<p>There is also free tax prep software online. ([TaxACT®</a> Free Tax Preparation Software, file taxes online, free e-filing](<a href=“http://www.taxact.com/]TaxACT®”>http://www.taxact.com/)) You will need any W-2s or 1099s (forms that would have been sent to you mom for any paid work she did this year). If she was unemployed and receiving unemployement there will be a paper that she received with that information. Same for social security or any other state or govenment payments. You will need bank statements (that will show any interest on accounts, mortgages, etc.) You will need to know if she received a refund of any taxes last year. You will need the total amount she spent on medical: premium costs, amount paid to docs for perscriptions, etc. You will need to know what she paid in real estate taxes if she owns the house you live in. You will need to know if she has any money saved in retirement accounts like a 401K or an IRA or if there is money saved anywhere. I can’t think of anything else but regardless everything you need should have arrived in the mail during the month of January or for the most part would be available on-line if you know the names and account numbers. Bottom line is you can probably do this. Ask her to sit with you as you go through the forms. Did she do the parent part on the FAFSA or where are you with that? Are you missing deadlines at the schools where you applied? You cannot miss deadlines right now so you just might have to sit with her and get through this for your own sake. Do you have a worse case plan/Plan B: e.g. CC for a year, defer college for a year or a local college you can commute to?</p>