FASFA Question- Self-Employment

Paying for College
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<p>I came across a question completing my FASFA. I do not understand how to answer "How much did your mother/stepmother earn from working (wages, salaries, tips, etc.) in 2012?" because my mother is self-employed and she completed the Schedule C(Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Business. I am unsure whether I should put the Gross Income (line 7 from Schedule C) or the Net Profit or Loss(line 31 from Schedule C), or should I put my mom's Virginia Adjusted Gross Income?</p>

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<p>There should have been instructions to the right of the question indicating which lines on the 1040 to use similiar to this link:</p>

<p><a href=“https://faaaccess.ed.gov/fotw1213/help/fotw20e.htm[/url]”>https://faaaccess.ed.gov/fotw1213/help/fotw20e.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;