Please Help With Side Hustle Taxes

This is the first year I’m paying my own taxes. I started a side hustle this year, which i really, really do not what my aunt knowing about. She always insists on helping me with taxes in the past but i was planning on just doing them myself this year to avoid any chance she sees my income from that side hustle. I was planning on using FreeTaxUsa. My addresses for all my W-2 and 1099 are updated to be my own, so I don’t think there’s any risk she’d find those. But I am just insanely paranoid. Like it would be over for me if she finds out about this. It’s nothing illegal but something sensitive most guardians would not be okay with.

My main questions are:

  1. Should I list myself as a dependent? I believe I am because she helps with lots of my expenses like school and rent. I’m just scared she’ll be able to see info about the secret third job I have if I do this. Also I assume I should mark “address changed from previously filed return” since I live in a different house.

  2. Is FreeTaxUsa ok to use for my situation where I have a 1099 and 2 W-2s ? I literally don’t know how any of this works which is super embarrassing but I’m freaking out and just want to make sure I do everything right

Any help is appreciated thank you !

Posted Mar 5, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

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