No, you are not legally allowed to file a tax return on his behalf. Although you can help your friend with his return by compiling all of his documents and completing the necessary forms, you cannot sign and submit the return on his behalf. You could, however, send the return to him for review and signature and then once you receive it back, you can mail it to the IRS and state for him.
If your friend is willing, he can sign off on you being a Power of Attorney, which will then allow you to file his taxes without his review and signature. You would do this by filling out Form 2848.
Please follow this link to get the form on the IRS website Form 2848.
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