<p>1 of the questions on the CSS application asks this:</p>
<p>"Enter your earnings from Federal Work-Study or other need-based work programs plus any grant, fellowship, scholarship, and assistantship aid reported to the IRS in your adjusted gross income for 2008. Include AmeriCorps benefits." </p>
<p>I've earned a measly amount of a few hundred dollars last year for work-study. I did some info searching online and it seems that it's not required that I file a tax return to the IRS due to the small amount of money that I earned. </p>
<p>Notice that the question says "...aid reported to the IRS..."</p>
<p>Since I didn't "report" anything to the IRS, does this mean that I can just put "0" for the question? (I've already put "0" for some of the similar questions on FAFSA because the earnings and scholarships that I received were not taxable.) But CSS is not as clear, so I'm a little confused.</p>
<p>Any help please? Thank you.</p>