or depreciating assets.
- No sales of cryptocurrency
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