@xmasbaby0 - note that VITA is not only help for elderly taxpayers - it's open to taxpayers of ANY age, as long as the income is generally less than $58,000. AARP doesn't have the income qualifier, but the types of returns both programs can administer is effectively the same.
As I noted above, there are limitations on the types of tax returns it can process under the program, but they are able to handle all the 'simple stuff' - w-2s, most 1099-NEC forms, pensions, iRA distributions, rollovers, most all 1099-Rs, 1099-B's. Anything related to child tax benefits, EITC, EIP, student loan interest, etc. is also part of the program.
When it gets 'complicated' - rental property, bit coin sales, LLCs, partnerships, larger self-employed situations (expenses greater than $35,000) etc, that is where TT or a tax accountment are better alternatives.
