<p>Hi we live in Katrina affected state and we are Katrina victims. My DS will be a junior this fall. I do not remember filling a CSS profile for him last year. I thought it was done only for the first year. We have extended deadlines for our State and Federal taxes (Aug 28th). Do we need to complete a CSS profile? If yes what is the deadline? FAFSA deadline is in July. Can I wait for my federal taxes to be done and then complete the FAFSA?</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Some of D's schools required it when we were applying last year, some didn't. It printed out which schools were getting which answers. This year, D's college requires the FAFSA and school application as well as the CSS Profile and it again printed out which answers her school was going to get. They don't necessarily get all of them - just the ones the requested. The school sent us a letter telling us what we had to do and their deadline. Our deadline this year was later than last as a renewal - April 28. (Last year, it was February 15) You check off whether or not you are estimating your taxes or whether your tax return has already been done. I found it was easier to just force myself to sit down and get the taxes done before I did the other forms. Good luck!</p>