To get free ProConnect you have to sign up at https://www.intuit.com/partners/education-program/products/proconnect-tax-online/student-signup/
Students can't actually File.
I'm not sure what your Payroll comment has to do with Income Taxes. Are you trying to file a Payroll report? That would be better asked of the QB Community.
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