<p>First of all, I would like to state that my stepfather and I are the ones filling out the NCPP. This is because my mother lives in Dominican Republic and she does not communicate in English. Also, she is currently unemployed and is married to my stepfather.</p>
<p>So, my situation is kind of complicated. </p>
<p>On the NCPP there is a section about Parent's and Spouse's Income and Benefits. The first questions asks, "Have you completed an income tax return for the 2014 tax year?" Although my mother does not file taxes, my stepfather does. Therefore, should I answer, "Will file, but have not yet completed it" Or No? And if no, should I still fill out the other income questions with my stepfather's 2013 Tax Returns, since it asks for 2013/2014 1040 Tax Returns stuff?</p>
<p>The Non-Custodial Profile treats your mom/step-father as a unit. I’d enter, “Will file, but have not completed,” and then answer the other questions. The form will ask about each of their (separate) earnings from work, so you’ll be able to put in a zero for your mom and whatever your step-dad’s info is. There is a section at the end where you can document special situations to help give the financial aid office a more complete understanding of the situation.</p>
<p>How colleges USE the non-custodial profile data varies wildly. Some may discount (or completely exclude) assets of the step-parent, others may consider it fully. </p>
<p>Do you have some colleges on your list that do not require the NCP? That would be a good idea.</p>
<p>Do you live with your bio dad? If not, who do you live with?</p>
<p>I don’t know how the DR does taxes, but usually both spouses’s names are on filed tax returns even if only one spouse earns the money. Even if in the DR only one spouse’s name is on the filed tax return, that is the one that you would use for your mom since she is married to your SF.</p>
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my mother lives in Dominican Republic and is married to someone who resides in the U.S and claims her in his taxes, should I use his taxes for the NCP Profile? (In Dominican Republic there is no taxes return system, btw.</p>
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<p>Does this mean that you’re living with your SF? If so, then your mom is NOT your NCP. She is your CP, even if she lives elsewhere. Your mom and SF are like ONE UNIT. If you are currently living with your SF in the US, and your mom is married to him, then that is her household, too…even if she lives elsewhere. She is your custodial parent, not your NCP.</p>
<p>Unless there is other info that I’m not understanding.</p>
<p>Where is your dad? If he’s alive and you don’t live with him, then he is your NCP.</p>
<p>Whoa there. I don’t quite understand. If you live with your stepfather who is married to your mother, your mother and your stepfather are considered your CUSTODIAL parents. The NON CUSTODIAL Parent supplement of CSS PROFILE should have the information of your father, if he is alive. Your mother and stepfather, in most situations, are considered a unit and are the custodial unit for you. If in doubt about this, do check with the individual schools. </p>
<p>Where this is going to of interest, is when you will have to complete FAFSA when it becomes available on January 1, 2015. Most all of your schools are going to require FAFSA, and the info there will be cross checked against PROFILE info and verified by 2014 tax returns in many cases. FAFSA defines your custodial parent as the one with whom you lived with the most in the year before filling out the form. Technically, (and correct me if wrong, those who are versed in the technicalities of PROFILE), if you spent more time with your father than you did with your mother, he would be the custodial parent. You stepfather is not your parent when it comes to FAFSA, from what I can see and if you are living with him, I 'm not sure how that would play out on the form, whether FAFSA would consider this as part of your mother’s household. Because you are not living with your mother who is out of the country. </p>
<p>So what is the situation with your father? Not your stepfather, but your father, unless legal channels were used to sever his ties from you, like if you were LEGALLY adopted by stepdad, or some other court documents exist severing the relationship.</p>