<p>I am divorced and remarried. My current husband has a 6 figure income but should not be responsible for putting my children through college. Should I file income tax separately so my current husband's income is not considered by CSS and FAFSA. My ex-husband should be responsible for paying for our children's college educations. I was just married in June and my son is applying for college now.</p>
<p>It really does not matter if you file separately. In the eyes of FAFSA you are a family and your current husband’s income will be included. For the CSS Profile it will be the same, unless the school wants the non-custodial parent’s info in which case your former husband’s income will also be included.</p>
<p>It does not matter whether you file taxes separately or together. You are required to report your income and assets **and ** your husbands income and assets on FAFSA and CSS. There are no exceptions to this. Most CSS schools will also want non custodial parent information.</p>
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<p>As the previous posters have pointed out, both your income and that of your new husband’s must be reported for FAFSA and CSS. From a tax perspective, 99% of the time married filing separately means you’ll pay higher total taxes than if you’d filed a joint tax return. So there’s no advantage tax-wise, and it just makes the FAFSA/Profile filings more complicated than if you had everything on one return.</p>
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This was agreed upon during the divorce…right?</p>