If applying for FA, what's the deadline for income tax returns?

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<p><a href="http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic555686.files/Prospective%20Student%20App%20Instruct%20US%20and%20Canada.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic555686.files/Prospective%20Student%20App%20Instruct%20US%20and%20Canada.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This lovely PDF, although otherwise concise, is somewhat ambiguous regarding this small detail. 2009 income tax forms are under the heading "Deadline: February 1, 2010," but it also says "You should send signed photocopies of all pages and schedules of your parents' 2009 federal tax returns (including photocopies of all W-2 forms) to the College Board by March 1."</p>

<p>So, in summary:</p>

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<li><p>Is it okay to send them 2009 tax returns up until March 1?</p></li>
<li><p>If the answer to the above is yes, should 2008 tax returns be sent before February 1?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks. :] Just wondering, 'cause a lot of schools want 2008 returns if 2009 ones aren't done yet.</p>

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<p>Never mind, I think I found the answer to my own question. [Harvard</a> College Admissions § Financial Aid: Timetable](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/financial_aid/timetable.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/financial_aid/timetable.html)</p>