Fafsa aplication question?

Question

in the page where it ask you for your parents income , is telling me to put the income of my dad and then the one of my mom , but they did their income tax TOGETHER and therefore it is the same quantity of money for both of them, i cannot put the same amount because i did it like that once and they told me to fix it cause it couldnt be like that , so what am i supposed to put there ?

Answer 1

you have to put you mom and dads separate

you need your mom and dads w-4 form that tells how much they each made individually

why don't you have them help you

Answer 2

On your parents tax return, it should show on the previous W-2's or the line items the seperate incomes. You should be ok.

I work in higher education. Here is a fafsa cheat sheet to help you:

http://www.smartborrowing.org/pdf/fafsa....

Answer 3

The second answerer is right.  Your parents would have added their incomes together in order to file taxes as a married couple.  They should have the information you need, since their employers send each of them a list, called a w-2, that says exactly what each of them earned last year.  Call the parents, and I bet they'll have the information.

Answer 4

Try just putting it on the head of household only and leaving the other blank.

Or just call them up and ask them to clarify. I can't imagine this being that complicated if a lot of people have married parents.

Answer 5

put it on one of theirs and dont put anything on the other, my parents are devorsed, ask them who would have costody if you were a dependent and put it on theirs.